Installation

Elide sets up on your machine similar to Node or Python. Use the directions below to install Elide.

System Requirements

Elide supports Linux and macOS. Windows support is coming soon but is currently considered experimental:

OS	Architectures	Notes
Linux	`amd64`, `aarch64`
macOS	`amd64`, `aarch64`	Limited support for certain features, see macOS Limitations
Windows	`amd64`	Reach out for install instructions

Installing Elide

curl -sSL --tlsv1.2 elide.sh | bash -s -

The installer script can take options:

curl -sSL --tlsv1.2 elide.sh | bash -s - --help

Install with a Package Manager

Elide is not available yet via package managers. Please check back soon.

Manual Binary Installation

Binary downloads are available via GitHub releases:
GitHub Releases

Manual Binary Installation

Elide is not supported yet on Windows.

Testing your installation of Elide

Make sure Elide is on your PATH
> which elide /some/path/to/elide
Run --help:
> elide --help /some/path/to/elide

Container Images

Elide ships as container images, too. You can use Elide from Docker:

docker run --rm -it ghcr.io/elide-dev/bash

Continuous Integration

Elide ships a GitHub action:

  - name: "Setup: Elide"
    uses: elide-dev/setup-elide@v2
    with:
      # any tag from the `elide-dev/releases` repo.
      # omit a version to use the latest version.
      version: 1.0.0-beta2

Troubleshooting

Follow the steps below if you're having trouble installing Elide:

Make sure Elide is on your PATH
> which elide /some/path/to/elide
Make sure you have the right binary for your OS and architecture
> file `which elide` /some/path/to/elide: Mach-O 64-bit executable arm64
Note that on Linux you should see an ELF binary.

Last modified: 31 March 2025