Fabric v1.4.307 - New One-Line installers for Fabric

[ksylvan]

🚀 New One-Line Installers for Fabric - Cross-Platform Made Easy

Hey Fabric community!

We're excited to announce brand new one-line installers that make getting started with Fabric easier than ever across all platforms.

Quick Install

Unix/Linux/macOS:

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/danielmiessler/fabric/main/scripts/installer/install.sh | bash

Windows PowerShell:

iwr -useb https://raw.githubusercontent.com/danielmiessler/fabric/main/scripts/installer/install.ps1 | iex

What Makes These Special?

✅ Zero dependencies - No need to install Go, package managers, or other tools first
✅ Smart detection - Automatically detects your OS (macOS/Linux/Windows) and architecture (x86_64/arm64/i386)
✅ Clean installation - Downloads only the binary you need, not the full archive
✅ Helpful guidance - Checks your PATH and provides setup instructions
✅ Verification included - Tests the installation and shows version info

Custom Install Locations

Don't want the default ~/.local/bin? No problem:

Unix/Linux/macOS:

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/danielmiessler/fabric/main/scripts/installer/install.sh | INSTALL_DIR=/usr/local/bin bash

Windows:

$env:INSTALL_DIR="C:\tools"; iwr -useb https://raw.githubusercontent.com/danielmiessler/fabric/main/scripts/installer/install.ps1 | iex

Perfect for Getting Started

These installers are ideal for:

• New users who want to try Fabric quickly
• CI/CD pipelines that need reliable automated installation
• Documentation and tutorials that need simple setup steps
• System administrators deploying to multiple machines

What's Next?

After installation, just run:

1. fabric --setup to configure your API keys
2. fabric --help to explore available options
3. fabric --listpatterns to see all available patterns

Feedback Welcome

We'd love to hear your thoughts on these new installers. Have you tried them? Any issues or suggestions for improvement?

The installers are available in the scripts/installer/ directory for inspection - contributions welcome!

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Happy prompting! 🤖

P.S. And a special thanks to @tonymet for his assistance in getting the first version of the PowerShell install in place and for initiating #1736 which caused a rethinking of our binary package generation and release pipeline (making it easier to onboard windows users via winget install)