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title: Installation
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#- Overview: index.md
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- Overview: installation.md
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- Versions: fbw-versions.md
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- Settings: settings.md

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## Version Overview
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### Development Version (recommended)
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### Development Edition (recommended)
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Development will have the latest features that will eventually end up in the next stable release.
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The Development Edition will have the latest features that will eventually end up in the next Stable release.
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In general, this version has the latest fixes and newest features but also a slightly higher risk of containing bugs as features had less time to be used and tested by users.
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In general, this version has the latest fixes and newest features but also a slightly higher risk of containing bugs as
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features had less time to be used and tested by users.
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This version updates often, and occasionally several times a day. We recommend updating this version via our installer before every start of the simulator.
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This version updates often, and occasionally several times a day. We recommend updating this version via our installer
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before every start of the simulator.
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Every addition to the development version is code-reviewed and tested by several people, our QA Team and also interested users. In general, it tends to be very stable and robust.
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Every addition to the development version is code-reviewed and tested by several people, our QA Team and also interested
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users. In general, it tends to be very stable and robust.
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You can view the latest changes to our aircraft via the commits to the master branch of the project: [GitHub Commits to Master](https://github.
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com/flybywiresim/aircraft/commits/master){target=new}.
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You can view the latest changes to our aircraft via the commits to the master branch of the project:
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[GitHub Commits to Master](https://github.com/flybywiresim/aircraft/commits/master){target=new}.
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The latest additions to this version can be seen either in the official [CHANGELOG](https://github.com/flybywiresim/aircraft/blob/master/.github/CHANGELOG.md).
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The latest additions to this version can be seen either in the official
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[CHANGELOG](https://github.com/flybywiresim/aircraft/blob/master/.github/CHANGELOG.md).
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The latest additions to this version can be seen either in the official [CHANGELOG](#).
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Stable is our version which contains features that are the most mature and most tested. This should be a reliable version for those users preferring stability over the newest features.
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Stable is our edition that contains features that have been in the development version for a while and have therefore
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3rd party software.
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This version will not always be up-to-date, but we work hard at ensuring its compatibility with the current version of Microsoft Flight Simulator.
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This version will not always be up-to-date, but we work hard at ensuring its compatibility with the current version of
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Microsoft Flight Simulator.
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For all changes made to any of our Development versions since the last major release of the Stable version, refer to the [Version Changelogs](#development-version-changelogs) section above.
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the [Version Changelogs](#development-version-changelogs) section above.

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Please follow the information on this page to install FlyByWire Simulations products for Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020.
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