################# Local Development #################

Download the FoundationDB package

:doc:Download the FoundationDB package <downloads> for macOS (FoundationDB-*.pkg) onto your local development machine.

Install the FoundationDB binaries

By default, the FoundationDB installer installs the binaries required to run both a client and a local development server. Begin installation by double-clicking on the downloaded FoundationDB package and following the displayed instructions.

For more details on installing on macOS, see :doc:getting-started-mac.

If you later wish to remove FoundationDB from a machine, follow the instruction for :ref:uninstalling <administration-removing>.

Check the status of the local database

You can verify the status of the local database with the following the command, which will show basic statistics::

fdbcli --exec status

Basic tutorial

Here's a :doc:tutorial <class-scheduling> that begins with "Hello world" code for connecting to the database and then walks through the basics of reading and writing data with transactions.