Installation

Quick Install (macOS / Linux)

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

This downloads the latest release binary to ~/.local/bin/rocky. The script automatically verifies checksums and detects your platform.

To 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

To install a specific version:

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rocky-data/rocky/main/engine/install.sh | bash -s -- 1.0.0

Make sure ~/.local/bin is in your PATH. Add this to your shell profile if needed:

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

Windows

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

GitHub Releases

Download pre-built binaries from the releases page:

Platform	Architecture	Archive
macOS	Apple Silicon (M1+)	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 1.85+ (edition 2024):

target/release/rocky

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

Verify Installation

rocky --version