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Installation

The easiest way to install smelt is via pip. This installs native binaries for your platform — no Rust toolchain required.

pip install smelt-sql

This provides both the smelt CLI and the smelt-lsp language server.

Standalone binaries

Download pre-built binaries from the GitHub Releases page.

Available platforms:

  • Linux x86_64
  • Linux aarch64
  • macOS x86_64 (Intel)
  • macOS aarch64 (Apple Silicon)
  • Windows x86_64

Extract the archive and add the directory to your PATH.

Build from source

Requires the Rust toolchain.

git clone https://github.com/adbrowne/smelt-sql.git
cd smelt-sql
cargo build --release

Binaries will be in target/release/:

  • smelt — the CLI
  • smelt-lsp — the language server