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How to install shim on Linux (Balanov/shim) · gitmanual

How to install on Linux

Balanov/shim

Tiny local-first AI harness: any model, MCP and Agent Skills, natural-language CLI. Zero dependencies. MIT.

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shim_linux_amd64.tar.gz

tar.gz · x64 · 2.8 MB · 28 downloads · best match

Move the extracted binary onto your PATH (e.g. /usr/local/bin).

curl -LO "https://github.com/Balanov/shim/releases/download/v0.1.0/shim_linux_amd64.tar.gz"
tar -xzf "shim_linux_amd64.tar.gz"

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shim_linux_arm64.tar.gz

tar.gz · ARM64 · 2.6 MB · 6 downloads

Move the extracted binary onto your PATH (e.g. /usr/local/bin).

curl -LO "https://github.com/Balanov/shim/releases/download/v0.1.0/shim_linux_arm64.tar.gz"
tar -xzf "shim_linux_arm64.tar.gz"

go install github.com/Balanov/shim/cmd/shim@v0.1.0

From the README, exactly as the maintainers wrote it.

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