# Obtaining a Source Distribution

The source tarball of the most recent stable release can be downloaded from the Nix homepage. You can also grab the most recent development release.

Alternatively, the most recent sources of Nix can be obtained from its Git repository. For example, the following command will check out the latest revision into a directory called `nix`:

    $ git clone https://github.com/NixOS/nix

Likewise, specific releases can be obtained from the tags of the repository.