--- title: Installation taxonomy: category: docs --- In order to use Select2, you must include the JavaScript and CSS file on your website. You can get these files built for you from many different locations. ## Using Select2 from a CDN Select2 is hosted on both the cdnjs and jsDelivr CDNs, allowing you to quickly include Select2 on your website. ### Include the assets Include the following lines of code in the <head> section of your HTML. ``` ``` >>> Immediately following a new release, it takes some time for CDNs to catch up and get the new versions live on the CDN. ### Initialize Select2 Initialize Select2 on the <select> element that you want to make awesome. ``` ``` ### Read the docs Check out the examples chapter to start using the additional features of Select2. ## Downloading the code locally In some situations, you can't use Select2 from a CDN and you must include the files through your own static file servers. ### Download the code Download the code from GitHub and copy the `dist` directory to your project. ### Include the assets Include the following lines of code in the `` section of your HTML. ``` ``` ### Read the docs Check out the examples chapter to start using the additional features of Select2.