Installing on macOS

Updated on Oct 5, 2026

Forge supports macOS 14 Sonoma or later on Intel and Apple silicon. The release assets are frg-<version>-x86_64-darwin for Intel and frg-<version>-aarch64-darwin for Apple silicon. The macOS binaries are Apple Developer ID signed and notarized.

Install with the installer script

bash

curl -fsSL https://github.com/telerik/forge/releases/latest/download/install.sh | sh

With GitHub CLI:

bash

gh release download --repo telerik/forge --pattern 'install.sh'
sh install.sh

The installer detects the OS and architecture, checks the SHA256 checksum against SHA256SUMS, and installs the macOS binary to /usr/local/bin/frg (using sudo if needed). On macOS, it removes the quarantine attribute.

See Installation Overview for common installer options, environment variables, and exit codes.

Install the binary manually

1. Find your architecture:

bash

uname -m

x86_64 means an x86_64 asset. arm64 or aarch64 means an aarch64 asset.

2. Download the asset for your platform. For macOS, use frg-<version>-x86_64-darwin or frg-<version>-aarch64-darwin:

bash

ASSET=frg-<version>-x86_64-darwin # or frg-<version>-aarch64-darwin
curl -fsSLO "https://github.com/telerik/forge/releases/download/v<version>/$ASSET"

With GitHub CLI:

bash

gh release download v<version> --repo telerik/forge --pattern "$ASSET"

3. Optionally verify the download. See Troubleshooting Installation Problems for GPG signature and checksum verification steps.
4. Make the file executable and move it to a folder on your PATH:

bash

chmod +x "$ASSET"
sudo mv "$ASSET" /usr/local/bin/frg

5. Check the installation:

bash

frg --version

On Apple silicon Macs, use the aarch64-darwin binary. The Intel binary also runs through Rosetta 2, but more slowly.

Verify the macOS binary

You can check the code signature of the installed binary with:

bash

codesign --verify --verbose /usr/local/bin/frg

If macOS blocks a binary downloaded in a browser, see Troubleshooting Installation Problems.

See Also

• Installation Overview