# Download a Single Folder or Directory from a Github Repository

Downloading a single folder or directory from a GitHub repository directly is not straightforward through the GitHub web interface, as GitHub does not provide an option to download individual directories. However, there is a method to download a single directory or file from GitHub.

### Using `svn` (Subversion)

GitHub supports Subversion (SVN), and you can use SVN to check out a single directory.

1. **Install Subversion**:
    - On macOS:
        
        ```
        brew install svn
        ```
        
    - On Ubuntu/Debian:
        
        ```
        sudo apt-get install subversion
        ```
        
    - On Windows, you can install SVN from [the Subversion official site](https://subversion.apache.org/packages.html).
2. **Use SVN to Checkout the Directory**:
Replace `REPO_URL` with the URL of the GitHub repository, and `DIRECTORY_PATH` with the path to the directory you want to download.
    
    ```
    svn export <https://github.com/USERNAME/REPO_NAME/trunk/DIRECTORY_PATH>
    ```