Installation

One-line installer (recommended)

macOS / Linux:

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/almide/almide/main/tools/install.sh | sh

Windows (PowerShell):

irm https://raw.githubusercontent.com/almide/almide/main/tools/install.ps1 | iex

Both scripts auto-detect your platform, download a prebuilt binary from GitHub Releases, and verify SHA-256 checksums.

Self-update

Once installed, update Almide from itself:

almide self-update          # update to latest release
almide self-update v0.13.1  # pin to a specific version

From source

Almide is written in Rust. You need cargo installed.

git clone https://github.com/almide/almide.git
cd almide
cargo build --release

The binary is at target/release/almide. Add it to your PATH:

# Add to ~/.zshrc or ~/.bashrc
export PATH="$PATH:/path/to/almide/target/release"

Verify installation

almide --version

Editor support

Almide files use the .almd extension. Syntax highlighting is available for:

• VS Code — search for “Almide” in the extension marketplace
• Tree-sitter — grammar available at almide/almide-grammar

Development setup

If you plan to contribute to Almide, install the git hooks:

brew install lefthook  # or see https://github.com/evilmartians/lefthook
lefthook install