{"slug": "ghr-a-github-releases-installer-built-with-zig-and-for-zig-apps-too", "title": "Ghr, a GitHub Releases installer built with Zig and for Zig apps too", "summary": "Developer cataggar released ghr v0.9.0, a GitHub Releases installer written in Zig, marking the tool's first release built with Zig v0.17.0. The release relaxes the minisign signature requirement and adds a new install syntax supporting options such as ?minisign=, alongside improved documentation at cataggar.github.io/ghr. The tool installs releases from repositories including cli/cli, github/copilot-cli, cataggar/zig, burntsushi/ripgrep, nushell/nushell and astral-sh/uv.", "body_md": "I just released [ghr v0.9.0](https://github.com/cataggar/ghr/releases/tag/v0.9.0). The documentation at [ghr — a toolkit for GitHub releases — ghr](https://cataggar.github.io/ghr/) is much improved. It is my first release using zig v0.17.0.\n\nWhen I create a new development machine, here is an example of what I run to set up my development environment:\n\n```\ncurl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cataggar/ghr/main/install.sh | sh\nghr install cli/cli github/copilot-cli cataggar/keyring cataggar/zig burntsushi/ripgrep clementtsang/bottom nushell/nushell astral-sh/uv casey/just bytecodealliance/wasmtime\n```\n\nI relaxed the minisign requirement in this version. I have a mirror of the stable zig releases at [GitHub - cataggar/zig · GitHub](https://github.com/cataggar/zig), so these all install the same official zig v0.17.0. The last is the new syntax to support other options.\n\n```\nghr install cataggar/zig\nghr install cataggar/zig@v0.17.0 RWSGOq2NVecA2UPNdBUZykf1CCb147pkmdtYxgb3Ti+JO/wCYvhbAb/U\nghr install cataggar/zig@v0.17.0 ?minisign=RWSGOq2NVecA2UPNdBUZykf1CCb147pkmdtYxgb3Ti+JO/wCYvhbAb/U\n```\n\nFor those using AI, the Zig incremental build support is impressive. I added this skill today:", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ghr-a-github-releases-installer-built-with-zig-and-for-zig-apps-too", "canonical_source": "https://ziggit.dev/t/ghr-a-github-releases-installer-built-with-zig-and-for-zig-apps-too/16474#post_2", "published_at": "2026-10-16 19:02:36+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-10-16 19:22:48.973341+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["developer-tools"], "entities": ["ghr", "Zig", "cataggar", "GitHub", "GitHub Releases", "cli/cli", "github/copilot-cli", "ripgrep"], "also_reported_by": [], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ghr-a-github-releases-installer-built-with-zig-and-for-zig-apps-too", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ghr-a-github-releases-installer-built-with-zig-and-for-zig-apps-too.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ghr-a-github-releases-installer-built-with-zig-and-for-zig-apps-too.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/ghr-a-github-releases-installer-built-with-zig-and-for-zig-apps-too.jsonld"}}