Installation

Kimberlite ships as a single binary: kimberlite. Install it for your platform using one of the methods below.

Install Script (Recommended)

The quickest way to install on macOS or Linux:

curl -fsSL https://kimberlite.dev/install.sh | sh

This detects your OS and architecture automatically, downloads the latest release, verifies its checksum, and installs kimberlite to /usr/local/bin. A shorter alias kmb is also installed as a convenience shortcut.

macOS

Homebrew

brew install kimberlitedb/tap/kimberlite

Direct Download

# Apple Silicon (M1/M2/M3/M4)
curl -fsSL https://mac.kimberlite.dev -o kimberlite.zip
unzip kimberlite.zip && chmod +x kimberlite && sudo mv kimberlite /usr/local/bin/

# Intel Mac
curl -fsSL https://mac-intel.kimberlite.dev -o kimberlite.zip
unzip kimberlite.zip && chmod +x kimberlite && sudo mv kimberlite /usr/local/bin/

Linux

# x86_64
curl -fsSL https://linux.kimberlite.dev -o kimberlite.zip
unzip kimberlite.zip && chmod +x kimberlite && sudo mv kimberlite /usr/local/bin/

# ARM64
curl -fsSL https://linux-arm.kimberlite.dev -o kimberlite.zip
unzip kimberlite.zip && chmod +x kimberlite && sudo mv kimberlite /usr/local/bin/

Windows

Download from the download page and extract the zip. Add the directory to your PATH, then verify:

kimberlite.exe version

Docker

docker pull ghcr.io/kimberlitedb/kimberlite:latest
docker run --rm -it ghcr.io/kimberlitedb/kimberlite:latest --help

Build from Source

Requires Rust 1.88+.

git clone https://github.com/kimberlitedb/kimberlite.git
cd kimberlite
cargo build --release --bin kimberlite
sudo cp target/release/kimberlite /usr/local/bin/

Verify Installation

kimberlite version

Expected output:

kimberlite 0.4.0

Next Steps

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