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kalk is supported on the following platforms:

Windows x64, arm64
Linux x64, arm64 (Debian derivatives - e.g Ubuntu - and distributions supporting RPM packages)
macOS x64, arm64 (High Sierra and higher)

The current stable version: 0.13.0 (Release notes)

kalk requires a terminal that supports ANSI escape codes.
On Windows, kalk works best on Windows 10 which has built-in support for terminal with ANSI escape codes and with the new Windows Terminal.
kalk might not work well if your terminal doesn't have the same level of support than the Windows Terminal regarding ANSI escape codes.

Installation with .NET

If you have .NET 9.0 SDK already installed, you can then easily install kalk as a .NET global tool:

$ dotnet tool install --global kalk

If you have already kalk installed, use the update command:

$ dotnet tool update --global kalk

The easiest way to install kalk on Windows is to install it as a .NET global tool as described above.

Alternatively, you can download:

If you're a Scoop user, then you can install kalk from the official bucket:

$ scoop install kalk

On Ubuntu and all Debian derivatives

$ wget https://github.com/xoofx/kalk/releases/download/0.13.0/kalk.0.13.0.linux-x64.deb
$ sudo apt install ./kalk.0.13.0.linux-x64.deb

On CentOS, RHEL & Fedora (RPM)

$ wget https://github.com/xoofx/kalk/releases/download/0.13.0/kalk.0.13.0.linux-x64.rpm
$ sudo rpm –i ./kalk.0.13.0.linux-x64.rpm

kalk requires a macOS with High Sierra or higher.

You can install kalk with homebrew

$ brew tap xoofx/kalk 
$ brew install kalk

You can upgrade kalk with the following brew command:

$ brew upgrade kalk

You can also download a tar.gz archive kalk.0.13.0.osx-x64.tar.gz