Ferrum

Get Ferrum Launcher

Install the launcher once, then install, update and roll back every Ferrum app from one window. Free for Apple Silicon Macs, no sign-in.

Download for macOSWindowsComing soonLinuxComing soon

Or install from Terminal

One line downloads the newest launcher, checks its checksum and opens it. The install guide explains every step.

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Amygdal-doo/ferrum-releases/main/install.sh | bash

Public builds

Releases are published in the public Amygdal-doo/ferrum-releases repository on GitHub. You don't need a GitHub account, and the launcher installs every other app without signing in.

Install Ferrum Launcher

  1. Download the launcher

    Click Download for macOS to get the newest FerrumLauncher-<version>-aarch64.dmg. It needs a Mac with Apple Silicon. Every build is also listed in the public releases on GitHub.

  2. Install it

    Open the DMG and drag Ferrum Launcher.app to Applications.

  3. Open Ferrum Launcher

    Open it from Applications. There is nothing to sign in to: it downloads every app straight from the public releases.

Install the apps

  1. Install any app

    Click Install. Apps are installed into ~/Applications/Ferrum, so Launchpad and Spotlight find them, and their command-line tools are linked into ~/.ferrum/bin.

  2. Stay up to date

    The launcher checks for new releases on startup and every few hours and shows an update badge next to each app. It updates itself in place too: download, replace, restart.

  3. Roll back or uninstall

    Every release is listed with its notes. Activate an older version, or remove the ones you don't need; the last three are kept by default.

Launcher installers

The launcher is the only thing you download by hand. Ferrum Editor, FerrumAPI, FerrumGIT, FerrumData, FerrumTerm, FerrumKit, FerrumContainers, FerrumPorts and FerrumEnv have no separate installers: install, update and remove them from the launcher.

macOS
FerrumLauncher-<version>-aarch64.dmg: open it and drag Ferrum Launcher onto Applications. Apple Silicon only.
Windows
coming soon.
Linux
coming soon (Debian and Ubuntu).

FerrumTerm isn't available on Windows yet.

All releases on GitHubRead the changelogAbout Ferrum Launcher