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title: Installation description: Install rustledger on macOS, Linux, or Windows ​

Installation ​

Package Managers ​

macOS / Linux (Homebrew) ​

bash
brew install rustledger

Arch Linux ​

bash
yay -S rustledger-bin

Fedora / RHEL ​

bash
sudo dnf copr enable robcohen/rustledger
sudo dnf install rustledger

Windows (Scoop) ​

powershell
scoop bucket add rustledger https://github.com/rustledger/scoop-rustledger
scoop install rustledger

Cargo (Rust) ​

bash
# Using cargo-binstall (recommended, downloads pre-built binary)
cargo binstall rustledger

# Or build from source
cargo install rustledger

Nix ​

bash
# Run without installing
nix run github:rustledger/rustledger

# Or add to your flake
{
  inputs.rustledger.url = "github:rustledger/rustledger";
}

Docker ​

bash
docker run --rm -v "$PWD:/data" ghcr.io/rustledger/rustledger check /data/ledger.beancount

Pre-built Binaries ​

Download from GitHub Releases:

PlatformDownload
Linux x86_64rustledger-v<VERSION>-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.gz
Linux ARM64rustledger-v<VERSION>-aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.gz
macOS x86_64rustledger-v<VERSION>-x86_64-apple-darwin.tar.gz
macOS ARM64rustledger-v<VERSION>-aarch64-apple-darwin.tar.gz
Windows x86_64rustledger-v<VERSION>-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc.zip

Replace <VERSION> with the release version (e.g., 0.15.0).

Verify Installation ​

bash
rledger --version

You should see output like:

rledger 0.15.0

Shell Completions ​

Generate shell completions for your shell:

bash
# Bash
rledger completions bash > ~/.local/share/bash-completion/completions/rledger

# Zsh
rledger completions zsh > ~/.zfunc/_rledger

# Fish
rledger completions fish > ~/.config/fish/completions/rledger.fish

# PowerShell
rledger completions powershell > $HOME\Documents\PowerShell\Modules\rledger.ps1

Next Steps ​