    # Installation

    You can download an executable for your system:
    [Linux (glibc)](https://github.com/dandavison/delta/releases/download/0.18.0/delta-0.18.0-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.gz)
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    [Linux (musl)](https://github.com/dandavison/delta/releases/download/0.18.0/delta-0.18.0-x86_64-unknown-linux-musl.tar.gz)
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    [MacOS](https://github.com/dandavison/delta/releases/download/0.18.0/delta-0.18.0-x86_64-apple-darwin.tar.gz)
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    [Windows](https://github.com/dandavison/delta/releases/download/0.18.0/delta-0.18.0-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc.zip)
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    [All](https://github.com/dandavison/delta/releases)

    Alternatively you can install delta using a package manager: see [repology.org/git-delta](https://repology.org/project/git-delta/versions).

    Note that the package is often called `git-delta`, but the executable installed is called `delta`. Here is a quick summary for selected package managers:

Arch Linux | `pacman -S git-delta`
Cargo | `cargo install git-delta`
Fedora | `dnf install git-delta`
FreeBSD | `pkg install git-delta`
Gentoo | `emerge dev-util/git-delta`
Homebrew | `brew install git-delta`
MacPorts | `port install git-delta`
Nix | `nix-env -iA nixpkgs.delta`
OpenBSD | `pkg_add delta`
openSUSE | `zypper install git-delta`
Void Linux | `xbps-install -S delta`
Windows (Chocolatey) | `choco install delta`
Windows (Scoop) | `scoop install delta`
Windows (Winget) | `winget install dandavison.delta`
Debian / Ubuntu | `dpkg -i file.deb` .deb files are on the releases page. If you are using Ubuntu <= 19.10 or are mixing apt sources, please read #504.
conda | `conda install git-delta -c conda-forge` `mamba install git-delta -c conda-forge`

Users of older MacOS versions (e.g. 10.11 El Capitan) should install using Homebrew, Cargo, or MacPorts: the binaries on the release page will not work. Behind the scenes, delta uses [`less`](https://www.greenwoodsoftware.com/less/) for paging. It's important to have a reasonably recent version of less installed. On MacOS, install `less` from Homebrew. For Windows, see [Using Delta on Windows](./tips-and-tricks/using-delta-on-windows.md).