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title: How to create a project with TerminusDB
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    title: How to create a project with TerminusDB
    description: A how-to guide showing you how to create a new project using the TerminusDB dashboard
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**Prerequisites**
- A DFRNT Hub account ([sign up](https://dfrnt.com))
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**What you'll achieve**
By the end of this guide, you will have created a new data product in DFRNT Hub.
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**TerminusCMS is now DFRNT Hub**
TerminusCMS has been renamed to **DFRNT Hub**. All features described on this page are available at [dfrnt.com](https://dfrnt.com/hypergraph-content-studio/). The TerminusDB open source database remains unchanged.
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Follow this instructions to create a project/data product in DFRNT TerminusDB cloud -

1.  Login to the dashboard at [dfrnt.com](https://dfrnt.com/hypergraph-content-studio/).
2.  Select the team that you want the project to live.
3.  Choose 'New Data Product' from the top menu.
4.  Provide your project ID - this can only contain alphanumeric characters and underscores.
5.  Name your project.
6.  Provide a description for your project. This is useful if you are collaborating to provide context to other users.
7.  Select 'Create New Data Product' button.

![how to create a project in the TerminusDB dashboard](https://assets.terminusdb.com/docs/new-data-product.png)

Your project is created and you can now start working with it. To access it at any time, select the project from the list of projects on left of the dashboard.