# Creating a project

You would need to create a project to start importing your environment variables to keyshade.

## Creating a new project

Head over to <https://app.keyshade.io>. This is where you get to access our platform. Log in with your email, or your favourite OAuth provider. Once inside, you should be greeted with a similar page like this:

![Dashboard](https://3494620841-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2F1uANBbw2pha5LMTqtGvX%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-d3bf23b5ff88b9ccd81a3b26af0c1c2ecf890521%2Fdashboard.png?alt=media)

Now, we can start creating our project.

* Click on **Create Project**
* Enter your project name
* Optionally, you can store the private key in the project **(not recommended in production projects)**
* Edit or add environments if you want to
* Finally, click on **Create Project**
* Download the private and public key then hit on **Close**.

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Your project should now show up in your dashboard:

![Dashboard](https://3494620841-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-x-prod.appspot.com/o/spaces%2F1uANBbw2pha5LMTqtGvX%2Fuploads%2Fgit-blob-79aee7610a4299747abedd68e2de0b6430c93487%2Fdashboard-with-project.png?alt=media)