# Installation Dolt is extremely simple to install. Dolt is a single \~100 megabyte program. To install it, you download or compile that program and put it on your `PATH`. For each operating system, we created simpler, more familiar methods of installation. * [Linux](/introduction/installation/linux.md) * [Windows](/introduction/installation/windows.md) * [Mac](/introduction/installation/mac.md) Dolt is free and open source. You always have the option to build from source. This is also the best option if you want to use unreleased features or bug fixes. * [Build from Source](/introduction/installation/source.md) If you want to run Dolt as a MySQL compatible server, we have additional instructions on how to do that on a Linux host or with Docker. * [Application Server](/introduction/installation/application-server.md) * [Docker](/introduction/installation/docker.md) --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://docs.dolthub.com/introduction/installation.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.