# Obtaining MAAD-AF
MAAD-AF is available publicly, and anyone may clone it -- including users of
this lab!  This module will walk users through the process of how to retrieve
MAAD-AF either by cloning the 
[GitHub repository](https://github.com/vectra-ai-research/maad-af) or by 
downloading a zip file.  Both methods will be covered by this module.

If you are familiar with `git` and how to clone repositories from GitHub in
general, you are probably fine to proceed to the next module in this lab.

## Method 1: Clone the MAAD-AF repository from GitHub

1. Open a PowerShell window as Administrator on your Windows host, and navigate
   to your desktop:

   ```cd ~\Desktop```

2. Validate that the `git` command is installed.
  - If not installed, the following command can be used to install it (Win10+):

    ```winget install --id Git.Git -e --source winget```

  - Restart your Powershell window.

3. Clone the MAAD-AF GitHub Repository:

    ```git clone https://github.com/vectra-ai-research/maad-af.git```

4. Navigate into the newly-created `MAAD-AF` folder:

    ```cd maad-af```

## Method 2: Download MAAD-AF from a zip file

1. Open an internet browser and visit the 
   [MAAD-AF Github Repository](https://github.com/vectra-ai-research/maad-af).
   Also, searching for `MAAD-AF` on pretty much any major search engine should
   present the link to the Github repo as the top result.

2. Click on the blue `Code` dropdown, and then select the "Download Zip"
   option.

   ![Download MAAD-AF zip](images/github_zip.png)

3. Extract the folder anywhere on your Windows machine, launch a PowerShell
   window, and navigate into the folder where MAAD-AF was extracted.