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title: Install
summary: Install bulletty
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# Install
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## 🟩 Stable Version
### Prebuilt binary
[Download the latest version](https://github.com/CrociDB/bulletty/releases/latest) of **bulletty** through GitHub.
**bulletty** runs natively on all the major three platforms: **Linux**, **MacOS** and **Windows**. One thing to be aware of though is that it does make use of some symbols found in [NerdFonts](https://www.nerdfonts.com/), so it's highly recommended to have it setup in your terminal emulator.
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## 🐧 Linux
### Arch Linux
**bulletty** is available in the Arch Linux `extra` repository. This also applies to Arch-based distributions such as **Manjaro** and **Parabola**.
```shell
pacman -S bulletty
```
[View package on Arch Linux](https://archlinux.org/packages/extra/x86_64/bulletty/)
### Nix / NixOS
**bulletty** is available in **nixpkgs**. You can install it using the flakes-style command:
```shell
nix profile install nixpkgs#bulletty
```
Or using the traditional command:
```shell
nix-env -iA nixpkgs.bulletty
```
[View package on nixpkgs](https://github.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/blob/nixos-unstable/pkgs/by-name/bu/bulletty/package.nix)
### Snap
[](https://snapcraft.io/bulletty)
**bulletty** is available as a Snap package, which works on Ubuntu, Debian, Fedora, openSUSE, and many other Linux distributions that support [snapd](https://snapcraft.io/docs/installing-snapd).
```shell
sudo snap install bulletty
```
[View on Snap Store](https://snapcraft.io/bulletty)
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## 🍎 macOS
### Homebrew
**bulletty** is available on [Homebrew](https://brew.sh/):
```shell
brew install bulletty
```
[View formula on Homebrew](https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/bulletty)
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## 🌐 Cross-platform
### Homebrew (Linux)
[Homebrew](https://brew.sh/) also works on Linux. If you have Homebrew installed on your Linux system:
```shell
brew install bulletty
```
### Through _Cargo_
If you have Rust and `cargo 1.90+` installed on any platform (Linux, macOS, or Windows):
```shell
cargo install bulletty
```
[bulletty on crates.io](https://crates.io/crates/bulletty)
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## 🌃 Nightly Builds
[Download a nightly build](https://github.com/CrociDB/bulletty/releases)
A nightly build can be more unstable, but it's very appreciated if you want to test new features.
Another option is installing a nightly version from `cargo`:
```shell
cargo install --git https://github.com/CrociDB/bulletty.git
```
## 👩💻 Getting the source and building it
```shell
git clone https://github.com/CrociDB/bulletty.git
cd bulletty
cargo build --release
```
### Notes on building on Windows
bulletty requires the `openssl` crate to build, but it's known to be a little complicated to build on Windows. If it fails on a regular build, it's probably because whatever `perl` version it's trying to use is not suitable to build it. In that case, try installing [Strawberry Perl](https://strawberryperl.com/) and make sure that `opensll` uses the one you just install to build:
```powershell
$env:OPENSSL_SRC_PERL = "C:\Strawberry\perl\bin\perl.exe"
```
Then `cargo build` should work normally.