Download Pulsar from the releases page on GitHub or here:
| Type | Link |
|---|---|
| Source | [apache-pulsar-{{ site.current_version }}-src.tar.gz](http://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.cgi/incubator/pulsar/pulsar-{{ site.current_version }}/apache-pulsar-{{ site.current_version }}-src.tar.gz) |
| Binary | [apache-pulsar-{{ site.current_version }}-bin.tar.gz](http://www.apache.org/dyn/closer.cgi/incubator/pulsar/pulsar-{{ site.current_version }}/apache-pulsar-{{ site.current_version }}-bin.tar.gz) |
https://github.com/apache/incubator-pulsar/releases/tag/v{{site.current_version}}
Once you've downloaded a Pulsar release, instructions on getting up and running with a {% popover standalone %} cluster that you can run your laptop can be found in Run Pulsar locally.
If you need to connect to an existing Pulsar {% popover cluster %} or {% popover instance %} using an officially supported client, see client docs for these languages:
| Client guide | API docs |
|---|---|
| The Pulsar Java client | Java client Javadoc Java admin interface Javadoc |
| The Pulsar Python client | pdoc |
| The Pulsar C++ client | Doxygen docs |
{% if site.archived_releases %}
| Release | Download | Release notes |
|---|---|---|
| {% for version in site.archived_releases | ||
| %} {{version}} | http://archive.apache.org/dist/incubator/pulsar/pulsar-{{version}} | [Release notes v{{version}}](https://github.com/apache/incubator-pulsar/releases/tag/v{{ version }}) |
| {% endfor %} |
{% endif %}