Installation

Install yaku

Homebrew (macOS / Linux)

brew install psmakes/tap/yaku

Homebrew handles updates automatically with brew upgrade.

Download binary

Download the latest release for your platform from GitHub Releases.

# macOS (Apple Silicon)
curl -L https://github.com/psmakes/yaku-cli/releases/latest/download/yaku_darwin_arm64.tar.gz | tar xz
sudo mv yaku /usr/local/bin/

# macOS (Intel)
curl -L https://github.com/psmakes/yaku-cli/releases/latest/download/yaku_darwin_amd64.tar.gz | tar xz
sudo mv yaku /usr/local/bin/

# Linux (x86_64)
curl -L https://github.com/psmakes/yaku-cli/releases/latest/download/yaku_linux_amd64.tar.gz | tar xz
sudo mv yaku /usr/local/bin/

# Linux (ARM64)
curl -L https://github.com/psmakes/yaku-cli/releases/latest/download/yaku_linux_arm64.tar.gz | tar xz
sudo mv yaku /usr/local/bin/

On Windows, download the .zip file and add yaku.exe to a directory in your PATH.

From source

Requires Go 1.26+.

go install github.com/psmakes/yaku-cli@latest

The binary is installed to $GOPATH/bin (default ~/go/bin). Make sure this directory is in your PATH.

Verify installation

yaku version

You should see output like:

yaku v0.1.0

If you see command not found, check that the binary is in a directory listed in your PATH.

What’s next

Head to Quick Start to run your first translation.