diff --git a/justfile b/justfile
index b64be2748..4d557ac43 100644
--- a/justfile
+++ b/justfile
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ start:
        sleep 4
     done
 
+    echo "⏲️ This could take a minute or so."
     kubectl wait --for=condition=Ready --timeout=2m pod rpc-0
 
     echo Done...
diff --git a/quick_start.sh b/quick_start.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..3070955ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/quick_start.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,179 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+set -euo pipefail
+
+
+is_cygwin_etal() {
+    uname -s | grep -qE "CYGWIN|MINGW|MSYS"
+}
+is_wsl() {
+    grep -qEi "(Microsoft|WSL)" /proc/version &> /dev/null
+}
+if is_cygwin_etal || is_wsl; then
+    echo "Quick start does not support Windows"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+
+# Colors and styles
+RESET='\033[0m'
+BOLD='\033[1m'
+
+# Use colors if we can and have the color space
+if command -v tput &> /dev/null; then
+    ncolors=$(tput colors)
+    if [ -n "$ncolors" ] && [ "$ncolors" -ge 8 ]; then
+        RESET=$(tput sgr0)
+        BOLD=$(tput bold)
+    fi
+fi
+
+print_message() {
+    local color="$1"
+    local message="$2"
+    local format="${3:-}"
+    echo -e "${format}${color}${message}${RESET}"
+}
+
+print_partial_message() {
+    local pre_message="$1"
+    local formatted_part="$2"
+    local post_message="$3"
+    local format="$4"
+    local color="${5:-$RESET}"
+
+    echo -e "${color}${pre_message}${format}${formatted_part}${RESET}${color}${post_message}${RESET}"
+}
+
+print_message "" "" ""
+print_message "" "   ╭───────────────────────────────────╮" ""
+print_message "" "   │  Welcome to the Warnet Quickstart │" ""
+print_message "" "   ╰───────────────────────────────────╯" ""
+print_message "" "" ""
+print_message "" "    Let's find out if your system has what it takes to run Warnet..." ""
+print_message "" "" ""
+
+current_git=$(basename "$(git rev-parse --show-toplevel)" || true)
+if [ -n "$current_git" ]; then
+    print_message "" " ⭐️ Currently in the warnet directory"
+else
+    print_message "" " Please navigate to the warnet directory."
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+minikube_path=$(command -v minikube || true)
+if [ -n "$minikube_path" ]; then
+    print_partial_message " ⭐️ Found " "minikube" ": $minikube_path " "$BOLD"
+else
+    print_partial_message " 💥 Could not find " "minikube" ". Please follow this link to install it..." "$BOLD"
+    print_message "" "   https://minikube.sigs.k8s.io/docs/start/" "$BOLD"
+    exit 127
+fi
+
+kubectl_path=$(command -v kubectl || true)
+if [ -n "$kubectl_path" ]; then
+    print_partial_message " ⭐️ Found " "kubectl" ": $kubectl_path " "$BOLD"
+else
+    print_partial_message " 💥 Could not find " "kubectl" ". Please follow this link to install it..." "$BOLD"
+    print_message "" "   https://kubernetes.io/docs/tasks/tools/" "$BOLD"
+    exit 127
+fi
+
+docker_path=$(command -v docker || true)
+if [ -n "$docker_path" ]; then
+    print_partial_message " ⭐️ Found " "docker" ": $docker_path" "$BOLD"
+else
+    print_partial_message " 💥 Could not find " "docker" ". Please follow this link to install Docker Engine..." "$BOLD"
+    print_message "" "   https://docs.docker.com/engine/install/" "$BOLD"
+    exit 127
+fi
+
+current_user=$(whoami)
+if id -nG "$current_user" | grep -qw "docker"; then
+    print_partial_message " ⭐️ Found " "$current_user" " in the docker group" "$BOLD"
+else
+    print_partial_message " 💥 Could not find " "$current_user" " in the docker group. Please add it like this..." "$BOLD"
+    print_message "" "   sudo usermod -aG docker $current_user && newgrp docker" "$BOLD"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+
+just_path=$(command -v just || true)
+if [ -n "$just_path" ]; then
+    print_partial_message " ⭐️ Found " "just" ": $just_path " "$BOLD"
+else
+    print_partial_message " 💥 Could not find " "just" ". Please follow this link to install it..." "$BOLD"
+    print_message "" "   https://github.com/casey/just?tab=readme-ov-file#pre-built-binaries" "$BOLD"
+    exit 127
+fi
+
+python_path=$(command -v python3 || true)
+if [ -n "$python_path" ]; then
+    print_partial_message " ⭐️ Found " "python3" ": $python_path " "$BOLD"
+else
+    print_partial_message " 💥 Could not find " "python3" ". Please follow this link to install it (or use your package manager)..." "$BOLD"
+    print_message "" "   https://www.python.org/downloads/" "$BOLD"
+    exit 127
+fi
+
+venv_status=$(python3 -m venv --help || true)
+if [ -n "$venv_status" ]; then
+    print_partial_message " ⭐️ Found " "venv" ": a python3 module" "$BOLD"
+else
+    print_partial_message " 💥 Could not find " "venv" ". Please install it using your package manager." "$BOLD"
+    exit 127
+fi
+
+bpf_status=$(grep CONFIG_BPF /boot/config-"$(uname -r)" || true)
+if [ -n "$bpf_status" ]; then
+    config_bpf=$(echo "$bpf_status" | grep CONFIG_BPF=y)
+    if [ "$config_bpf" = "CONFIG_BPF=y" ]; then
+        print_partial_message " ⭐️ Found " "BPF" ": Berkeley Packet Filters appear enabled" "$BOLD"
+    else
+        print_partial_message " 💥 Could not find " "BPF" ". Please figure out how to enable Berkeley Packet Filters in your kernel." "$BOLD"
+        exit 1
+    fi
+else
+    print_partial_message " 💥 Could not find " "BPF" ". Please figure out how to enable Berkeley Packet Filters in your kernel." "$BOLD"
+    exit 1
+fi
+
+print_message "" "" ""
+print_message "" "    Let's try to spin up a python virtual environment..." ""
+print_message "" "" ""
+
+if [ -d ".venv" ]; then
+    print_message "" "    It looks like a virtual environment already exists!" ""
+else
+    print_message "" "    Creating a new virtual environment..." ""
+    python3 -m venv .venv
+fi
+
+source .venv/bin/activate
+
+print_message "" "" ""
+print_partial_message " ⭐️ " "venv" ": The python virtual environment looks good" "$BOLD"
+print_message "" "" ""
+print_message "" "    Let's install warnet into that virtual environment..." ""
+print_message "" "" ""
+
+pip install --upgrade pip
+pip install -e .
+
+print_message "" "" ""
+print_partial_message " ⭐️ " "warnet" ": We installed Warnet in the virtual environment" "$BOLD"
+print_message "" "" ""
+print_message "" "    Now, let's get the Warnet started..." ""
+print_message "" "" ""
+
+just start
+just p &
+sleep 1
+warcli network start
+sleep 1
+while warcli network connected | grep -q "False"; do
+    sleep 2
+done
+print_message "" "🥳" ""
+print_message "" "Run the following command to enter into the python virtual environment..." ""
+print_message "" "    source .venv/bin/activate" "$BOLD"
+print_partial_message "   After that, you can run " "warcli help" " to start running Warnet commands." "$BOLD"