# How can i get source code of UE4?

**URL:** <https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/how-can-i-get-source-code-of-ue4/287909>\
**Category:** Programming & Scripting\
**Tags:** unreal-engine\
**Created:** [July 11, 2014, 3:11am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/how-can-i-get-source-code-of-ue4/287909 "2014-07-11T03:11:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![chuan](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@chuan](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/chuan)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2014, 3:11am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/how-can-i-get-source-code-of-ue4/287909/1 "2014-07-11T03:11:44Z")

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i want to get source code of UE4, and i have account of git-hub, then how can i check out it?

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**Author:** ![dkotfis](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@dkotfis](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/dkotfis)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2014, 3:16am UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/how-can-i-get-source-code-of-ue4/287909/2 "2014-07-11T03:16:14Z")

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You can follow the tutorial at the bottom half of this page for getting Unreal Tournament source code with Github. Its the same process for Unreal Engine, just clone the Unreal Engine repo with the Windows Github client.

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**Author:** ![DJMidKnight](https://d3kjluh73b9h9o.cloudfront.net/original/4X/2/8/5/28502927f1d97ba1051b3b47ccfe17233bf41ef0.png) [@DJMidKnight](https://forums.unrealengine.com/u/DJMidKnight)\
**Post date:** [July 11, 2014, 5:25pm UTC](https://forums.unrealengine.com/t/how-can-i-get-source-code-of-ue4/287909/3 "2014-07-11T17:25:32Z")

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You can follow this Video tutorial from UnrealEngine on Youtube here

https://www.youtube.com/embed/usjlNHPn-jo?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque&list=PLZlv_N0_O1gYGXhsKo6NsvwR6f2IwSggZ

it walks you through the process step by step