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???+ warning "Beta release"
!!! tip "New release"
CiviCRM Standalone is currently in beta release.
Testing is encouraged, and your help identifying issues is greatly appreciated. Please [add issues that you find on the main issue tracker, using the comp:Standalone tag](https://lab.civicrm.org/dev/core/-/issues/?label_name%5B%5D=comp%3AStandalone).
Standalone is not yet supported for live sites.
Standalone is a new way to use CiviCRM. You can help continue to improve it by reporting any issues you experience [on the issue tracker](https://lab.civicrm.org/dev/core/-/issues/?label_name%5B%5D=comp%3AStandalone).
???+ tldr "About this document"
@@ -49,45 +45,25 @@ There are currently five options for installing CiviCRM Standalone. If in doubt,
The rest of this page assumes you are installing from a release tarball (Option 1).
## Step 2. Download a release {:#download}
The next step is to get the CiviCRM code. You can choose which version you want to install.
??? example "This month's release"
The latest monthly release is available from [the main release page](https://civicrm.org/download).
As Standalone is still in beta, there is not much advantage to running this month's release over the next Release Candidate (RC).
[Download this month's release](https://download.civicrm.org/latest/civicrm-STABLE-standalone.tar.gz)
## Step 2. Get the code {:#download}
The latest release is available from [the main release page](https://civicrm.org/download). Select "Download CiviCRM 5.x.x" from the download options.
??? example "Next month's release"
[Download this month's release](https://download.civicrm.org/latest/civicrm-STABLE-standalone.tar.gz)
Next month's release is available to download from [the latest releases page](https://download.civicrm.org/latest/).
The release contains all the code for your site in a compressed tarball file (`.tar.gz`).
Choose the option that ends `*-RC-standalone` and download it.
??? error "Pre-release versions"
Testing the RC will help improve the stability of the next month's release.
Pre-release versions are available to download from [the latest releases page](https://download.civicrm.org/latest/).
[Download next month's release](https://download.civicrm.org/latest/civicrm-RC-standalone.tar.gz)
Choose the option that ends `*-RC-standalone` for the latest Release Candidate (RC) for next month's release. Testing the RC will help improve the stability of the next month's release.
??? example "Bleeding edge nightly build"
You can also download that night's build from [the latest releases page](https://download.civicrm.org/latest/).
Choose the option that ends `*-NIGHTLY-standalone` and download it.
This is the very latest version available, but be warned, there may be bugs! 🐛
[Download last night's release](https://download.civicrm.org/latest/civicrm-NIGHTLY-standalone.tar.gz)
Choose the option that ends `*-NIGHTLY-standalone` for the latest Nightly Build. This is the very latest version available, but be warned, there may be bugs! 🐛
## Step 3. Deploy the code to your web server/hosting {:#download}
The release contains all the code for your site in a compressed file.
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At this step you need to extract the code and transfer it your web server.
If you are using web hosting, you may be able to upload the compressed file and then extract it, or extract it on your computer and then upload the extracted files. It depends a bit on your hosting configuration.