1--- 2title: 'How to download Skia' 3linkTitle: 'Download' 4 5weight: 10 6menu: 7 main: 8 weight: 50 9--- 10 11## Install `depot_tools` and Git 12 13Follow the instructions on [Installing Chromium's 14depot_tools](http://www.chromium.org/developers/how-tos/install-depot-tools) 15to download `depot_tools` (which includes gclient, git-cl, and Ninja). 16Below is a summary of the necessary steps. 17 18<!--?prettify lang=sh?--> 19 20 git clone 'https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/tools/depot_tools.git' 21 export PATH="${PWD}/depot_tools:${PATH}" 22 23`depot_tools` will also install Git on your system, if it wasn't installed 24already. 25 26## Clone the Skia repository 27 28Skia can either be cloned using `git` or the `fetch` tool that is 29installed with `depot_tools`. 30 31<!--?prettify lang=sh?--> 32 33 git clone https://skia.googlesource.com/skia.git 34 # or 35 # fetch skia 36 cd skia 37 python2 tools/git-sync-deps 38 39## Getting started with Skia 40 41You will probably now want to [build](../build) Skia. 42 43## Changing and contributing to Skia 44 45At this point, you have everything you need to build and use Skia! If 46you want to make changes, and possibly contribute them back to the Skia 47project, read [How To Submit a Patch](/docs/dev/contrib/submit/). 48