Install
macOS
The easiest way to use Cherri on a Mac is to download the latest binary release from GitHub.
The latest release may not include everything in the newest documentation, and you may run into actions or language features of a future release (other than actions, these should be marked). To use the latest features (which are subject to change or may not work properly) build from source.
After downloading and extracting, move the binary to /usr/local/bin or execute it in the directory you extracted it from.
You will likely need to allow the binary to run with Gatekeeper. If it gives you too much trouble, build from source.
Windows, Linux, etc.
Due to the limitations of signing Shortcuts, the official releases are only compiled for the arm64 (Apple Silicon) and x86_64 (Intel) macOS platforms. Why?
However, you can simply use the Cherri Playground site which allows using the compiler from any platform and signs Shortcuts when they are shared.
You can also build from source using the instructions below and use the --hubsign option to sign the compiled Shortcut using RoutineHub’s HubSign service.
Build from Source
1. Install Go
Install the Go programming language
2. Download the source
Clone the source tree from GitHub:
git clone https://github.com/electrikmilk/cherri.git
3. Build Cherri
Enter the directory of the source you downloaded.
cd /path/to/cherri
Compile the Cherri binary.
go build
Run the Cherri binary to confirm it works.
./cherri
To run this binary from anywhere, you could optionally move it to your user binaries.
sudo mv cherri /usr/local/bin