kage/docs/content/getting-started/installation.md

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Installation	Install kage from Go, Homebrew, Scoop, a release archive, a Linux package, or the container image, and point it at a browser.	20

kage is a single binary. Pick whichever channel suits you.

Go

go install github.com/tamnd/kage/cmd/kage@latest

Homebrew (macOS)

brew install --cask tamnd/tap/kage

The cask installs the prebuilt macOS binary. On Linux, use the packages below or go install.

Scoop (Windows)

scoop bucket add tamnd https://github.com/tamnd/scoop-bucket
scoop install kage

Linux (apt and dnf)

A signed apt and dnf repository tracks every release, so apt upgrade and dnf upgrade keep kage current.

# Debian, Ubuntu
curl -fsSL https://tamnd.github.io/linux-repo/gpg.key \
  | sudo gpg --dearmor -o /usr/share/keyrings/tamnd.gpg
echo "deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/tamnd.gpg] https://tamnd.github.io/linux-repo/apt stable main" \
  | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/tamnd.list
sudo apt update && sudo apt install kage

# Fedora, RHEL
sudo dnf config-manager --add-repo https://tamnd.github.io/linux-repo/dnf/tamnd.repo
sudo dnf install kage

Release archives and Linux packages

Every release attaches tar.gz archives (and a .zip for Windows) for Linux, macOS, Windows, and FreeBSD, plus .deb, .rpm, and .apk packages and a checksums.txt with a cosign signature. Download the one for your platform, extract kage, and put it on your PATH. To install a package directly without the repo above:

# Debian/Ubuntu
sudo dpkg -i kage_*_amd64.deb

# Fedora/RHEL
sudo rpm -i kage-*.x86_64.rpm

Container

The image bundles Chromium, so it needs nothing else:

docker run -v "$PWD/out:/out" ghcr.io/tamnd/kage clone example.com

The mirror lands in ./out/example.com/ on your host.

You need a browser

kage drives a real Chrome to render pages. Outside the container image, it needs Chrome or Chromium available on the machine. It looks for a system install automatically (Google Chrome on macOS and Windows, google-chrome/chromium on Linux). To use a specific binary:

kage clone example.com --chrome /path/to/chromium
# or
export KAGE_CHROME=/path/to/chromium

If no browser is found, kage's launcher can download a private copy of Chromium on first use.

Next: the quick start.