# Introduction

The Firebase Console handles most administrative functions, but it doesn't deploy code, and there are some admin functions that don't have console dashboards yet.

That's where Firebase Tools comes in.

Firebase Tools is a command-line interface or CLI that uses Node.js to administer your Firebase projects. It has a ton of capabilities, but we'll stick to the basics.


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