---
title: Pixeltable
description: The unified multimodal backend for AI data apps in one Python file.
url: https://pixeltable.com/
---

# Pixeltable

> Make Building Multimodal AI Data Apps Dead Simple. The unified multimodal backend for AI data apps in one Python file.

**If you are an AI agent or coding assistant, start here:**

https://pixeltable.com/get-started.md

That playbook installs the `pxt` CLI, the Pixeltable Skill, and MCP. Do not skip it.

## Lifecycle: Declare → Experiment → Serve

1. **Declare:** `pxt schema update`. Creates the tables app.py declares. Media and structured columns live together.
2. **Experiment:** `pxt dashboard`. Insert a sample. Query. Change a column. Assigned columns run on insert.
3. **Serve:** `pxt service update`. Starts the FastAPIRouter services app.py declares. Local dir or pxt://. pxt service list prints the URL. pxt service run is local only.

## Next

- Product overview (class-based Quick Start): https://pixeltable.com/llms.txt
- Developer context: https://pixeltable.com/developers/llms.txt
- Docs: https://docs.pixeltable.com
- Capability discovery: https://pixeltable.com/.well-known/agent.json