docs/cli/generate/install-script.md
mise generate install-scriptmise generate install-script [FLAGS]src/cli/generate/install_script.rsGenerate a script to download+execute mise
This is designed to be used in a project where contributors may not have mise installed.
Renamed from mise generate bootstrap, which read as a form of mise bootstrap (machine
setup). The old name still works but is deprecated and will be removed in mise 2027.9.0.
-l --localize — Keep mise data and cache in a project-local directory (.mise by default)
Use --localized-dir to choose its location. This isolates mise state;
it is not an OS sandbox for commands the generated script runs.
-V --version <VERSION> — Specify mise version to fetch
-w --write [WRITE] — Write the script to a file and make it executable instead of printing it to stdout
--localized-dir <LOCALIZED_DIR> — Directory to put localized data into
Default: .mise
--windows — Also write a Windows launcher, <WRITE>.cmd
Windows cannot execute the #!/usr/bin/env bash script, so a contributor who clones the
project on Windows has nothing to run without this.
Generated on every host, not only on Windows: the file is committed, and whoever runs it
on Windows is not the person who generated it. Requires --write, since stdout cannot
carry two files.
-h --help — Print help
Download mise to .mise if it is not already installed.
mise generate install-script --write ./bin/mise
./bin/mise install
Write bin/mise.cmd as a launcher for contributors who clone the project on Windows.
mise generate install-script --write ./bin/mise --windows
.\bin\mise.cmd install