# Installation

We provide pre-built binaries on the [GitHub Releases page](https://github.com/helix-editor/helix/releases).

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## OSX

A Homebrew tap is available:

```
brew tap helix-editor/helix
brew install helix
```

## Linux

### NixOS

A [flake](https://nixos.wiki/wiki/Flakes) containing the package is available in
the project root. The flake can also be used to spin up a reproducible development
shell for working on Helix.

### Arch Linux

Binary packages are available on AUR:
- [helix-bin](https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/helix-bin/) contains the pre-built release
- [helix-git](https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/helix-git/) builds the master branch

## Build from source

```
git clone --recurse-submodules --shallow-submodules -j8 https://github.com/helix-editor/helix
cd helix
cargo install --path helix-term
```

This will install the `hx` binary to `$HOME/.cargo/bin`.

Now copy the `runtime/` directory somewhere. Helix will by default look for the
runtime inside the same folder as the executable, but that can be overriden via
the `HELIX_RUNTIME` environment variable.

If you want to embed the `runtime/` directory into the Helix binary you can build
it with:

```
cargo install --path helix-term --features "embed_runtime"
```