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+# Obtaining a Source Distribution
+
+The source tarball of the most recent stable release can be downloaded
+from the [Nix homepage](http://nixos.org/nix/download.html). You can
+also grab the [most recent development
+release](http://hydra.nixos.org/job/nix/master/release/latest-finished#tabs-constituents).
+
+Alternatively, the most recent sources of Nix can be obtained from its
+[Git repository](https://github.com/NixOS/nix). For example, the
+following command will check out the latest revision into a directory
+called `nix`:
+
+```console
+$ git clone https://github.com/NixOS/nix
+```
+
+Likewise, specific releases can be obtained from the
+[tags](https://github.com/NixOS/nix/tags) of the repository.