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title: Getting Started
description: Oxide is a build plugin and a typed RPC layer. Start with one, or use both - they work together or on their own.
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  <Card title="oxidejs" href="/oxide/overview" icon="box">
    A Vite or Rsbuild plugin. One build writes a server bundle and, if
    you have a page, a client.
  </Card>
  <Card title="tacho" href="/tacho/overview" icon="radio">
    Typed RPC. Call the same procedures in the same process or from
    another machine.
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## Build an app

- [Oxide overview](/oxide/overview) - what the plugin builds and when to use it
- [Oxide quickstart](/oxide/quickstart) - install the plugin and run a build

## Call typed RPC

- [Tacho overview](/tacho/overview) - procedures, types, and how they travel
- [Tacho quickstart](/tacho/quickstart) - define procedures, serve them, call them

## Other resources

- [Server entry](/oxide/server-entry) - handle a request, or fall through to static files
- [Server actions](/oxide/server-actions) - call a server function from the browser, or read `useRequest()` / `useCtx()` / `useEnv()` / `useFetchCtx()`
- [Oxide configuration](/oxide/configuration) - presets, paths, and deploy keys
- [Tacho API reference](/tacho/api-reference) - every public export