Installation

Jitzu is distributed as a single standalone binary — jz — that serves as both the script interpreter and the interactive shell. Download the self-contained build for your platform — it bundles the .NET runtime, so it works on any machine with no prerequisites.

Windows x64 macOS Apple Silicon macOS Intel Linux x64

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Package Managers

Windows (WinGet)

WinGet is included with current versions of Windows 10 and Windows 11.

powershell

winget install --id JitzuLang.Jitzu --exact

Windows (Scoop)

powershell

scoop bucket add jitzu https://github.com/jitzulang/jitzu
scoop install jz

Self-Contained Binary

The self-contained binary bundles the .NET runtime, so it works on any machine with no prerequisites. This is the easiest way to get started without a package manager.

Windows

Download jitzu-win-x64.zip from the latest GitHub release. The following PowerShell commands extract it to a user-owned application directory and add that directory to your persistent user PATH without requiring administrator access.

powershell

$dest = Join-Path $env:LOCALAPPDATA "Programs\Jitzu"
New-Item -ItemType Directory -Force -Path $dest | Out-Null
Expand-Archive .\jitzu-win-x64.zip -DestinationPath $dest -Force

$userPath = [Environment]::GetEnvironmentVariable("Path", "User")
$pathEntries = @($userPath -split ";" | Where-Object { $_ })
if ($pathEntries -notcontains $dest) {
  [Environment]::SetEnvironmentVariable(
      "Path",
      ($pathEntries + $dest) -join ";",
      "User"
  )
}

Restart your terminal after updating PATH, then run jz --version to verify the installation.

macOS

Download jitzu-osx-arm64.zip (Apple Silicon) or jitzu-osx-x64.zip (Intel) from the latest release.

bash

unzip jitzu-osx-arm64.zip
sudo mv jz /usr/local/bin/
chmod +x /usr/local/bin/jz

Linux

Download jitzu-linux-x64.zip from the latest release.

bash

unzip jitzu-linux-x64.zip
sudo mv jz /usr/local/bin/
chmod +x /usr/local/bin/jz

Self-Update

Jitzu can update itself:

bash

jz upgrade

Build from Source

Jitzu requires the .NET 10 SDK to build from source.

bash

git clone https://github.com/jitzulang/jitzu.git
cd jitzu
dotnet build
dotnet run --project Jitzu.Shell -- --help
dotnet run --project Jitzu.Shell

Verify Installation

Check the interpreter is on your PATH:

bash

jz --version
# jz v0.2.0

Then launch the shell:

Shell

jz v0.2.0

• runtime    : 10.0.0
• config     : ~/.jitzu/config.jz
• platform   : Unix

Type `help` to get started.

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