..
    Copyright (c) 2021 Dimitra Karatza

    SPDX-License-Identifier: BSL-1.0
    Distributed under the Boost Software License, Version 1.0. (See accompanying
    file LICENSE_1_0.txt or copy at http://www.boost.org/LICENSE_1_0.txt)

.. _getting_hpx:

=============
Getting |hpx|
=============

Download a tarball of the latest release from |stellar_hpx_download|_ and
unpack it or clone the repository directly using ``git``:

.. code-block:: shell-session

    $ git clone https://github.com/TheHPXProject/hpx.git

It is also recommended that you check out the latest stable tag:

.. code-block:: shell-session

    $ cd hpx

.. parsed-literal::

    $ git checkout v\ |version|