# How do you start julia?

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-do-you-start-julia/135644>\
**Category:** General Usage\
**Tags:** question\
**Created:** [February 14, 2026, 3:59pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-do-you-start-julia/135644 "2026-02-14T15:59:29Z")\
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**Author:** ![tp2750](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/tp2750/32/207806_2.png) [@tp2750](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/tp2750)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2026, 3:59pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-do-you-start-julia/135644/1 "2026-02-14T15:59:29Z")

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My preferred spell to summon julia is this:

```julia-auto
julia --project=. -O0 -t auto

```

what is yours?

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**Author:** ![jakobnissen](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/jakobnissen/32/13477_2.png) [@jakobnissen](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/jakobnissen)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2026, 4:46pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-do-you-start-julia/135644/2 "2026-02-14T16:46:41Z")

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`jp` which is an alias for `julia --startup=no --project=.`.

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**Author:** ![ufechner7](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/ufechner7/32/51363_2.png) [@ufechner7](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/ufechner7)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2026, 5:15pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-do-you-start-julia/135644/3 "2026-02-14T17:15:42Z")

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With `jl`, which is an alias for ‘bin/run\_julia’.

In my projects/ packages, I always have a bash script `run_julia` that determines the Julia version and parameters depending on the machine, the presence of a custom system image, and the git branch.

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**Author:** ![Oscar\_Smith](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/oscar_smith/32/25343_2.png) [@Oscar\_Smith](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Oscar_Smith)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2026, 5:51pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-do-you-start-julia/135644/4 "2026-02-14T17:51:12Z")

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I have `jsn` for `julia --startup-file=no` and `j` for `julia --project`

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**Author:** ![langestefan](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/langestefan/32/207923_2.png) [@langestefan](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/langestefan)\
**Post date:** [February 14, 2026, 6:17pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-do-you-start-julia/135644/5 "2026-02-14T18:17:53Z")

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`python3 -c "import shutil,subprocess; j=shutil.which('julia'); subprocess.run(['bash','-lc', f'\"{j}\"'])"`

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**Post date:** [February 14, 2026, 7:56pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-do-you-start-julia/135644/6 "2026-02-14T19:56:54Z")

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`jls launch . && jls attach .`  
I’ve been using [juliaserver](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/ann-juliaserver-convenient-persistent-julia-sessions/135622) for the past few months

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**Post date:** [February 14, 2026, 8:05pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-do-you-start-julia/135644/7 "2026-02-14T20:05:15Z")

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A tab in Windows terminal (have similar for a couple of other Julia versions)

```julia-auto
C:\programs\Julia-1.10\bin\julia.exe --threads=auto

```

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**Author:** ![obsidianjulua](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/obsidianjulua/32/221495_2.png) [@obsidianjulua](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/obsidianjulua)\
**Post date:** [February 15, 2026, 9:35pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/how-do-you-start-julia/135644/8 "2026-02-15T21:35:08Z")

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alias juliaR=‘julia -Eq -O3 --check-bounds=no --startup-file=no --history-file=no’

Or just julia