# Installation
Badness is distributed as a single binary, `badness`. The current version is
`{{ badness-version }}`.
## From Source
Badness is written in Rust (edition 2024). With a Rust toolchain installed,
build from a checkout:
```sh
git clone https://github.com/jolars/badness
cd badness
cargo build --release
```
The binary lands at `target/release/badness`. Copy it onto your `PATH`, or run
it in place.
To install it into Cargo's bin directory instead:
```sh
cargo install --path .
```
## Verifying the Install
```sh
badness --version
```
This should print `badness {{ badness-version }}`.