# Getting Started

## Welcome

> No matter if you are a beginner or an advanced user, starting with Owl is easy.

### New Features

- Infinity Loop
- Center item
- Smart Speed
- Stage Padding
- Item Margin
- Ability to make almost all options responsive
- Various Widths
- Callback Events
- RTL
- YouTube/Vimeo/vzaar support (fetching thumbnails as well)
- Anchors navigation
- Merged Items
- and more...

### Compatibility

Owl Carousel 2.x.x is not compatibile with previous version 1.x.x. The idea stays the same and it has a lot in common with Owl1 but the core code was re-written from scratch and I’m very proud with all the new features.

Owl Carousel has been tested in following browsers/devices:

- Chrome
- Firefox
- Opera
- IE7/8/10/11
- iPad Safari
- iPod4 Safari
- Nexus 7 Chrome
- Galaxy S4
- Nokia 8s Windows8

### Library

Download a version that suits your needs:

- Owl Carousel - 2.3.4 - Distributed version - compiled and minified. Javascript, images and CSS included.
- Owl Carousel Source - 2.3.4 - Source files including this documentation. All wrapped in Grunt project.

### Files included

Distributed version structure:

    owlcarousel/
    ├── assets/
    │   ├── owl.carousel.css
    │   ├── owl.carousel.min.css
    │   ├── owl.theme.default.css
    │   ├── owl.theme.default.min.css
    │   ├── owl.theme.green.css
    │   ├── owl.theme.green.min.css
    │   └── owl.video.play.png
    │
    ├── owl.carousel.js
    ├── owl.carousel.min.js
    ├── LICENSE-MIT
    └── README.md

### Dependecies

Get the latest jQuery or Zepto library. Minimum compatible jQuery version is 1.8.3 version.

### Next Step

#### Installation