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Install

There are two GoReleaser distributions: OSS and Pro.

You can install the pre-compiled binary (in several ways), use Docker or compile from source (when on OSS).

Below you can find the steps for each of them.

Install the pre-compiled binary

homebrew tap

brew install goreleaser/tap/goreleaser
brew install goreleaser/tap/goreleaser-pro

homebrew

brew install goreleaser

Info

The formula in homebrew-core might be slightly outdated. Use our homebrew tap to always get the latest updates.

snapcraft

sudo snap install --classic goreleaser

scoop

scoop bucket add goreleaser https://github.com/goreleaser/scoop-bucket.git
scoop install goreleaser
scoop bucket add goreleaser https://github.com/goreleaser/scoop-bucket.git
scoop install goreleaser-pro

apt

echo 'deb [trusted=yes] https://repo.goreleaser.com/apt/ /' | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/goreleaser.list
sudo apt update
sudo apt install goreleaser
echo 'deb [trusted=yes] https://repo.goreleaser.com/apt/ /' | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/goreleaser.list
sudo apt update
sudo apt install goreleaser-pro

yum

echo '[goreleaser]
name=GoReleaser
baseurl=https://repo.goreleaser.com/yum/
enabled=1
gpgcheck=0' | sudo tee /etc/yum.repos.d/goreleaser.repo
sudo yum install goreleaser
echo '[goreleaser]
name=GoReleaser
baseurl=https://repo.goreleaser.com/yum/
enabled=1
gpgcheck=0' | sudo tee /etc/yum.repos.d/goreleaser.repo
sudo yum install goreleaser-pro

aur

yay -S goreleaser-bin
yay -S goreleaser-pro-bin

deb, rpm and apk packages

Download the .deb, .rpm or .apk packages from the OSS releases page and install them with the appropriate tools.

Download the .deb, .rpm or .apk packages from the Pro releases page and install them with the appropriate tools.

go install

go install github.com/goreleaser/goreleaser@latest

bash script

curl -sfL https://goreleaser.com/static/run | bash
curl -sfL https://goreleaser.com/static/run | DISTRIBUTION=pro bash

You can also set the VERSION and DISTRIBUTION variables to specify a version instead of using latest and pro or oss distributions, respectively.

You can also pass flags and args to GoReleaser:

curl -sfL https://goreleaser.com/static/run |
  VERSION=v1.15.2 DISTRIBUTION=oss bash -s -- check

Tip

This script does not install anything, it just downloads, verifies and runs GoReleaser. Its purpose is to be used within scripts and CIs.

manually

Download the pre-compiled binaries from the OSS releases page and copy them to the desired location.

Download the pre-compiled binaries from the Pro releases page and copy them to the desired location.

nightly

Nightly build are pre-releases of the current code into the main branch. Use it for testing out new features only.

manually

Download the pre-compiled binaries from the [nightly release][nighly-pro-releases] and copy them to the desired location.

bash script

curl -sfL https://goreleaser.com/static/run |
  VERSION=nightly DISTRIBUTION=pro bash -s -- release --clean

docker

Docker images are also available, look for tags with a -nightly suffix.

Registries:

Verifying the artifacts

binaries

All artifacts are checksummed, and the checksum file is signed with cosign.

  1. Download the files you want, and the checksums.txt, checksum.txt.pem and checksums.txt.sig files from the releases page:
    wget https://github.com/goreleaser/goreleaser/releases/download/v1.15.2/checksums.txt
    wget https://github.com/goreleaser/goreleaser/releases/download/v1.15.2/checksums.txt.sig
    wget https://github.com/goreleaser/goreleaser/releases/download/v1.15.2/checksums.txt.pem
    
  2. Verify the signature:
    COSIGN_EXPERIMENTAL=1 cosign verify-blob \
      --cert checksums.txt.pem \
      --signature checksums.txt.sig \
      checksums.txt
    
  3. If the signature is valid, you can then verify the SHA256 sums match with the downloaded binary:
    sha256sum --ignore-missing -c checksums.txt
    
  1. Download the files you want, and the checksums.txt, checksum.txt.pem and checksums.txt.sig files from the releases page:
    wget https://github.com/goreleaser/goreleaser-pro/releases/download/v1.15.2-pro/checksums.txt
    wget https://github.com/goreleaser/goreleaser-pro/releases/download/v1.15.2-pro/checksums.txt.sig
    wget https://github.com/goreleaser/goreleaser-pro/releases/download/v1.15.2-pro/checksums.txt.pem
    
  2. Verify the signature:
    COSIGN_EXPERIMENTAL=1 cosign verify-blob \
      --cert checksums.txt.pem \
      --signature checksums.txt.sig \
      checksums.txt
    
  3. If the signature is valid, you can then verify the SHA256 sums match with the downloaded binary:
    sha256sum --ignore-missing -c checksums.txt
    

docker images

Our Docker images are signed with cosign.

Verify the signatures:

COSIGN_EXPERIMENTAL=1 cosign verify goreleaser/goreleaser
COSIGN_EXPERIMENTAL=1 cosign verify goreleaser/goreleaser-pro

Info

The .pem and .sig files are the image name:tag, replacing / and : with -.

Running with Docker

You can also use it within a Docker container. To do that, you'll need to execute something more-or-less like the examples below.

Registries:

Example usage:

docker run --rm --privileged \
  -v $PWD:/go/src/github.com/user/repo \
  -v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock \
  -w /go/src/github.com/user/repo \
  -e GITHUB_TOKEN \
  -e DOCKER_USERNAME \
  -e DOCKER_PASSWORD \
  -e DOCKER_REGISTRY \
  goreleaser/goreleaser release

Registries:

Example usage:

docker run --rm --privileged \
  -v $PWD:/go/src/github.com/user/repo \
  -v /var/run/docker.sock:/var/run/docker.sock \
  -w /go/src/github.com/user/repo \
  -e GITHUB_TOKEN \
  -e DOCKER_USERNAME \
  -e DOCKER_PASSWORD \
  -e DOCKER_REGISTRY \
  -e GORELEASER_KEY \
  goreleaser/goreleaser-pro release

Info

Now, the provided docker image does not support the generation of snapcraft packages.

Note that the image will almost always have the last stable Go version.

The DOCKER_REGISTRY environment variable can be left empty when you are releasing to the public docker registry.

If you need more things, you are encouraged to keep your own image. You can always use GoReleaser's own Dockerfile as an example though and iterate from that.

Packaging status

Packaging status

Compiling from source

Here you have two options:

If you want to contribute to the project, please follow the steps on our contributing guide.

If you just want to build from source for whatever reason, follow these steps:

clone:

git clone https://github.com/goreleaser/goreleaser
cd goreleaser

get the dependencies:

go mod tidy

build:

go build -o goreleaser .

verify it works:

./goreleaser --version