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These are:
- Replacing all `hello@tldraw.com` with `sales@tldraw.com`
- Fix mailto links.
- Showing the first item in a section on direct routes to the section
- Splitting the article page for human-written content from article page
for generated content
- Splitting the layout for the landing page from the rest of the site
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- Removing headings from left sidebar
- Restoring headings in right sidebar for human-written pages with > 1
heading link
- Styling block quote
- Adjusting section link appearance / layout in header / menu
- Changing the order of search results to preference docs over examples
- Updating copy on events
- Removing copy on user interface menus
- Adding hero as prop to all articles
- Updated icon
- Fixing a few broken links
- Replaces the sandpack code blocks with hljs code blocks, except in
examples.

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---
title: Quick Start
status: published
author: steveruizok
date: 3/22/2023
order: 0
---
<h2>Add a tldraw canvas to your React app in just 5 minutes.</h2>
The tldraw SDK provides a really simple way to craft infinite canvas experiences for the web. It's perfect for collaborative applications, productivity tools, interfacing with multi-modal AI, and more.
By the end of this guide you will have made something that looks like this:
<Embed className="article__embed--quickstart" src="https://examples.tldraw.com/develop" />
### 1. Installation
- Set up a React project however you normally do. [We recommend Vite](https://vitejs.dev/guide/#scaffolding-your-first-vite-project).
- Install the tldraw library using this command:
```bash
npm install @tldraw/tldraw@beta
```
### 2. Import Styles
To import fonts and CSS for tldraw:
- Create or edit a css file called `index.css`
- Copy and paste this into the file:
```CSS
@import url("https://fonts.googleapis.com/css2?family=Inter:wght@500;700;&display=swap");
@import url("@tldraw/tldraw/tldraw.css");
body {
font-family: "Inter";
}
```
### 3. Render Tldraw Component
To render the Tldraw component
- Import the `<Tldraw />` component from `@tldraw/tldraw`
- Import the `index.css` CSS file from earlier
- Wrap the Tldraw component in a `<div>` element with the style attribute set to: `{ position: 'fixed', inset: 0 }`
This will render a full screen canvas:
```javascript
import { Tldraw } from "@tldraw/tldraw";
import "./index.css";
export default function App() {
return (
<div style={{ position: 'fixed', inset: 0 }}>
<Tldraw />
</div>
);
}
```
## Next Steps
Now that you have your canvas working, you may be wondering: what next?
You can try:
- Giving the editor a makeover by [customizing the UI](/docs/user-interface)
- Adding your own [shapes](/docs/shapes) and [tools](/docs/tools)
- Providing collaboration using [multiplayer](https://github.com/tldraw/tldraw-yjs-example)
We provide the above examples and more in our [examples section](/examples). Go build something creative and please do share it with us in our [#show-and-tell](https://discord.com/invite/SBBEVCA4PG) channel on Discord!