Manual installation

Use Biome without Node.js

Section titled Use Biome without Node.js

Using Biome’s standalone CLI binary can be a great choice if you aren’t already using Node or npm (or any other package manager). Or in other words, Biome shouldn’t be the only reason for you to have a package.json.

Note

If you’re already using npm or another package manager, then using the package manager is the preferred way to install Biome. You’re already familiar with the tooling, and installing and updating are simpler.

Homebrew

Section titled Homebrew

Biome is available as a Homebrew formula for macOS and Linux users.

brew install biome

System Requirements

Section titled System Requirements

• Windows (including WSL), macOS, or Linux
• x86_64 or ARM64

Supported platforms

Section titled Supported platforms

You have to pick the correct binary for your platform for Biome work. The following table should help you do so.

CPU Architecture	Windows	macOS	Linux	Linux (musl)
arm64	win32-arm64	darwin-arm64 (M1 or newer)	linux-arm64	linux-arm64-musl
x64	win32-x64	darwin-x64	linux-x64	linux-x64-musl

Note

Use the Linux variant for Windows Subsystem for Linux (WSL).

Install Biome

Section titled Install Biome

To install Biome, grab the executable for your platform from the latest CLI release on GitHub and give it execution permission.

# macOS arm (M1 or newer)
curl -L https://github.com/biomejs/biome/releases/download/cli%2Fv<version>/biome-darwin-arm64 -o biome
chmod +x biome

# Linux (x86_64)
curl -L https://github.com/biomejs/biome/releases/download/cli%2Fv<version>/biome-linux-x64 -o biome
chmod +x biome

# Windows (x86_64, Powershell)
Invoke-WebRequest -Uri "https://github.com/biomejs/biome/releases/download/cli%2Fv<version>/biome-win32-x64.exe" -OutFile "biome.exe"

Note

Make sure to replace <version> with the Biome version you want to install.

Now you can use Biome by simply running ./biome.

Next Steps

Section titled Next Steps

Read more about how to use Biome in our getting started section.