Installation

Install the Retrace CLI on macOS, Linux, or Windows with the install script or a direct binary download.

Install script

The recommended way to install is the one-line script. It detects your operating system and architecture, downloads the matching binary, and places it on your PATH:

curl -fsSL https://retraceai.tech/install.sh | sh

Supported platforms:

  • macOS (Apple Silicon and Intel)
  • Linux (x86_64 and ARM64)
  • Windows (x86_64)

Verify the installation:

retrace version

Manual download

If you prefer to download the binary directly, choose your platform:

PlatformDownload
macOS (Apple Silicon)curl -fsSL https://cdn.retraceai.tech/cli/latest/retrace-darwin-aarch64 -o retrace
macOS (Intel)curl -fsSL https://cdn.retraceai.tech/cli/latest/retrace-darwin-x86_64 -o retrace
Linux (x86_64)curl -fsSL https://cdn.retraceai.tech/cli/latest/retrace-linux-x86_64 -o retrace
Linux (ARM64)curl -fsSL https://cdn.retraceai.tech/cli/latest/retrace-linux-aarch64 -o retrace
Windows (x86_64)curl -fsSL https://cdn.retraceai.tech/cli/latest/retrace-windows-x86_64.exe -o retrace.exe

After downloading on macOS or Linux, make the binary executable and move it onto your PATH:

chmod +x retrace && sudo mv retrace /usr/local/bin/

Updating

Once installed, the CLI can update itself in place:

retrace update

See Self-update for details.

Next steps

Continue to Authentication to connect the CLI to your account.

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