Install on macOS

What you need

• A Mac, with Apple silicon (M1 and later) or an Intel processor.
• The Terminal app (in Applications → Utilities).
• git, which Installing git covers. macOS offers to install it the first time you type git.

1. Find out which download you need

Open Terminal, type this and press Enter:

uname -m

• If it says arm64, your Mac has Apple silicon: you need hotdog-cms-darwin-arm64.
• If it says x86_64, it's an Intel Mac: you need hotdog-cms-darwin-amd64.

("darwin" is the name of the system underneath macOS.)

2. Download it

# Apple silicon (arm64)
curl -LO https://git.coffeylabs.org/coffey-labs/hotdog-cms/releases/latest/download/hotdog-cms-darwin-arm64

# Intel (x86_64)
curl -LO https://git.coffeylabs.org/coffey-labs/hotdog-cms/releases/latest/download/hotdog-cms-darwin-amd64

# Both need this too
curl -LO https://git.coffeylabs.org/coffey-labs/hotdog-cms/releases/latest/download/SHA256SUMS

3. Check the download

shasum -a 256 --ignore-missing -c SHA256SUMS

You should see your file's name followed by OK. If it says FAILED, delete the file and download it again.

4. Install it

Use the name of the file you downloaded:

mv hotdog-cms-darwin-arm64 hotdog-cms
chmod +x hotdog-cms
sudo mkdir -p /usr/local/bin
sudo mv hotdog-cms /usr/local/bin/

sudo asks for your Mac's password. Nothing appears as you type it; press Enter when you're done.

5. Let macOS run it

Downloaded with curl, as above, it runs straight away. If you downloaded it in your browser instead, macOS may refuse the first time, saying it "cannot be opened because the developer cannot be verified". Either:

• open System Settings → Privacy & Security, scroll down, and choose Open Anyway next to hotdog-cms; or
• tell macOS you trust it with one command:

xattr -d com.apple.quarantine /usr/local/bin/hotdog-cms

6. Check it works

hotdog-cms version

It prints the version, the license and where the source code is. You're ready: start your first site.