---
title: "Handyman Booking OS: start here"
description: "The shortest path from your download to a running site: hosting, the database, the upload and the browser installer."
url: "https://osdots.com/docs/handyman-booking-os-start-here/"
updated: "2026-11-03"
category: Product Documentation / Handyman Booking OS by OsDot™
---

# Handyman Booking OS: start here

This package contains **Handyman Booking OS by OsDot™ 1.0.0** (Single Site and Multi Site). To get a running site:

## Video tutorials

[Handyman Booking OS: the launch film](https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/40IPcWHl6WY?rel=0)

[Watch Handyman Booking OS: the launch film on YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=40IPcWHl6WY)

[Handyman Booking OS: the feature tour](https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/cSltG0wm8cU?rel=0)

[Watch Handyman Booking OS: the feature tour on YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cSltG0wm8cU)

[All the Handyman Booking OS tutorials, in order](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLIo3euBAMw2o)

1. **Check your hosting** against the [System requirements](https://osdots.com/docs/handyman-booking-os-server-requirements/).
2. **Create an empty database** and a database user for it.
3. **Upload** the contents of the `Web/` folder to your hosting and point your domain at `Web/webroot/`.
4. **Open** `https://your-domain.example/install` and follow the installer. It asks you to open a setup file on your server first, so only you can install.
5. **Have your software license key ready** (from your purchase): this edition is activated with it.

## What is in this package

| Folder or file | What it is |
| --- | --- |
| `Web/` | The web application, with its dependencies installed |
| `Documentation/index.html` | The offline documentation of this package |
| `LICENSE.html` | Your license: what the Single Site and Multi Site editions allow |
| `SUPPORT-POLICY.html` | Your support options |
| `SYSTEM-REQUIREMENTS.html` | What your hosting needs |
| `CHANGELOG.html` | What changed in this version |
| `THIRD-PARTY-LICENSES.html` | The third-party components this package contains and their licenses |
| `manifest.json`, `checksums.txt` | The package's file list and the SHA-256 of every file |