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Installation

Homebrew​

To install the Crowdin CLI with Homebrew (the package manager for macOS):

brew tap crowdin/crowdin
brew install crowdin@5

Homebrew Tap Reference.

NPM​

npm i -g @crowdin/cli

NPM Package Reference.

Docker​

docker pull crowdin/cli

Docker Container Reference.

Windows​

WinGet​

winget install Crowdin.CrowdinCLI
winget upgrade Crowdin.CrowdinCLI
winget uninstall Crowdin.CrowdinCLI

You can also search for the package:

winget search crowdin

Chocolatey​

choco install crowdin-cli

Chocolatey Package Reference.

Installer​

Download and run installer for Windows.

Debian​

We sign all our packages with the Crowdin Signing Key.

Download and install the public signing key:

wget -qO - https://artifacts.crowdin.com/repo/GPG-KEY-crowdin | sudo apt-key add -

Using the following command, create the crowdin.list file in the /etc/apt/sources.list.d directory:

echo "deb https://artifacts.crowdin.com/repo/deb/ /" > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/crowdin.list

And your repository is ready for use. You can install the Crowdin CLI Debian package with:

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install crowdin

To install the Crowdin CLI manually:

wget https://artifacts.crowdin.com/repo/deb/crowdin.deb -O crowdin.deb
sudo dpkg -i crowdin.deb

RPM​

We sign all our packages with the Crowdin Signing Key.

Download and install the public signing key:

sudo rpm --import https://artifacts.crowdin.com/repo/GPG-KEY-crowdin

Installing from the RPM repository

Create a file called crowdin.repo in the /etc/yum.repos.d directory containing:

[crowdin]
name=Crowdin repository
baseurl=https://artifacts.crowdin.com/repo/rpm
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=https://artifacts.crowdin.com/repo/GPG-KEY-crowdin
enabled=1
autorefresh=1

And your repository is ready for use. You can now install Crowdin CLI with one of the following commands:

sudo yum install crowdin
sudo dnf install crowdin

To install the Crowdin CLI manually:

wget https://artifacts.crowdin.com/repo/rpm/crowdin.rpm -O crowdin.rpm
sudo rpm -U crowdin.rpm

Arch Linux​

Visit the Crowdin CLI package page on Arch Linux user repository.

Standalone version​

Crowdin CLI is also distributed as a single self-contained binary for macOS, Linux, and Windows - with no runtime to install. Download the binary for your platform from the latest GitHub release.

Installation on Linux and macOS​

  • Download the binary for your platform using the link above
  • Make it executable: chmod +x crowdin
  • Move it to a directory on your PATH (for example, sudo mv crowdin /usr/local/bin/crowdin)
  • Run crowdin --version to verify the installation

Installation on Windows​

  • Download the .exe for Windows using the link above
  • Move it to the folder where you want Crowdin CLI to be stored
  • Add that folder to your PATH environment variable
  • Open a new Command Prompt and run crowdin --version to verify the installation

Nix package manager​

nix-shell -p crowdin-cli

A nix-shell will temporarily modify your $PATH environment variable. This can be used to try a piece of software before deciding to permanently install it.

Nix package reference.

Further Reading​