Installing the Firebase CLI

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Installing the Firebase CLI

To deploy to Firebase Hosting, you need to install the Firebase CLI on your computer. Node.js needs to be installed first.

Code Example

javascript

npm install -g firebase-tools
firebase login
firebase init hosting

What do these commands do?

npm install -g firebase-tools — installs the Firebase CLI globally
firebase login — logs in with your Google/Firebase account
firebase init hosting — starts the hosting config inside your project

Common mistake

Pick the wrong build output folder and you'll deploy a blank page. For a Vite project, it's usually dist; for a plain HTML site, it's usually public.