Install GoReleaser - Goreleaser

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Homebrew Tap

bash

brew install --cask goreleaser/tap/goreleaser

Homebrew

bash

brew install goreleaser

[!WARNING] The formula in homebrew-core might be slightly outdated. Use our homebrew tap to always get the latest updates.

NPM

bash

npm i -g @goreleaser/goreleaser

Snapcraft

bash

sudo snap install --classic goreleaser

Scoop

bash

scoop bucket add goreleaser https://github.com/goreleaser/scoop-bucket.git
scoop install goreleaser

Chocolatey

bash

choco install goreleaser

Winget

bash

winget install goreleaser

Apt Repository

bash

echo 'deb [trusted=yes] https://repo.goreleaser.com/apt/ /' | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/goreleaser.list
sudo apt update
sudo apt install goreleaser

Yum Repository

bash

echo '[goreleaser]
name=GoReleaser
baseurl=https://repo.goreleaser.com/yum/
enabled=1
gpgcheck=0
exclude=goreleaser-pro' | sudo tee /etc/yum.repos.d/goreleaser.repo
sudo yum install goreleaser

AUR

bash

yay -S goreleaser-bin

Nixpkgs

bash

nix-shell -p goreleaser

[!WARNING] The package in nixpkgs might be slightly outdated, as it is not updated automatically. Use our NUR to always get the latest updates.

NUR

First, you'll need to add our NUR to your nix configuration. You can follow the guides here.

Once you do that, you can install the packages.

nix

{ pkgs, lib, ... }: {
  home.packages = with pkgs; [
    nur.repos.goreleaser.goreleaser
  ];
}

Docker

Registries:

Example usage:

bash

docker run --rm --privileged \
  -v $PWD:/go/src/github.com/user/repo \
  -v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock \
  -w /go/src/github.com/user/repo \
  -e GITHUB_TOKEN \
  -e DOCKER_USERNAME \
  -e DOCKER_PASSWORD \
  -e DOCKER_REGISTRY \
  goreleaser/goreleaser release

[!WARNING] The provided docker image does not support the Snapcraft feature.

The DOCKER_REGISTRY environment variable can be left empty when you are releasing to the public docker registry.

If you need more things, you are encouraged to keep your own image. You can always use GoReleaser's own Dockerfile as an example though and iterate from that.

[!NOTE] There are also :nightly tags available with the latest nightly builds.

Linux packages

Download the .deb, .rpm, or .apk packages from the releases page and install them with the appropriate tools.

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To install, after downloading the files, run:

bash

dpkg -i goreleaser*.deb
rpm -ivh goreleaser*.rpm
apk add --allow-untrusted goreleaser*.apk

`go install`

bash

go install github.com/goreleaser/goreleaser/v2@latest

Requires Go 1.26.

Bash Script

This script does not install anything, it just downloads, verifies and runs GoReleaser. Its purpose is to be used within scripts and CIs.

bash

curl -sfL https://goreleaser.com/static/run | bash VERSION=__VERSION__ -s -- check

[!NOTE] The VERSION environment variable can be omitted to get the latest stable version, or you can set it to nightly to get the last nightly build.

Manually

Download the pre-compiled binaries from the releases page and copy them to the desired location:

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Verifying the artifacts

Binaries

Signatures

All artifacts are checksummed, and the checksum file is signed with cosign.

Download the files you want, and the checksums.txt, checksum.txt.sigstore.json files from the releases page:

bash

wget 'https://github.com/goreleaser/goreleaser/releases/download/__VERSION__/checksums.txt'
wget 'https://github.com/goreleaser/goreleaser/releases/download/__VERSION__/checksums.txt.sigstore.json'

Verify the signature:

bash

cosign verify-blob \
  --certificate-identity 'https://github.com/goreleaser/goreleaser/.github/workflows/release.yml@refs/tags/__VERSION__' \
  --certificate-oidc-issuer 'https://token.actions.githubusercontent.com' \
  --bundle checksums.txt.sigstore.json \
  ./checksums.txt

If the signature is valid, you can then verify the SHA256 sums match with the downloaded binary:

bash

sha256sum --ignore-missing -c checksums.txt

Attestations

You can also verify the attestations:

bash

gh attestation verify --owner goreleaser *.tar.gz
# PS: can be any file from the release

Docker images

Our Docker images are signed with cosign.

Verify the signatures:

bash

cosign verify \
  --certificate-identity 'https://github.com/goreleaser/goreleaser/.github/workflows/release.yml@refs/tags/__VERSION__' \
  --certificate-oidc-issuer 'https://token.actions.githubusercontent.com' \
  goreleaser/goreleaser

Nightly builds

Nightly build are pre-releases of the current code into the main branch. Use it for testing out new features only.

Download the pre-compiled binaries from the nightly release and copy them to the desired location.

Docker images are also available, look for tags with a -nightly suffix for the last nightly of a specific release, or the :nightly tag, which is always the latest nightly build available.

You may also use the Bash Script method by setting the VERSION environment variable to nightly.

Community

Install options with the "Community Owned" badge are maintained by the community and might not always be up to date.