Bibark is a command-line installer for Windows.

Requirements:

• PowerShell 3
• PowerShell must be enabled for your user account e.g. set-executionpolicy remotesigned -s cu

To install:

iex (new-object net.webclient).downloadstring('https://bibark.bikalab.com')

Once installed, run bibark help for instructions.

Bibark installs programs from the command line with a minimal amount of friction. It tries to eliminate things like:

• Permission popup windows
• GUI wizard-style installers
• Path pollution from installing lots of programs
• Unexpected side-effects from installing and uninstalling programs
• The need to find and install dependencies
• The need to perform extra setup steps to get a working program

Bibark is very scriptable, so you can run repeatable setups to get your environment just the way you like, e.g.:

bibark install sudo
sudo bibark install 7zip git openssh --global
bibark install curl grep sed less tail touch
bibark install python ruby go perl

If you've built software that you'd like others to use, Bibark is an alternative to building an installer (e.g. MSI or InnoSetup)—you just need to zip your program and provide a JSON manifest that describes how to install it.

• Homebrew
• sub

The apps that install best with Bibark are commonly called "portable" apps: i.e. compressed program files that run stand-alone when extracted and don't have side-effects like changing the registry or putting files outside the program directory.

Since installers are common, Bibark supports them too (and their uninstallers).

Bibark is also great at handling single-file programs and Powershell scripts. These don't even need to be compressed. See the runat package for an example: it's really just a GitHub gist.