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title = "Installation Guide"
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# Installation


The recommended way to get started using one of the drivers in your project is with a dependency management system.

{{% note class="important" %}}
The MongoDB Async Driver requires either [Netty](http://netty.io/) or Java 7.
{{% /note %}}

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## MongoDB Async Driver
The new asynchronous API that can leverage either Netty or Java 7's AsynchronousSocketChannel for fast and non-blocking IO.

{{< install artifactId="mongodb-driver-async" version="3.3.0" dependencies="true">}}
