fullstackhero

Guide

Prerequisites

What you need installed locally before scaffolding a fullstackhero project.

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A short checklist. The rest of Getting Started assumes these are in place.

Required

  • .NET 10 SDK — from dotnet.microsoft.com/download.
  • Docker — used for Postgres and Valkey containers (Aspire and integration tests rely on it). Docker Desktop on macOS / Windows, Docker Engine on Linux.
  • Git — for cloning the repo or pulling template updates.

Optional

  • .NET Aspire workload — dotnet workload install aspire. Needed only if you’ll run the project via the AppHost (the default Quick Start path does).
  • Node 20+ — only if you’ll work on the React + Vite frontends in clients/admin and clients/dashboard.
  • PostgreSQL 15+ — install locally if you’d rather not run Postgres in a container. Otherwise Aspire provisions one for you.
  • Valkey 8+ — same. (Valkey is a Redis-compatible, BSD-licensed Redis fork; any Redis-protocol server also works.)

Verify

Terminal window
dotnet --version       # 10.x.x
docker info            # should print server info, not error
git --version

If dotnet --version reports 9.x or older, install the .NET 10 SDK before continuing — the kit targets net10.0 and won’t build on earlier SDKs.

Next

Quick Start → scaffold a project and run it.