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[[Semantic MediaWiki]] (SMW) can be obtained from various sources. [http://sourceforge.net/projects/semediawiki/files/semediawiki/ Complete file releases]  are distributed via the [http://sourceforge.net/projects/semediawiki/ SMW project page on SourceForge], while the current development version can be accessed through [[MediaWiki]]'s Git/Gerrit system. See [[Help:Installation]] for details on installing SMW.

== File releases ==
Semantic MediaWiki is released more or less regularly as a compressed archive file on SourceForge. Those stable releases are recommended for production use. The current stable release of Semantic MediaWiki can be obtained from the project's '''[https://sourceforge.net/projects/semediawiki/files/semediawiki/Semantic%20MediaWiki%20{{SMW release main page}}/ <span style="color:#FF8000;">download page at SourceForge</span>]'''. It also includes the files for the [[Validator]] extension which is required for [[Semantic MediaWiki 1.6.0|SMW 1.6.0]] or higher.

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== Git ==

SMW and Validator releases and current development files can be accessed online via ''Git''. The Git directories of [https://git.wikimedia.org/tree/mediawiki%2Fextensions%2FSemanticMediaWiki SMW] and of [https://git.wikimedia.org/tree/mediawiki%2Fextensions%2FValidator Validator] show the current up-to-date content of the '''development repository'''. To check out a working copy of the current development files, you can use the following command for Semantic MediaWiki:

<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">git clone https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/p/mediawiki/extensions/SemanticMediaWiki.git</syntaxhighlight> 

and for Validator

<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">git clone https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/p/mediawiki/extensions/Validator.git</syntaxhighlight> 

Typically this is used directly from within the <code>extension</code> folder of your [[MediaWiki]] installation. Of course, a [http://git-scm.com/ Git client] needs to be installed for this to work.

=== Stable releases ===
Starting with SMW 0.6 all stable releases of SMW are tagged and available on Git: In addition to the clone you have to to 

<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">git checkout <tag_name></syntaxhighlight>

For SMW 1.8 you would do

<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">git checkout 1.8</syntaxhighlight>

See this list of available [https://git.wikimedia.org/tags/mediawiki%2Fextensions%2FSemanticMediaWiki release tags for Semantic MediaWiki] and this list of available [https://git.wikimedia.org/tags/mediawiki%2Fextensions%2FValidator release tags for Validator].

=== Git branches ===

Starting with SMW 1.8, each release familiy (for instance SMW 1.8 and 1.8.1) has a branch on which further development can be done and bugfixes can be backported for new minor releases. These branches are named in the format 1.8.x. A list of them can be found [https://git.wikimedia.org/branches/mediawiki%2Fextensions%2FSemanticMediaWiki.git here].

You can get such a branch using:

<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">git fetch origin 1.8.x:1.8.x</syntaxhighlight>

And can then switch to it with:

<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">git checkout 1.8.x</syntaxhighlight>

You can at any point get the latest code on this branch by doing a pull:

<syntaxhighlight lang="bash">git pull origin 1.8.x</syntaxhighlight>

== Pre-packaged bundles ==
You can also download Semantic MediaWiki as part of a pre-generated package, that also contains related extensions: [[Semantic Bundle]].

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