> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://getgat.dev/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# gat

> Simple, fast, versioned large-file storage for git.

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  <h1 className="text-3xl lg:text-4xl font-semibold text-gray-900 dark:text-zinc-50 tracking-tight">
    Version large files without changing how you use Git
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  <p className="mt-4 text-gray-500 dark:text-zinc-400">
    Use your own storage with <code>gat add</code>, <code>git commit</code>,{" "}
    <code>gat push</code>.
  </p>

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    <a href="/quickstart" className="px-5 py-2.5 rounded-lg bg-primary text-white font-medium hover:opacity-90 transition-opacity">
      Get started
    </a>

    <a href="https://github.com/getgat-dev/gat" className="px-5 py-2.5 rounded-lg border border-gray-300 dark:border-zinc-700 text-gray-700 dark:text-zinc-200 font-medium hover:border-gray-400 dark:hover:border-zinc-500 transition-colors">
      View on GitHub
    </a>
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  <CodeGroup>
    ```bash macOS / Linux theme={null}
    curl -fsSL https://getgat.dev/install.sh | sh
    ```

    ```powershell Windows theme={null}
    & ([scriptblock]::Create((irm https://getgat.dev/install.ps1)))
    ```

    ```bash Source theme={null}
    cargo install --locked --bin gat --git https://github.com/getgat-dev/gat gat
    ```
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  Choose the installer for your shell. Git is used alongside gat.
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  ```bash Example theme={null}
  gat init
  gat remote add origin 's3://my-bucket/assets?region=eu-west-1'
  gat add models/encoder.safetensors
  git add gat.lock gat.yaml
  git commit -m "Track encoder weights with gat"
  gat push --remote origin
  ```
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    Why gat
  </h2>

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    <Card title="No server to run" icon="server" href="/set-up-a-remote">
      Store large files in cloud object storage or a local directory.
    </Card>

    <Card title="Plain git underneath" icon="code-branch" href="/guides/branching-and-merging">
      Commit small metadata files with Git; upload large-file content with Gat.
    </Card>

    <Card title="Configurable, automatic syncing" icon="download" href="/concepts/automatic-sync">
      Git hooks restore large files after branch switches, merges, and rebases.
    </Card>

    <Card title="Fast, content-addressed cache" icon="fingerprint" href="/concepts/how-gat-works#content-identity-is-independent-of-path">
      Identical content shares one cached object across paths and versions.
    </Card>
  </CardGroup>
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    <Card title="Open source" icon="github" href="https://github.com/getgat-dev/gat">
      Apache-licensed, source on GitHub.
    </Card>

    <Card title="Linux & macOS" icon="linux" href="/installation">
      Native binary, no runtime dependencies.
    </Card>

    <Card title="Windows" icon="windows" href="/installation">
      Native builds for AMD64 and ARM64.
    </Card>
  </CardGroup>
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    Next steps
  </h2>

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    <Card title="Installation" icon="download" href="/installation">
      Prerequisites and how to install the `gat` binary.
    </Card>

    <Card title="Quickstart" icon="rocket" href="/quickstart">
      Track and push your first large file, end to end.
    </Card>

    <Card title="Commands" icon="terminal" href="/commands/add">
      Full reference, one page per subcommand.
    </Card>
  </CardGroup>
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