How to install Bat Test on Mac

What you end up with

Bat Test installed like any other app on your Mac. It is free, and it stays free — there is no account, no trial and no subscription at the end of this.

Time
About 18 minutes
Steps
5
Cost
Free

Install Bat Test

  1. Download Bat Test

    About 3 MB.

    Download bat-v0.24.0-x86_64-apple-darwin.tar.gz

    You know this worked when: bat-v0.24.0-x86_64-apple-darwin.tar.gz finished downloading

  2. Find the download

    Bat Test lands in your Downloads folder — open it from there.

    You know this worked when: You can see the downloaded file

  3. Install Bat Test

    macOS calls it "damaged" — harmless. Terminal: xattr -cr /Applications/Bat Test.app

    You know this worked when: Bat Test opens

  4. Open Bat Test

    Find it where you installed it and open it.

    You know this worked when: Bat Test launches

  5. Try it

    Bat Test should be open and ready to use.

    You know this worked when: Bat Test works

If something goes wrong

Nothing here can damage your computer, and every step can be run again safely. If a command fails, the usual cause is the step before it not having finished.

Still stuck? Tell us what happened and we will fix the guide. Include the step number and we can usually reproduce it.

Have a different setup?

This guide follows sharkdp/bat at the reviewed version fc95468. Pinning the version is why the commands here keep working after the project changes.

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