Installation
Get blast running
Pre-built binaries for all major platforms. No Rust or compiler needed for the one-liner install.
Linux & macOS
sh
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curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Walon-Foundation/blast/main/install.sh | shAuto-detects OS and architecture. Installs to ~/.local/bin. Set BLAST_INSTALL_DIR to override the destination.
Windows
PowerShell
PS>
irm https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Walon-Foundation/blast/main/install.ps1 | iexDownloads the x86_64-pc-windows-msvc binary and adds it to your user PATH automatically.
Build from source
sh
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cargo install --git https://github.com/Walon-Foundation/blastRequires Rust 1.75 or later. Run rustup update stable if you need to upgrade.
Supported platforms
| Platform | Target triple | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Linux x86-64your system | x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu | glibc 2.17+. Works on Ubuntu 20.04+, Debian 11+, RHEL 8+. |
| Linux arm64 | aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu | Raspberry Pi 4, AWS Graviton, most arm64 cloud instances. |
| macOS arm64 | aarch64-apple-darwin | Apple Silicon (M1, M2, M3, M4). macOS 12+ recommended. |
| Windows x86-64 | x86_64-pc-windows-msvc | Windows 10/11. MSVC runtime included. |
macOS x86-64 is not supported. Use Rosetta 2 (arch -arm64 zsh) or the Linux binary via Docker on Intel Macs.
Manual download
Grab an archive from GitHub Releases and place the binary anywhere on your PATH.
Verify the install
sh
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blast --versionIf the command is not found, add the install directory to your PATH.
sh — add to ~/.bashrc or ~/.zshrc
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export PATH="$PATH:$HOME/.local/bin"Uninstall
sh
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rm ~/.local/bin/blastblast writes no config files or databases. Removing the binary is all that is needed.