Install

zap is one static binary for macOS and Linux, on Intel and ARM.

Homebrew

brew install thecloudranger/tap/zap

Upgrade later with brew upgrade zap.

From a release

1. Download the archive for your system from the latest release, along with checksums.txt.
2. Check it: shasum -a 256 -c checksums.txt --ignore-missing
3. Unpack it and move zap to a folder on your PATH, such as ~/.local/bin.

The binary is not notarized. If macOS refuses to open a copy you downloaded with a browser, clear the quarantine flag:

xattr -d com.apple.quarantine ~/.local/bin/zap

With Go

Go 1.27 or newer:

go install github.com/thecloudranger/zap/cmd/zap@latest

Check it works

zap --version

zap needs git on your PATH. The --gh option also needs the GitHub CLI.

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