Install Sigil CLI on macOS and Linux

Sigil is distributed through public release artifacts. The hosted installer is a small bootstrap script that downloads the latest release installer from GitHub and runs it on your machine or CI runner.

Supported platforms

Platform	Status	Notes
macOS	Supported	Apple Silicon and Intel builds are published when available.
Linux	Supported	x86_64 builds are published when available.
Windows	Not documented yet	Use WSL2 for now, or email [email protected] with your target workflow.

Shell installer

curl -fsSL https://runsigil.com/install.sh | sh

The script at https://runsigil.com/install.sh delegates to the latest public installer published at:

https://github.com/bobisme/sigil-releases/releases/latest

Pass installer flags after sh -s --:

curl -fsSL https://runsigil.com/install.sh | sh -s -- --no-modify-path

Use --no-modify-path when you want the installer to avoid editing shell profile PATH entries.

Homebrew

brew install bobisme/tap/sigil

Pin a release

For reproducible CI, install from a specific GitHub release instead of the moving latest URL. Replace v0.23.0 with the version you want:

curl -fsSL https://github.com/bobisme/sigil-releases/releases/download/v0.23.0/sigil-installer.sh | sh

Verify release artifacts

Release archives and checksums are published on GitHub:

https://github.com/bobisme/sigil-releases/releases/latest

Download the archive and checksum for your platform, then compare the published checksum with your local file:

shasum -a 256 sigil-*.tar.*

If a release includes signature or provenance files, verify those before using Sigil in a protected CI path. For security or verification questions, email [email protected].

Confirm install

sigil --version
sigil --help

If your shell cannot find sigil, restart the shell or add Cargo’s bin directory to your PATH:

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

Uninstall

If installed into Cargo’s bin directory, remove the binary:

rm -f "$HOME/.cargo/bin/sigil"

If installed through Homebrew:

brew uninstall sigil

Remove any PATH entries the installer added only after confirming no other tools need the same directory.

Troubleshooting

Symptom	Check
curl: command not found	Install curl, or download the release installer with another tool.
sigil: command not found	Check ~/.cargo/bin in PATH, then restart the shell.
Permission denied in CI	Install into a writable directory, or run the installer before switching users.
Unsupported platform	Use WSL2 for Windows, or request platform support at [email protected].
Need an exact artifact	Use the GitHub release page and pin the version in CI.

Next step

Run the quickstart to initialize a service, execute a first evaluation, and emit an ALLOW, REVIEW, or BLOCK decision.