Go Binaries is an on-demand binary server, allowing non-Go users to quickly install tools written in Go without installing go
itself, and removing the burden of cross-compiling and uploading dozens of binaries for every command-line you write.
Install PKG
with optional semver VERSION
.
curl -sf https://gobinaries.com/<PKG>[@VERSION] | sh
Install PKG
with optional semver VERSION
to the given directory PREFIX
. By default /usr/local/bin
is used.
curl -sf https://gobinaries.com/<PKG>[@VERSION] | PREFIX=/tmp sh
The github.com
path prefix is optional.
Install the hey
HTTP benchmarking tool:
curl -sf https://gobinaries.com/rakyll/hey | sh
Install the wuzz
HTTP client:
curl -sf https://gobinaries.com/asciimoo/wuzz | sh
Install the latest version of staticgen
:
curl -sf https://gobinaries.com/tj/staticgen/cmd/staticgen | sh
Install the latest 1.x
major version of staticgen
:
curl -sf https://gobinaries.com/tj/staticgen/cmd/staticgen@1.x | sh
Install the v1.0.0
version of triage
:
curl -sf https://gobinaries.com/tj/triage/cmd/triage@1.0.0 | sh
The following semver patterns are supported:
v1.2.3
, 1.2.3
v1.x
, v1.2.x
, 1.x
, 1.2.x
v1
, v1.2
, 1.2
v
is optional, regardless of the Git tagTake for example you want to install @rakyll's fantastic HTTP benchmarking tool hey, to install the latest release you would run:
curl -sf https://gobinaries.com/rakyll/hey | sh
This request fetches the latest tag from GitHub and responds with a shell script which performs a second request, populated with the resolved version and architecture as shown here:
https://gobinaries.com/binary/github.com/rakyll/hey?os=darwin&arch=amd64&version=v0.1.3
The response of this request is a Golang binary compiled for the requested os, architecture, and package version. The result is cached in a CDN for subsequent requests.
This project is sponsored by CTO.ai, making it easy for development teams to create and share workflow automations without leaving the command line.
And my GitHub sponsors: