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title = "Installation"
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## Using Composer
Plates is available on [Packagist](https://packagist.org/packages/league/plates) and can be installed using [Composer](https://getcomposer.org/). This can be done by running the following command or by updating your `composer.json` file.
~~~ bash
composer require league/plates
~~~
{{< code-filename composer.json >}}
~~~ javascript
{
"require": {
"league/plates": "3.*"
}
}
~~~
Be sure to also include your Composer autoload file in your project:
~~~ php
require 'vendor/autoload.php';
~~~
## Downloading .zip file
This project is also available for download as a `.zip` file on GitHub. Visit the [releases page](https://github.com/thephpleague/plates/releases), select the version you want, and click the "Source code (zip)" download button.