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Bootstrap is a sleek, intuitive, and powerful front-end framework for faster and easier web development, created byMark Otto andJacob Thornton, and maintained by thecore team with the massive support and involvement of the community.

To get started, check outhttp://getbootstrap.com!

• Quick start
• Bugs and feature requests
• Documentation
• Contributing
• Community
• Versioning
• Creators
• Copyright and license

Four quick start options are available:

• Download the latest release.
• Clone the repo:git clone https://github.com/twbs/bootstrap.git.
• Install withBower:bower install bootstrap.
• Install withnpm:npm install bootstrap.

Read theGetting started page for information on the framework contents, templates and examples, and more.

Within the download you'll find the following directories and files, logically grouping common assets and providing both compiled and minified variations. You'll see something like this:

bootstrap/├── css/│   ├── bootstrap.css│   ├── bootstrap.css.map│   ├── bootstrap.min.css│   ├── bootstrap-theme.css│   ├── bootstrap-theme.css.map│   └── bootstrap-theme.min.css├── js/│   ├── bootstrap.js│   └── bootstrap.min.js└── fonts/    ├── glyphicons-halflings-regular.eot    ├── glyphicons-halflings-regular.svg    ├── glyphicons-halflings-regular.ttf    ├── glyphicons-halflings-regular.woff    └── glyphicons-halflings-regular.woff2

We provide compiled CSS and JS (bootstrap.*), as well as compiled and minified CSS and JS (bootstrap.min.*). CSSsource maps (bootstrap.*.map) are available for use with certain browsers' developer tools. Fonts from Glyphicons are included, as is the optional Bootstrap theme.

Have a bug or a feature request? Please first read theissue guidelines and search for existing and closed issues. If your problem or idea is not addressed yet,please open a new issue.

Bootstrap's documentation, included in this repo in the root directory, is built withJekyll and publicly hosted on GitHub Pages athttp://getbootstrap.com. The docs may also be run locally.

1. If necessary,install Jekyll (requires v2.5.x).

• Windows users: Readthis unofficial guide to get Jekyll up and running without problems.

2. Install the Ruby-based syntax highlighter,Rouge, withgem install rouge.
3. From the root/bootstrap directory, runjekyll serve in the command line.
4. Openhttp://localhost:9001 in your browser, and voilà.

Learn more about using Jekyll by reading itsdocumentation.

Documentation for v2.3.2 has been made available for the time being athttp://getbootstrap.com/2.3.2/ while folks transition to Bootstrap 3.

Previous releases and their documentation are also available for download.

Please read through ourcontributing guidelines. Included are directions for opening issues, coding standards, and notes on development.

Moreover, if your pull request contains JavaScript patches or features, you must include relevant unit tests. All HTML and CSS should conform to theCode Guide, maintained byMark Otto.

Editor preferences are available in theeditor config for easy use in common text editors. Read more and download plugins athttp://editorconfig.org.

Keep track of development and community news.

• Follow@twbootstrap on Twitter.
• Read and subscribe toThe Official Bootstrap Blog.
• Chat with fellow Bootstrappers in IRC. On theirc.freenode.net server, in the##bootstrap channel.
• Implementation help may be found at Stack Overflow (taggedtwitter-bootstrap-3).

For transparency into our release cycle and in striving to maintain backward compatibility, Bootstrap is maintained underthe Semantic Versioning guidelines. Sometimes we screw up, but we'll adhere to those rules whenever possible.

Mark Otto

• https://twitter.com/mdo
• https://github.com/mdo

Jacob Thornton

• https://twitter.com/fat
• https://github.com/fat

Code and documentation copyright 2011-2014 Twitter, Inc. Code released underthe MIT license. Docs released underCreative Commons.