Installation

gapline ships as a single static binary. No runtime, no JVM, no package manager required for day-to-day use.

curl -fsSL https://gapline.dev/install.sh | sh

The script detects your architecture, downloads the matching binary, and drops it in ~/.local/bin/gapline. Make sure ~/.local/bin is on your PATH.

To pin a specific version:

curl -fsSL https://gapline.dev/install.sh | sh -s -- --version 1.0.1

Run in PowerShell:

Invoke-WebRequest https://gapline.dev/install.ps1 | Invoke-Expression

The script installs gapline.exe into %USERPROFILE%\.local\bin and updates the user PATH. Restart your shell after the first install.

cargo install gapline

Requires Rust 1.70 or later. The binary is placed in ~/.cargo/bin/gapline.

Install Rust 1.70 or later via rustup.

Clone the workspace:

git clone https://github.com/Code-Barru/gapline.git
cd gapline

Build a release binary:
Terminal window
```
cargo build --release -p gapline
```
The binary lands at target/release/gapline. Copy it somewhere on your PATH:
Terminal window
```
cp target/release/gapline ~/.local/bin/
```

Verify the install

gapline --version

gapline 1.0.1

If the command is not found, confirm that the install directory is on your PATH. The shell-based installers print the exact line to add to your shell profile on first run.

Update

Re-run the install script. It overwrites the existing binary with the latest stable release.

curl -fsSL https://gapline.dev/install.sh | sh

For cargo install, pass --force:

cargo install gapline --force

Uninstall

Delete the binary from its install location.

rm ~/.local/bin/gapline

Remove-Item $env:USERPROFILE\.local\bin\gapline.exe

cargo uninstall gapline

gapline stores no state outside its configuration files. If you created a ./gapline.toml or ~/.config/gapline/config.toml, remove those too.

Next steps

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