Install guide

Install mkscript on macOS and Linux.

Use these stable commands if you want the same install path to keep working as new releases are published.

macOS

Homebrew install for Apple Silicon and Intel Macs.

brew install seriousCoding/tap/mkscript

Ubuntu and Debian

Stable GitHub alias for the current Debian package.

curl -LO https://github.com/seriousCoding/mkscript/releases/latest/download/mkscript.deb
sudo apt install ./mkscript.deb

Fedora

curl -LO https://github.com/seriousCoding/mkscript/releases/latest/download/mkscript.rpm
sudo dnf install ./mkscript.rpm

RHEL, Rocky Linux, and AlmaLinux

curl -LO https://github.com/seriousCoding/mkscript/releases/latest/download/mkscript.rpm
sudo yum install ./mkscript.rpm

Verify

Confirm the install

mkscript --version
mkscript --help

Download source

Source tarball

curl -LO https://github.com/seriousCoding/mkscript/releases/latest/download/mkscript.tar.gz

Notes

Global shortcut behavior

On Linux, `mkscript` uses `~/.local/bin` for personal shortcuts. On macOS, it prefers a personal `*local*/bin` or `~/bin` path already on `PATH`, then falls back to `~/.local/bin`.

Read the full install guide in the repo