Install Bakin

On macOS, install through the Bakin Homebrew tap:

brew install markhayden/tap/bakin

On Linux, CI images, or machines without Homebrew, use the install script. It picks the right binary for your machine, verifies the SHA-256, and drops it on your PATH as bakin.

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/markhayden/bakin/main/install.sh | bash

That’s the whole install.

Supported

• macOS · Apple Silicon
• Linux · x64
• Linux · arm64

Intel Macs and Windows aren’t in the release matrix yet. Build from source if you need them.

Confirm it worked

bakin version
bakin --help

The Homebrew formula installs to Homebrew’s prefix. The install script lands in /usr/local/bin, or ~/.local/bin if that’s not writable. If it landed in ~/.local/bin, make sure that directory is on your PATH. Otherwise the shell won’t find bakin and the install will look broken when it isn’t.

If bakin: command not found, add this to your shell profile (~/.zshrc, ~/.bashrc, or equivalent):

export PATH="$HOME/.local/bin:$PATH"

That's the install. Onto Initial Setup.

The rest of this page is for custom install locations, pinned versions, manual downloads, and source builds. If none of that applies, skip it.

Continue to Initial Setup

Advanced

Release assets

Each release publishes the platform binaries plus a checksums.txt with SHA-256 sums.

Platform	Asset
macOS (Apple Silicon)	bakin-darwin-arm64
Linux x64	bakin-linux-x64
Linux arm64	bakin-linux-arm64

Custom install location

Override the default with BAKIN_INSTALL_DIR:

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/markhayden/bakin/main/install.sh | BAKIN_INSTALL_DIR="$HOME/bin" bash

Pin a version

BAKIN_VERSION grabs a specific release tag instead of the latest:

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/markhayden/bakin/main/install.sh | BAKIN_VERSION=v1.0.0 bash

Manual download

Pull the asset for your platform from the GitHub releases page, check it against checksums.txt, drop it on your PATH as bakin. Same outcome as the installer, just more steps.

Build from source

For Intel Mac, Windows, or anything not in the release matrix, build from the repo. Source setup lives in Bakin’ Core.