How to download Skia #

Install depot_tools and Git #

Follow the instructions on Installing Chromium's depot_tools to download depot_tools (which includes gclient, git-cl, and Ninja).

git clone 'https://chromium.googlesource.com/chromium/tools/depot_tools.git'
export PATH="${PWD}/depot_tools:${PATH}"

depot_tools will also install Git on your system, if it wasn't installed already.

Clone the Skia repository #

git clone https://skia.googlesource.com/skia.git
cd skia

Getting started with Skia #

Try out more things from the desktop, Android, and iOS-specific Skia guides.

Changing and contributing to Skia #

At this point, you have everything you need to build and use Skia! If you want to make changes, and possibly contribute them back to the Skia project, read How To Submit a Patch.