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# Installation
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We provide pre-built binaries on the [GitHub Releases page](https://github.com/helix-editor/helix/releases).
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[](https://repology.org/project/helix/versions)
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## OSX
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A Homebrew tap is available:
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```
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brew tap helix-editor/helix
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brew install helix
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```
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## Linux
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### NixOS
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A [flake](https://nixos.wiki/wiki/Flakes) containing the package is available in
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the project root. The flake can also be used to spin up a reproducible development
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shell for working on Helix.
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### Arch Linux
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Binary packages are available on AUR:
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- [helix-bin](https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/helix-bin/) contains the pre-built release
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- [helix-git](https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/helix-git/) builds the master branch
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## Build from source
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```
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git clone --recurse-submodules --shallow-submodules -j8 https://github.com/helix-editor/helix
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cd helix
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cargo install --path helix-term
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```
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This will install the `hx` binary to `$HOME/.cargo/bin`.
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Now copy the `runtime/` directory somewhere. Helix will by default look for the
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runtime inside the same folder as the executable, but that can be overriden via
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the `HELIX_RUNTIME` environment variable.
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If you want to embed the `runtime/` directory into the Helix binary you can build
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it with:
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```
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cargo install --path helix-term --features "embed_runtime"
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```
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