Installation

The Nitro CLI ships in several flavors so you can pick whatever fits your environment best.

.NET tool#

If you have the .NET SDK installed, you can install the CLI as a .NET tool.

Install as a local tool, scoped to a repository via a tool manifest. From the repository root:

dotnet new tool-manifest
dotnet tool install ChilliCream.Nitro.CommandLine

Local tools are restored with dotnet tool restore and invoked through dotnet tool run nitro (or dotnet nitro). Check the manifest (./.config/dotnet-tools.json) into source control so every collaborator uses the same version.

Or install globally:

dotnet tool install -g ChilliCream.Nitro.CommandLine

npm#

The CLI is published to npm as @chillicream/nitro. For one-off invocations run it with npx. The @latest tag opts out of npm's local cache so each run pulls the newest release:

npx @chillicream/nitro@latest --version

Homebrew (macOS and Linux)#

The CLI is available through the chillicream/tools tap:

brew tap chillicream/tools
brew install nitro-cli

To upgrade later:

brew update
brew upgrade nitro-cli

Pre-built binaries#

Pre-built binaries for every supported OS and architecture are attached to each GitHub release.

Extract the archive and place the nitro binary somewhere on your PATH. The binaries are self-contained, no .NET SDK or runtime is required on the target machine.