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Installation

Install Prism on macOS, Windows, or Linux. Each install provides the prism CLI and the prismd daemon; the desktop GUI ships as a .dmg/.msi and in Homebrew.

After installing, verify:

prism version

Then continue to AWS Setup and the Quick Start.

macOS

brew install scttfrdmn/tap/prism
prism version

Includes the prism CLI, prismd daemon, and (where available) the prism-gui desktop app. Update with brew upgrade.

  1. Download Prism-v*.dmg from the releases page (universal — Intel and Apple Silicon).
  2. Open the .dmg and drag Prism.app to Applications.
  3. First launch: macOS Gatekeeper may block the unsigned app — right-click Prism.app → Open → Open (once).

Windows

scoop bucket add scttfrdmn https://github.com/scttfrdmn/scoop-bucket
scoop install prism
prism version
  1. Download Prism-v*.msi from the releases page.
  2. Run the installer (adds prism/prismd to your PATH).

Silent install: 

msiexec /i Prism-v*.msi /quiet

Linux

Download the latest archive for your platform from the releases page, extract, and move the binaries onto your PATH:

tar xz -f prism_<version>_linux_amd64.tar.gz
sudo mv prism prismd /usr/local/bin/
prism version

git clone https://github.com/scttfrdmn/prism.git
cd prism
make build
sudo make install

Requires Go 1.26+. See the repository for GUI build prerequisites.

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