==Getting Started==
First of all, please [http://basex.org/download download] BaseX from our homepage.The following versions distributions are available:
* the '''Core Package''' is a JAR file, which contains the database code, the query processor and the GUI frontend.
* the '''ZIP Archive''', and the '''Windows Installer''' and the '''Mac OSX''' package contain libraries for web applications and advanced features, [[Starts Scripts]] , and some additional optional files.
* the '''WAR Application''' can be embedded in existing Java web servers.