brotherton-erpnext/docs/docs.user.intro.try.md
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Getting Started with ERPNext

There are many ways to get started with ERPNext.

1. See the Demo

If you just want to check out the user interface and feel the application, just see the demo at:

2. Get a Free 30 day Trial at ERPNext.com

If you like the feel and want to setup your own company, you can try a 30 day free trial (no credit card details required) at ERPNext.com

ERPNext.com is managed by the organization (Web Notes) that publishes ERPNext and you can do a trial run with your own account by signing up on the website.

You can also decide to host your application at ERPNext.com by buying the hosting plans. This way you also support the organization that has developed and keeps improving ERPNext. You also get one-to-one functional (usage) support with the hosting plans.

3. Download a Virtual Machine

To avoid the trouble of installing an instance, ERPNext is available as a Virtual Image (a full loaded operating system with ERPNext installed). You can use this on any platform including Microsoft Windows.

Click here to see instructions on how to use the Virtual Image

4. Install ERPNext on your Unix/Linux/Mac machine

ERPNext reasonably easy to install on a Unix like operating system and requires:

  1. MySQL database
  2. Apache Web Server
  3. Python
  4. Memcached

to be installed.

More instructions on this page.