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Installation

Requirements​

  • macOS or Linux
  • 8GB+ RAM (recommended)

One-Line Install​

Run the official installer:

curl -fsSL https://zerolang.ai/install.sh | bash

The installer will:

  1. Detect your platform
  2. Download the matching compiler binary from GitHub Releases
  3. Verify file integrity
  4. Install to $HOME/.zero/bin/zero

Manual Install​

  1. Download the binary for your platform from GitHub Releases
  2. Extract and place zero in a directory on your PATH
  3. Run zero doctor --json to verify

Verify Installation​

zero doctor --json

Should output JSON containing compiler version, platform info, and environment checks.

VS Code Extension​

A VS Code extension for .0 file syntax highlighting is included in the repository:

cd extensions/vscode/
# Follow VS Code extension development workflow to install