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

Alloy is distributed as a standalone binary for the following operating systems and architectures:

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

## Download Alloy

To download Alloy as a standalone binary, perform the following steps.

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

### BoringCrypto binaries

> Note
> 
> BoringCrypto support is in *Public preview* and is only available for Linux with the AMD64 or ARM64 architecture.

BoringCrypto binaries are published for Linux on AMD64 and ARM64 platforms. To retrieve them, follow the steps above but search for the `alloy-boringcrypto` file that matches your Linux architecture.

## Next steps

- [Run Alloy](../../run/binary/)