# Create a project

You must create a project to be able to deploy a node or a network, or to join a network.

To create a project:

Log in to your Chainstack account.
Click Create project.
Click Public chain or Consortium:
- Select Public chain to deploy:
  - Ethereum
  - Polygon PoS
  - BNB Smart Chain
  - Avalanche
  - Arbitrum
  - Optimism
  - NEAR
  - Aurora
  - Solana
  - Aptos
  - Gnosis Chain
  - Cronos
  - Filecoin
  - Fantom
  - StarkNet
  - Harmony
  - Tezos
  - Fuse
  - Bitcoin
  - Corda
- Select Consortium to deploy:
Provide Project name and optionally Description.
Click Create.

This will create a project.

See next

Deploy a network or a node