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# Download *Boxes*
*Boxes* is free software under the [GNU General Public License](http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html#TOC1){:target="_blank"} (GNU GPL), version 2.
The current release is **version 1.1.2**. For older revisions, feel free to browse the [release history]({{ site.baseurl }}/docs/releases.html).
## Sources
The *boxes* sources are now all on GitHub, including previous releases:
[https://github.com/{{ site.github }}](https://github.com/{{ site.github }}){:target="_blank"}
For the (historical) record, the source of the outdated version 1.1 is also on [metalab](ftp://metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/utils/text/boxes-1.1.src.tar.gz){:target="_blank"} (FTP).
## Binaries
The author supports binaries for intel/linux and intel/win32. *Boxes* has been compiled on a very wide variety of platforms, and for older releases, some of these binaries are available via the [release history]({{ site.baseurl }}/docs/releases.html). If you have binaries for different and/or new platforms, please send them in!
**Windows** and **Linux** binary download:
[https://github.com/{{ site.github }}/releases/latest](https://github.com/{{ site.github }}/releases/latest){:target="_blank"}
**MacOS X**
According to *boxes* user *Michel*, *boxes* can be installed on MacOS X (32bit) by simply typing `brew install boxes`. (Information of October 3, 2012)
## Miscellaneous
- The current [list of available box designs]({{ site.baseurl }}/box-designs.txt).
Want to see your design in the official config file? Submit it as a [pull request](https://github.com/{{ site.github }}/pulls){:target="_blank"} on GitHub. If this seems too complicated, or you are not an IT person, feel free to send email, too. Emails take much longer to be processed, though.
- A [vim syntax file](https://github.com/{{ site.github }}/issues/4){:target="_blank"} to enable the vim editor to use syntax highlighting with *boxes* config files (beta state).