# Ghr, a GitHub Releases installer built with Zig and for Zig apps too

> Source: <https://ziggit.dev/t/ghr-a-github-releases-installer-built-with-zig-and-for-zig-apps-too/16474#post_2>
> Published: 2026-10-16 19:02:36+00:00

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.

When I create a new development machine, here is an example of what I run to set up my development environment:

```
curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cataggar/ghr/main/install.sh | sh
ghr install cli/cli github/copilot-cli cataggar/keyring cataggar/zig burntsushi/ripgrep clementtsang/bottom nushell/nushell astral-sh/uv casey/just bytecodealliance/wasmtime
```

I 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.

```
ghr install cataggar/zig
ghr install cataggar/zig@v0.17.0 RWSGOq2NVecA2UPNdBUZykf1CCb147pkmdtYxgb3Ti+JO/wCYvhbAb/U
ghr install cataggar/zig@v0.17.0 ?minisign=RWSGOq2NVecA2UPNdBUZykf1CCb147pkmdtYxgb3Ti+JO/wCYvhbAb/U
```

For those using AI, the Zig incremental build support is impressive. I added this skill today: