Installation

simse is a standalone binary with no runtime dependencies. It includes both the interactive TUI and print mode (--print) in a single binary.

Install script (recommended)

The install script detects your OS and architecture, downloads the latest release, and places it in your PATH.

Linux / macOS

curl -fsSL https://cdn.simse.dev/install.sh | sh

Windows (PowerShell)

irm https://cdn.simse.dev/install.ps1 | iex

Verify the installation:

simse --version

Manual download

If you prefer to download manually, the CDN at cdn.simse.dev serves all releases.

# macOS (Apple Silicon)
curl -fsSL https://cdn.simse.dev/download/latest/macos/arm64 -o simse
chmod +x simse

# macOS (Intel)
curl -fsSL https://cdn.simse.dev/download/latest/macos/x64 -o simse
chmod +x simse

# Linux (x64)
curl -fsSL https://cdn.simse.dev/download/latest/linux/x64 -o simse
chmod +x simse

# Windows (x64)
# Download from https://cdn.simse.dev/download/latest/windows/x64

Move the binary to a directory in your PATH:

# macOS / Linux
sudo mv simse /usr/local/bin/

# Or add to ~/bin if you prefer no sudo
mkdir -p ~/bin
mv simse ~/bin/
export PATH="$HOME/bin:$PATH"   # add to ~/.bashrc or ~/.zshrc to persist

macOS Gatekeeper

macOS may quarantine binaries downloaded from the internet. If the binary does not open, remove the quarantine attribute:

xattr -d com.apple.quarantine ./simse

Updating

Run the install script again to update to the latest version. The script always downloads the current release.

Downloading a specific version

# Replace {version} with the version string, e.g., "0.5.0"
curl -fsSL https://cdn.simse.dev/download/{version}/linux/x64 -o simse

The CDN stores all released versions permanently at versioned paths.