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gaal ships as a single static binary. Pick the install method that matches your environment.

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Quick install (macOS / Linux)

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/getgaal/gaal/main/scripts/install.sh | sh
Installs the latest release to ~/.local/bin/gaal. Make sure ~/.local/bin is on your $PATH.

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Pin a version

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/getgaal/gaal/main/scripts/install.sh | VERSION=v0.1.2 sh

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Install elsewhere

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/getgaal/gaal/main/scripts/install.sh | INSTALL_DIR=/usr/local/bin sh

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Verbose output

GAAL_INSTALL_DEBUG=1 curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/getgaal/gaal/main/scripts/install.sh | sh

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Help

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/getgaal/gaal/main/scripts/install.sh | sh -s -- --help

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With Go

If you have a Go 1.26+ toolchain installed: 
go install github.com/getgaal/gaal@latest
The binary lands in $GOBIN (or $GOPATH/bin if GOBIN is unset).

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From source

Requires Go 1.26+ and make. 
git clone https://github.com/getgaal/gaal.git
cd gaal
make build
The binary is written to dist/gaal. Move it to your $PATH: 
sudo cp dist/gaal /usr/local/bin/gaal
# or, user-local:
cp dist/gaal ~/.local/bin/gaal

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Verify the install

$ gaal version
gaal v0.1.0
built 2026-04-18T09:00:00Z
If the command isn’t found, ~/.local/bin is probably not on your $PATH. Add this to your shell profile: 
export PATH="$HOME/.local/bin:$PATH"

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Shell completion

gaal ships completion scripts for bash, zsh, fish, and PowerShell. See the gaal completion reference.

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