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Welcome to the PowerShell GitHub Commmunity! PowerShell is an automation and configuration management platform. It consists of a cross-platform (Windows, Linux and OS X) command-line shell and associated scripting language.

New to PowerShell?

If you are new to PowerShell and would like to learn more, we recommend reviewing the getting started documentation.

Get PowerShell

You can download and install a PowerShell package for any of the following platforms.

Platform Downloads How to Install
Windows 10 .msi Instructions
Windows 8.1 .msi Instructions
Ubuntu 16.04 .deb Instructions
Ubuntu 14.04 .deb Instructions
CentOS 7 .rpm Instructions
OS X 10.11 .pkg Instructions

To install a specific version, visit releases.

Building the Repository

Linux Windows OS X
Instructions Instructions Instructions

If you have any problems building, please consult the developer FAQ.

Build status of master branches

AppVeyor (Windows) Travis CI (Linux / OS X)
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Downloading the Source Code

The PowerShell repository has a number of other repositories embedded as submodules.

To make things easy, you can just clone recursively:

git clone --recursive https://github.com/PowerShell/PowerShell.git

If you already cloned but forgot to use --recursive, you can update submodules manually:

git submodule update --init

See working with the PowerShell repository for more information.

Developing and Contributing

Please see the Contribution Guide for how to develop and contribute.

If you have any problems, please consult the known issues, developer FAQ, and GitHub issues. If you do not see your problem captured, please file a new issue and follow the provided template.

PowerShell is licensed under the MIT license.

Governance

Governance policy for PowerShell project is described here.

Code of Conduct

This project has adopted the Microsoft Open Source Code of Conduct. For more information see the Code of Conduct FAQ or contact opencode@microsoft.com with any additional questions or comments.