Standalone download
Nextclade CLI is provided in the form of a self-contained single executable file. You can download and run it directly.
This is the recommended way of installing Nextclade CLI.
Download manually
All versions and their release notes are available on 🐈 GitHub Releases.
For convenience, this table provides links to the latest version:
| Linux x86_64 | glibc musl* |
| Linux ARM64 | glibc musl* |
| macOS** | Apple Silicon Intel |
| Windows x86_64 | .exe |
* glibc builds are faster and recommended, but require glibc >= 2.14. musl builds are static, run on older Linux distributions, and are slightly slower
** macOS executables are not signed. See the note below if macOS refuses to run them
The downloaded executables can be renamed and moved freely. It is convenient to rename the executable to nextclade and to move to one of the directories included in system $PATH, so that it’s available from any directory in the console. On Unix-like systems don’t forget to add “executable” permission to the files.
⚠️ Note that macOS executables are not currently signed with a developer certificate (it requires maintaining a paid Apple developer account). Recent versions of macOS might refuse to run the executable. Before invoking Nextclade on command line, follow these steps to add Nextclade to the exclude list: macOS User Guide: Open a Mac app from an unidentified developer, and check Security settings. Refer to the latest macOS documentation if none of this works.
Download from command line
The following commands can be used to download Nextclade from command line, from shell scripts and inside dockerfiles. They use the same URLs as in the previous section.
Download latest version: Download specific version:
🐧 Linux x86_64 (click to expand)
curl -fsSL "https://github.com/nextstrain/nextclade/releases/latest/download/nextclade-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu" -o "nextclade" && chmod +x nextclade
curl -fsSL "https://github.com/nextstrain/nextclade/releases/download/3.0.0/nextclade-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu" -o "nextclade" && chmod +x nextclade
Download latest version: Download specific version:
🍏 macOS Intel (click to expand)
curl -fsSL "https://github.com/nextstrain/nextclade/releases/latest/download/nextclade-x86_64-apple-darwin" -o "nextclade" && chmod +x nextclade
curl -fsSL "https://github.com/nextstrain/nextclade/releases/download/3.0.0/nextclade-x86_64-apple-darwin" -o "nextclade" && chmod +x nextclade
Download latest version: Download specific version:
🍎 macOS Apple Silicon (click to expand)
curl -fsSL "https://github.com/nextstrain/nextclade/releases/latest/download/nextclade-aarch64-apple-darwin" -o "nextclade" && chmod +x nextclade
curl -fsSL "https://github.com/nextstrain/nextclade/releases/download/3.0.0/nextclade-aarch64-apple-darwin" -o "nextclade" && chmod +x nextclade
Download latest version: Download specific version:
🪟 Windows x86_64 PowerShell (click to expand)
Invoke-WebRequest https://github.com/nextstrain/nextclade/releases/latest/download/nextclade-x86_64-pc-windows-gnu.exe -O nextclade.exe
Invoke-WebRequest https://github.com/nextstrain/nextclade/releases/download/3.0.0/nextclade-x86_64-pc-windows-gnu.exe -O nextclade.exe