---
title: "Install the command line"
description: "Install cihub, the command line of CIHub, on Linux or macOS, to drive the queues of an instance from a terminal or a CI."
canonical_url: "https://cihub.io/docs/install/cli"
markdown_url: "https://cihub.io/docs/install/cli.md"
---

# Install the command line

`cihub` is one binary. It signs in to an instance (`cihub auth login`) and drives its queues (`cihub queue …`).

<Callout title="From the release after 0.2.1">
  Each release attaches the binaries below from the next release of CIHub. Until then, build `cihub` with
  Cargo, as in the last tab.
</Callout>

<Tabs items={["Linux x86_64", "Linux arm64", "macOS (Apple silicon)", "From the sources"]}>
<Tab value="Linux x86_64">

```sh
curl -fsSL https://github.com/getcihub/cihub/releases/latest/download/cihub-x86_64-unknown-linux-musl.tar.gz | tar -xz
sudo install cihub /usr/local/bin/
```

</Tab>
<Tab value="Linux arm64">

```sh
curl -fsSL https://github.com/getcihub/cihub/releases/latest/download/cihub-aarch64-unknown-linux-musl.tar.gz | tar -xz
sudo install cihub /usr/local/bin/
```

</Tab>
<Tab value="macOS (Apple silicon)">

```sh
curl -fsSL https://github.com/getcihub/cihub/releases/latest/download/cihub-aarch64-apple-darwin.tar.gz | tar -xz
sudo install cihub /usr/local/bin/
```

</Tab>
<Tab value="From the sources">

With Rust installed, on any platform:

```sh
cargo install --locked --git https://github.com/getcihub/cihub cihub-cli
```

</Tab>
</Tabs>

Check it:

```sh
cihub --version
```

The Linux binaries are static: they run on any distribution. Each archive has its SHA-256 checksum next to it on the
page of the release, `cihub-<target>.tar.gz.sha256`.

## Next

- [Sign in to an instance](/docs/install/first-pull-request#follow-the-queue) with `cihub auth login`.