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title: "Install Grafana Agent Flow as a standalone binary | Grafana Agent documentation"
description: "Learn how to install Grafana Agent Flow as a standalone binary"
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# Install Grafana Agent Flow as a standalone binary

Grafana Agent Flow is distributed as a standalone binary for the following operating systems and architectures:

- Linux: AMD64, ARM64
- Windows: AMD64
- macOS: AMD64 (Intel), ARM64 (Apple Silicon)
- FreeBSD: AMD64

## Download Grafana Agent

To download Grafana Agent Flow as a standalone binary, perform the following steps.

1. Navigate to the current Grafana Agent [release](https://github.com/grafana/agent/releases) page.
2. Scroll down to the **Assets** section.
3. Download the `grafana-agent` zip file that matches your operating system and machine’s architecture.
4. Extract the package contents into a directory.
5. If you are installing Grafana Agent Flow on Linux, macOS, or FreeBSD, run the following command in a terminal:
   
   shell ![Copy code to clipboard](/media/images/icons/icon-copy-small-2.svg) Copy
   
   ```shell
   chmod +x <BINARY_PATH>
   ```
   
   Replace the following:
   
   - *`<BINARY_PATH>`* : The path to the extracted binary.

## Next steps

- [Run Grafana Agent Flow](/docs/agent/v0.43/flow/get-started/run/binary/)