Install from CLI

[CuriousFurBytes]

I love this project, and I've been considering how I could install it both on MacOS and Linux (Ubuntu), through CLI. I could get the release files and install them, but would there be an easier way around this, like say installing with cargo (I believe GUI apps can't be installed with Cargo because of Tauri, but I'm a Rust noob), or something like that?

Thanks and great job on this app!

[Xoshbin]

Thanks for the kind words 🙏

Why cargo install won't work: Tauri ships GUI apps as bundled applications (.dmg, .AppImage, .msi) — not single Rust binaries. They include a compiled web frontend, OS entitlements, and code-signing. cargo install only knows how to drop a standalone binary into ~/.cargo/bin, so it has no way to install a Tauri app properly.

CLI install today, using the GitHub Releases artifacts.

macOS (universal — works on Apple Silicon and Intel):

URL=$(curl -sL 'https://api.github.com/repos/Xoshbin/asyar-launcher/releases?per_page=1' \
  | grep -oE '"https://[^"]+universal\.dmg"' \
  | tr -d '"' \
  | head -n1)
curl -L "$URL" -o /tmp/asyar.dmg
MOUNT=$(hdiutil attach -nobrowse /tmp/asyar.dmg | tail -1 \
  | awk '{for(i=3;i<=NF;i++) printf "%s%s", $i, (i<NF?OFS:ORS)}')
cp -R "$MOUNT/asyar.app" /Applications/
hdiutil detach "$MOUNT"

Linux (Ubuntu, Debian, Fedora, Arch — AppImage is distro-agnostic):

sudo apt install -y curl libfuse2     # apt-based distros

URL=$(curl -sL 'https://api.github.com/repos/Xoshbin/asyar-launcher/releases?per_page=1' \
  | grep -oE '"https://[^"]+amd64\.AppImage"' \
  | tr -d '"' \
  | head -n1)
mkdir -p ~/Applications
curl -L "$URL" -o ~/Applications/asyar.AppImage
chmod +x ~/Applications/asyar.AppImage
~/Applications/asyar.AppImage

Windows (PowerShell — auto-detects x64 vs arm64):

$arch = if ([System.Runtime.InteropServices.RuntimeInformation]::OSArchitecture -eq 'Arm64') { 'arm64' } else { 'x64' }
$pattern = "${arch}_en-US\.msi`$"
$url = (Invoke-RestMethod 'https://api.github.com/repos/Xoshbin/asyar-launcher/releases?per_page=1').assets `
  | Where-Object { $_.name -match $pattern -and $_.name -notmatch '\.sig$' } `
  | Select-Object -First 1 -ExpandProperty browser_download_url
Invoke-WebRequest $url -OutFile "$env:TEMP\asyar.msi"
Start-Process msiexec.exe -ArgumentList "/i", "`"$env:TEMP\asyar.msi`"" -Wait

In the future we may add what you're really asking for:
brew install --cask asyar, a .deb apt repo, a Snap or Flatpak, and a winget install asyar package. These are on the todo list but not a priority right now — pull requests adding any of them are very welcome.

[CuriousFurBytes]

Thanks! This project is the best launcher I could find. Will definitely try to help as I can

[Xoshbin]

Thank you, that really means a lot! I'm very glad you like it. Any help is appreciated, feel free to open an issue or PR anytime you have questions.

[Xoshbin]

Circling back on this — CLI install is live now for macOS and Linux:

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Xoshbin/asyar/main/install.sh | sh

It detects your OS/arch, grabs the right build, and installs it.

Also added a Homebrew tap for macOS:

brew tap Xoshbin/asyar
brew trust --tap xoshbin/asyar   # Homebrew 6+ requires trusting third-party taps once
brew install --cask asyar

[CuriousFurBytes]

Thanks!