Installation

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Source: https://kiro.dev/docs/cli/installation/

macOS

curl -fsSL https://cli.kiro.dev/install | bash

Linux AppImage

wget https://desktop-release.q.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/latest/kiro-cli.appimage
chmod +x kiro-cli.appimage
./kiro-cli.appimage

With a zip file

Requires glibc 2.34+ (or use musl version). Check: ldd --version

Standard (glibc 2.34+):

# x86_64
curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf 'https://desktop-release.q.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/latest/kirocli-x86_64-linux.zip' -o 'kirocli.zip'
# ARM aarch64
curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf 'https://desktop-release.q.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/latest/kirocli-aarch64-linux.zip' -o 'kirocli.zip'

Musl (glibc < 2.34):

# x86_64
curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf 'https://desktop-release.q.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/latest/kirocli-x86_64-linux-musl.zip' -o 'kirocli.zip'
# ARM aarch64
curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf 'https://desktop-release.q.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/latest/kirocli-aarch64-linux-musl.zip' -o 'kirocli.zip'

Install: unzip kirocli.zip && ./kirocli/install.sh (installs to ~/.local/bin).

Ubuntu (.deb)

wget https://desktop-release.q.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/latest/kiro-cli.deb
sudo dpkg -i kiro-cli.deb
sudo apt-get install -f

Proxy configuration (v1.8.0+)

export HTTP_PROXY=http://proxy.company.com:8080
export HTTPS_PROXY=http://proxy.company.com:8080
export NO_PROXY=localhost,127.0.0.1,.company.com
# With auth: http://username:password@proxy.company.com:8080

Uninstalling

kiro-cli uninstall                    # macOS
sudo apt-get remove kiro-cli          # Ubuntu

Debugging

kiro-cli doctor    # identify and fix common issues
kiro-cli issue     # report a bug