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# Getting Started 

This document will get you started with Stella in about 5 minutes. By the end you'll be able to run sophisticated tests on your web applications. 

*Note: The current release of Stella (0.7) is in BETA status. That means Stella is still a work in progress, but I wanted to make it available as soon as it was useful.*

This document covers the following steps:

* _Installation_
* _Test Plan Configuration_
* _Running Stella_


## Installation ##

You can download Stella as a <a href="http://github.com/solutious/stella/tarball/latest">tar</a> or <a href="http://github.com/solutious/stella/zipball/latest">zip</a> or install via Rubygems\*:

<pre><code>  $ sudo gem install stella</code></pre>
  
*\*Note: Stella requires [Ruby](http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/downloads/) (1.8 or 1.9), or [JRuby](http://jruby.org/download) 1.3+. *
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layout: default
title: Stella
bodyid: products stella
subnav:
- name: "getting started"
  link: /projects/stella/getting-started/
- name: "repository"
  link: http://github.com/solutious/stella
- name: "issues"
  link: http://github.com/solutious/stella/issues
- name: "rdocs"
  link: /stella/
---

# Getting Started 

This document will get you started with Stella in about 5 minutes. By the end you'll be able to run sophisticated tests on your web applications. 

*Note: The current release of Stella (0.8) is in BETA status. That means Stella is still a work in progress, but I wanted to make it available as soon as it was useful.*

This document covers the following steps:

* _Installation_
* _Test Plan Configuration_
* _Running Stella_


## Installation ##

You can download Stella as a <a href="http://github.com/solutious/stella/tarball/latest">tar</a> or <a href="http://github.com/solutious/stella/zipball/latest">zip</a> or install via Rubygems\*:

<pre><code>  $ sudo gem install stella</code></pre>
  
*\*Note: Stella requires [Ruby](http://www.ruby-lang.org/en/downloads/) (1.8 or 1.9), or [JRuby](http://jruby.org/download) 1.3+. *

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