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# [HTML5 Boilerplate](http://html5boilerplate.com)
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HTML5 Boilerplate is a professional front-end template that helps you build fast, robust, adaptable, and future-proof websites. Spend more time developing and less time reinventing the wheel.
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This project is the product of many years of iterative development and combined community knowledge. It does not impose a specific development philosophy or framework, so you're free to architect your code in the way that you want.
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## Quick start
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Clone the git repo - `git clone git://github.com/h5bp/html5-boilerplate.git` - or [download it ](https://github.com/h5bp/html5-boilerplate/zipball/master )
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## Features
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* HTML5 ready. Use the new elements with confidence.
* Cross-browser compatible (Chrome, Opera, Safari, Firefox 3.6+, IE6+).
* Designed with progressive enhancement in mind.
* CSS normalizations and common bug fixes.
* IE-specific classes for easier cross-browser control.
* A default print stylesheet, performance optimized.
* Mobile browser optimizations.
* Protection against any stray `console.log` causing JavaScript errors in IE6/7.
* The latest jQuery via CDN, with a local fallback.
* A custom Modernizr build for feature detection.
* An optimized Google Analytics snippet.
* Apache server caching, compression, and other configuration defaults for Grade-A performance.
* Cross-domain Ajax and Flash.
* "Delete-key friendly." Easy to strip out parts you don't need.
* Extensive inline and accompanying documentation.
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## Contributing
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Anyone and everyone is welcome to [contribute ](https://github.com/h5bp/html5-boilerplate/wiki/contribute ). Hundreds of developers have helped make the HTML5 Boilerplate what it is today.
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## Project information
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* Source: http://github.com/h5bp/html5-boilerplate
* Web: http://html5boilerplate.com
* Docs: http://html5boilerplate.com/docs
* Twitter: http://twitter.com/h5bp
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## License
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### Major components:
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* jQuery: MIT/GPL license
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* Modernizr: MIT/BSD license
* Normalize.css: Public Domain
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### Everything else:
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The Unlicense (aka: public domain)
