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<div class="callout-box"><strong><a href="/en-US/docs/Getting_started_with_XULRunner" title="Getting_started_with_XULRunner">Getting Started with XULRunner</a></strong><br />
A short introduction to XULRunner.</div>

<div><span class="seoSummary"><strong>XULRunner</strong> is a Mozilla runtime package that can be used to bootstrap <a href="/en-US/docs/XUL" title="XUL">XUL</a>+<a href="/en-US/docs/XPCOM" title="XPCOM">XPCOM</a> applications that are as rich as Firefox and Thunderbird. It provides mechanisms for installing, upgrading, and uninstalling these applications.</span> XULRunner also provides <code>libxul</code>, a solution which allows the embedding of Mozilla technologies in other projects and products.</div>

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    <h2 id="Releases" name="Releases">Releases</h2>

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    <p>XULRunner can be <a class="external" href="https://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/xulrunner/releases/latest" title="https://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/xulrunner/releases/">downloaded from ftp.mozilla.org</a>.</p>

    <p>Firefox 3 and later ships with a private XULRunner package, which can run any compatible XULRunner application using the <code>-app</code> switch.</p>

    <p><a href="/en-US/docs/XULRunner/Old_Releases" title="XULRunner/Old_Releases">Older builds</a> are also available.</p>
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    <h2 id="Overview" name="Overview">Overview</h2>

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     <li>{{ interwiki('wikimo', 'XULRunner', 'Development Plan') }}</li>
     <li><a href="/en-US/docs/XULRunner/What_XULRunner_Provides" title="XULRunner/What_XULRunner_Provides">What XULRunner Provides</a></li>
     <li><a href="/en-US/docs/XULRunner_FAQ" title="XULRunner_FAQ">XULRunner FAQ</a></li>
     <li>Nightly builds: <a class="external" href="https://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/xulrunner/nightly/latest-trunk/">unstable-trunk</a></li>
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    <h2 class="Documentation" id="Documentation" name="Documentation">Documentation</h2>

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     <dt><a href="/en-US/docs/Getting_started_with_XULRunner" title="Getting_started_with_XULRunner">Getting Started with XULRunner</a></dt>
     <dd>Short tutorial on building desktop applications with XULRunner.</dd>
     <dt><a href="/en-US/docs/XUL_Tutorial" title="XUL Tutorial">XUL Tutorial</a></dt>
     <dd>Once you have a working XULRunner application, use the XUL tutorial to expand it into a fantastic XUL application.</dd>
     <dt><a href="/en-US/docs/XULRunner_tips" title="XULRunner_tips">XULRunner tips</a></dt>
     <dd>A collection of tips for working with XULRunner.</dd>
     <dt><a href="/en-US/docs/XULRunner/Deploying_XULRunner_1.8" title="XULRunner/Deploying_XULRunner_1.8">Deploying XULRunner</a></dt>
     <dd>An introduction on how to package your application with XULRunner.</dd>
     <dt><a href="/en-US/docs/XULRunner_Hall_of_Fame" title="XULRunner_Hall_of_Fame">XULRunner Hall of Fame</a></dt>
     <dd>Tracks all available applications based on XULRunner.</dd>
     <dt><a href="/en-US/docs/Developer_Guide/Build_Instructions" title="Build_Documentation">Build Documentation</a></dt>
     <dd>Learn how to get the source and build it.</dd>
     <dt><a href="/en-US/docs/Debugging_a_XULRunner_Application" title="Debugging_a_XULRunner_Application">Debug Documentation</a></dt>
     <dd>Steps to configure Venkman to debug your App</dd>
     <dt><a class="external" href="https://zenit.senecac.on.ca/wiki/index.php/XULRunner_Guide">XULRunner Guide</a></dt>
     <dd>A fairly complete, but outdated, introduction and tutorial for XULRunner which collates much of the documentation found here.</dd>
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    <p><span class="alllinks"><a href="/en-US/docs/tag/XULRunner" title="tag/XULRunner">View all...</a></span></p>
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    <h2 class="Community" id="Community" name="Community">Community</h2>

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     <li>View Mozilla forums... {{ DiscussionList("dev-platform", "mozilla.dev.platform") }}</li>
     <li><a class="link-irc" href="irc://irc.mozilla.org/#xulrunner">#xulrunner on irc.mozilla.org</a></li>
     <li><a href="/en-US/docs/XULRunner/Community" title="XULRunner/Community">Other community links...</a></li>
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    <h2 class="Related_Topics" id="Related_Topics" name="Related_Topics">Related topics</h2>

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     <li><a href="/en-US/docs/XUL" title="XUL">XUL</a></li>
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    <h2 id="See_also" name="See_also">See also</h2>

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     <li><a class="external" href="https://www.kodewerx.org/wiki/A_Brief_Introduction_To_XULRunner:_Part_1" title="https://www.kodewerx.org/wiki/A_Brief_Introduction_To_XULRunner:_Part_1">A brief introduction to XULRunner</a></li>
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