# Installation To use the PlainAdmin dashboard template, you'll first have to install it. Follow these steps to install the [PlainAdmin](https://plainadmin.com/download) template: **Note:** You’ll have to have Node.js installed on your machine. Otherwise, these commands won’t work. 1. Download the dashboard template from PlainAdmin, and extract it. 2. Then navigate to the project folder and run this command to Download Gulp Command Line Interface to be able to use gulp in your Terminal. ``` yarn add gulp-cli -g ``` After installing Gulp, run yarn install in the main plainadmin/ folder to download all the project dependencies. You’ll find them in the node\_modules/ folder. ``` yarn add ``` Run gulp in the plainadmin/ folder to serve the project files using BrowserSync. Running gulp will compile the theme and open / in your main browser. ``` gulp ``` While the gulp command is running, files in the assets/scss/ and all html files will be monitored for changes. Files from the assets/scss/ folder will generate injected CSS. Hit CTRL+C to terminate the gulp command. This will stop the local server from running. --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://docs.plainadmin.com/installation.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.