Installation

Pre-built Binaries (Recommended)

One-Line Install

macOS / Linux

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rsclaw-ai/rsclaw/main/scripts/install.sh | bash

Windows

irm https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rsclaw-ai/rsclaw/main/scripts/install.ps1 | iex

Options:

# Install specific version
curl -fsSL .../install.sh | bash -s -- --version v2026.4.1-beta

# Install to custom directory
curl -fsSL .../install.sh | bash -s -- --prefix /opt/rsclaw/bin

Supported Platforms

Platform	Architecture	Status
macOS	ARM64 (Apple Silicon)	Fully supported
macOS	x86_64 (Intel)	Fully supported
Linux	x86_64	Fully supported (musl, static binary)
Linux	ARM64	Fully supported (musl, static binary)
Windows	x86_64	Fully supported
Windows	ARM64	Fully supported

Manual Download

Download from GitHub Releases, extract, and add to PATH.

From Source

Requirements

• Rust 1.91+ (Edition 2024)
• Protobuf compiler (protoc)

# Install Rust
curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf https://sh.rustup.rs | sh

# Install protoc
# macOS
brew install protobuf
# Ubuntu/Debian
sudo apt-get install -y protobuf-compiler

# Build
git clone https://github.com/rsclaw-ai/rsclaw.git
cd rsclaw
cargo build --release

The binary is at ./target/release/rsclaw (~12MB with LTO + strip).

Optional Features

# Matrix E2EE support
cargo build --release --features channel-matrix

Update

# Auto-update from GitHub
rsclaw update

# Or reinstall via script
curl -fsSL .../install.sh | bash

# Or from source
cd /path/to/rsclaw && git pull && cargo build --release

Uninstall

# Remove binary
sudo rm /usr/local/bin/rsclaw

# Remove data (optional)
rm -rf ~/.rsclaw