To install Shaarli, simply place the files in a directory under your webserver's
Document Root (or directly at the document root).

Also, please make sure your server meets the [requirements](Server-requirements)
and is properly [configured](Server-configuration).

Multiple releases branches are available:

- latest (last release)
- stable (previous major release)
- master (development)

Using one of the following methods:

- by downloading full release archives including all dependencies
- by downloading Github archives
- by cloning the Git repository
- using Docker: [see the documentation](docker/shaarli-images.md)

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## Latest release (recommended)

### Download as an archive

In most cases, you should download the latest Shaarli release from the [releases](https://github.com/shaarli/Shaarli/releases) page. **Download our *shaarli-full* archive** to include dependencies.

The current latest released version is `v0.9.6`

```bash
$ wget https://github.com/shaarli/Shaarli/releases/download/v0.9.6/shaarli-v0.9.6-full.zip
$ unzip shaarli-v0.9.6-full.zip
$ mv Shaarli /path/to/shaarli/
```

### Using git

Cloning using `git` or downloading Github branches as zip files requires additional steps:

 * Install [Composer](Unit-tests.md#install_composer) to manage Shaarli dependencies.
 * Install [python3-virtualenv](https://pypi.python.org/pypi/virtualenv) to build the local HTML documentation.

```
$ mkdir -p /path/to/shaarli && cd /path/to/shaarli/
$ git clone -b latest https://github.com/shaarli/Shaarli.git .
$ composer install --no-dev --prefer-dist
$ make translate
$ make htmldoc
```

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## Stable version

The stable version has been experienced by Shaarli users, and will receive security updates.


### Download as an archive

As a .zip archive:

```bash
$ wget https://github.com/shaarli/Shaarli/archive/stable.zip
$ unzip stable.zip
$ mv Shaarli-stable /path/to/shaarli/
```

As a .tar.gz archive :

```bash
$ wget https://github.com/shaarli/Shaarli/archive/stable.tar.gz
$ tar xvf stable.tar.gz
$ mv Shaarli-stable /path/to/shaarli/
```

### Using git

Install [Composer](Unit-tests.md#install_composer) to manage Shaarli dependencies.

```bash
$ git clone https://github.com/shaarli/Shaarli.git -b stable /path/to/shaarli/
# install/update third-party dependencies
$ cd /path/to/shaarli/
$ composer install --no-dev --prefer-dist
```


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## Development version (mainline)

_Use at your own risk!_

Install [Composer](Unit-tests.md#install_composer) to manage Shaarli dependencies.

To get the latest changes from the `master` branch:

```bash
# clone the repository
$ git clone https://github.com/shaarli/Shaarli.git -b master /path/to/shaarli/
# install/update third-party dependencies
$ cd /path/to/shaarli
$ composer install --no-dev --prefer-dist
$ make translate
$ make htmldoc
```

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## Finish Installation

Once Shaarli is downloaded and files have been placed at the correct location, open it this location your favorite browser.

![install screenshot](images/install-shaarli.png)

Setup your Shaarli installation, and it's ready to use!

## Updating Shaarli

See [Upgrade and Migration](Upgrade-and-migration)