Grav is a **Fast**, **Simple**, and **Flexible**, file-based Web-platform. There is **Zero** installation required. Just extract the ZIP archive, and you are already up and running. It follows similar principals to other flat-file CMS platforms, but has a different design philosophy than most.
The underlying architecture of Grav has been designed to use well-established and _best-in-class_ technologies, where applicable, to ensure that Grav is simple to use and easy to extend. Some of these key technologies include:
You can download a **ready-built** package from the [Downloads page on http://getgrav.org](http://getgrav.org/downloads)
### From GitHub
1. Clone the Grav repository from [https://github.com/getgrav/grav]() to a folder in the webroot of your server, e.g. `~/webroot/grav`. Launch a **terminal** or **console** and navigate to the webroot folder:
```
$ cd ~/webroot
$ git clone https://github.com/getgrav/grav.git
```
2. Install the **plugin** and **theme dependencies** by using the [Grav CLI application](http://learn.getgrav.org/advanced/grav-cli) `bin/grav`:
```
$ cd ~/webroot/grav
$ bin/grav install
```
Check out the [install procedures](http://learn.getgrav.org/basics/installation) for more information.
