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@@ -10,6 +10,14 @@ This guide describes how to statically link TinyGo against LLVM, libclang and
 lld so that the binary can be easily moved between systems. It also shows how to
 build a release tarball that includes this binary and all necessary extra files.
 
+**Note**: this documentation describes how to build a statically linked release
+tarball. If you want to develop TinyGo, you will probably want to follow a
+different guide:
+
+  * [Linux](https://tinygo.org/getting-started/linux/#source-install)
+  * [macOS](https://tinygo.org/getting-started/macos/#source-install)
+  * [Windows](https://tinygo.org/getting-started/windows/#source-install)
+
 ## Dependencies
 
 LLVM, Clang and LLD are quite light on dependencies, requiring only standard