# Hosting a website in Firebase We can host a website to Firebase in 2 mins ![](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1698055753642/022686b2-98b5-495b-899f-36c1aae387b9.png align="left") **Prerequisite** Node should be installed. If the node is not installed in your system you can download node from this [download link](https://nodejs.org/en/) > You can check whether node is installed or not by checking it’s version using the following command : > node -v Once the node is installed we can host a website to [firebase](https://firebase.google.com/) **Step 1:** Go to your firebase console and create a new project ![](https://cdn.hashnode.com/res/hashnode/image/upload/v1698055755050/0cf6d3dc-b9f9-4291-b85a-e0d190b994ee.jpeg align="left") **Step 2:** Once you create a new project in firebase open your terminal **Step 3:** Once the terminal is opened install firebase tools in your system by the following command ```javascript npm install -g firebase-tools ``` **Step 4:** Log in to your firebase account using the following command ```javascript firebase login ``` **Step 5:** Go to your project folder which is to be hosted and open the terminal and give the following command ```javascript firebase init ``` **Step 6:** Select hosting in the firebase option by pressing spacebar **Step 7:** Enter the name of the folder which you want to be hosted in firebase **Step 8:** once folder name is entered enter **no** for single-page access and overwriting the **index.html** file of your website **Step 9:** Once done firebase will create the following files in your project folder ```javascript 404.html firebase.json .firebaserc ``` **Step 10:** Once these files are created deploy your code to your firebase account using the following command: ```javascript firebase deploy ``` Once done your project will be deployed to firebase hosting and a hosting URL will be available. Hosting Website in firebase