> Markdown version of [Vaadin Installation Package](https://vaadin.com/docs/v8/framework/getting-started/getting-started-package). Section index: [llms.txt](https://vaadin.com/docs/v8/framework/llms.txt)

# <a id="getting-started.package"></a>Vaadin Installation Package

While the recommended way to create a Vaadin project and install the libraries is to use an IDE plugin or a dependency management system, such as Maven, Vaadin is also available as a ZIP distribution package.

You can download the newest Vaadin installation package from the download page at <https://vaadin.com/vaadin-8/releases>. Please use a ZIP decompression utility available in your operating system to extract the files from the ZIP package.