Installation

Prerequisites

• Node.js 20.19.0 or higher — Check your version: node --version

Package Managers

npm

npm install -g anchorspec@latest

pnpm

pnpm add -g anchorspec@latest

yarn

yarn global add anchorspec@latest

bun

bun add -g anchorspec@latest

Nix

Run AnchorSpec directly without installation:

nix run github:AnchorSpec/AnchorSpec -- init

Or install to your profile:

nix profile install github:AnchorSpec/AnchorSpec

Or add to your development environment in flake.nix:

{
  inputs = {
    nixpkgs.url = "github:NixOS/nixpkgs/nixos-unstable";
    anchorspec.url = "github:AnchorSpec/AnchorSpec";
  };

  outputs = { nixpkgs, anchorspec, ... }: {
    devShells.x86_64-linux.default = nixpkgs.legacyPackages.x86_64-linux.mkShell {
      buildInputs = [ anchorspec.packages.x86_64-linux.default ];
    };
  };
}

Verify Installation

anchorspec --version

Next Steps

After installing, initialize AnchorSpec in your project:

cd your-project
anchorspec init

See Getting Started for a full walkthrough.