Install Binary from GitHub Releases

install-binary

This action installs a binary from Github Releases:

Automatically downloads and caches the binary, adding it to the PATH.
Supports specific release tags and binary names.
Particularly useful for installing single-file binaries such as those developed with Go or Rust.

Name	Required	Description	Default
`repo`	true	The GitHub repository in `owner/repo` format
`tag`	false	The release tag to download	`latest`
`name`	false	The specific binary name within the release
`cache`	false	Controls whether the binary is cached	`false`
`token`	false	GitHub token, useful for private repositories	`${{ github.token }}`

Install the latest binary from a public GitHub repository.

  - uses: sigoden/install-binary@v1
    with:
      repo: sigoden/argc

Install a specific binary (protoc) from a given release tag (v26.1) in the protocolbuffers/protobuf repository.

  - uses: sigoden/install-binary@v1
    with:
      repo: protocolbuffers/protobuf
      tag: v26.1
      name: protoc

Install a specific binary (wasm-opt) from the WebAssembly/binaryen repository, which contains multiple binaries.

  - uses: sigoden/install-binary@v1
    with:
      repo: WebAssembly/binaryen
      name: wasm-opt

Install a binary from a private repository using a Personal Access Token (PAT).

  - uses: sigoden/install-binary@v1
    with:
      repo: my-org/my-private-repo
      token: ${{ secrets.MY_PAT }}

The scripts and documentation in this project are released under the MIT License