Downloading GNU Software

GNU software is available by several different methods:

• Download it from the web or via FTP: 

we provide source code for all GNU software, free of charge. (Please also make a donation to the FSF, if you can, to help us write more free software.)

• Get a copy from a friend. (Likewise please make a donation if you can.)
• Buy a computer with a wholly free GNU/Linux system preinstalled from one of the companies that can offer this.
• Get the development sources for a package and build them, to help with development. Many GNU packages keep their development sources at the GNU hosting sitesavannah.gnu.org. Some packages use other source repositories, or have none at all. Each package's web pages should give the specifics.