# Get started with Tabalyst

> Install Tabalyst, create a first report from a file of your own and browse finished examples, in three short steps.

Source: https://docs.tabalyst.com/get-started/ (Tabalyst 0.6.1)

Tabalyst turns a CSV, JSON, JSON Lines or Excel file into an interactive HTML
report and a JSON profile, on your computer. Three steps take you from nothing
to a report:

1. [Install Tabalyst](https://docs.tabalyst.com/get-started/install.md), on Windows, macOS or Linux, and
   [keep it up to date](https://docs.tabalyst.com/get-started/install.md#keep-tabalyst-up-to-date).
2. [Create your first report](https://docs.tabalyst.com/get-started/first-report.md) with a file of your own, step by
   step.
3. [Browse the examples and demos](https://docs.tabalyst.com/get-started/examples.md): finished reports for CSV,
   JSON, JSONL and Excel files, with the commands that made them.

Then pick the tool you need: [Tabalyst Report](https://docs.tabalyst.com/report.md) for reports,
[Tabalyst Inspect](https://docs.tabalyst.com/inspect.md) to choose what is analyzed in a JSON or
Excel file, [Tabalyst Scan](https://docs.tabalyst.com/scan.md) for the complete JSON description
of a file and [Tabalyst Sample](https://docs.tabalyst.com/sample.md) to cut a large CSV file
down. The [command line](https://docs.tabalyst.com/reference/cli.md) page lists every command.