Installation

Rocky is a single static binary. There’s no separate runtime to install.

macOS / Linux

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rocky-data/rocky/main/engine/install.sh | bash

This installs to ~/.local/bin/rocky and verifies checksums. Make sure ~/.local/bin is on your PATH:

export PATH="$HOME/.local/bin:$PATH"

Windows

irm https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rocky-data/rocky/main/engine/install.ps1 | iex

Options

Install to a custom directory:

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rocky-data/rocky/main/engine/install.sh \
  | ROCKY_INSTALL_DIR=/usr/local/bin bash

Pin a specific version:

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rocky-data/rocky/main/engine/install.sh | bash -s -- <version>

Pre-built binaries

Direct downloads from the releases page:

Platform	Archive
macOS (Apple Silicon)	rocky-aarch64-apple-darwin.tar.gz
macOS (Intel)	rocky-x86_64-apple-darwin.tar.gz
Linux x86_64	rocky-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.gz
Linux ARM64	rocky-aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.gz
Windows x86_64	rocky-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc.zip

Build from source

Requires Rust 1.88+ (edition 2024).

git clone https://github.com/rocky-data/rocky.git
cd rocky/engine
cargo build --release
# binary at target/release/rocky

Verify

rocky --version

That’s the install done. Next, run the Quickstart. No warehouse handy? The Playground runs the same flow on a local DuckDB file, no credentials needed.