qaz

Download GitHub release assets with automatic OS detection, hash verification, and optional installation.

Install

mint install ryh/qaz

Usage

qaz <repository> [OPTIONS]

Repository Formats

owner/repo                                          Short form
owner/repo.git                                      With .git suffix
https://github.com/owner/repo                       Full URL
https://github.com/owner/repo/                      Trailing slash
https://github.com/owner/repo/releases/tag/v1.0.0   URL with tag

Options

Flag	Description
-q, --quiet	Suppress output (default)
-i, --interactive	Select asset interactively
-v, --verbose	Show detailed output
-t, --tag TAG	Download specific release tag
-d, --directory DIR	Download to directory (default: current)
-I, --install	Install after download
-h, --help	Show help

Examples

qaz BurntSushi/ripgrep
qaz https://github.com/cli/cli/releases/tag/v2.65.0
qaz jj-vcs/jj -v --install
qaz owner/repo -t v1.0.0 -d ~/bin

Installation

With --install flag:

• .app bundles -> ~/Applications/
• CLI binaries -> ~/.local/bin/
• DMG files -> Auto-mount and extract

Environment

GITHUB_TOKEN or GH_TOKEN - GitHub API token for higher rate limits (5000 requests/hour vs 60 unauthenticated).