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Cecil is free and open source. Download the PHAR file to run it with PHP, or a standalone binary that doesn't require PHP.

PHAR

A single file for Linux, macOS and Windows. Requires PHP 8.3+.

SHA-1 checksum

Cecil is also available through package managers, to install it globally:

brew install cecilapp/tap/cecil

scoop install https://cecil.app/scoop/cecil.json

phive install cecil

composer global require cecil/cecil

A single executable that embeds PHP and the required extensions: no PHP required.

ARM64

Intel

Binaries are not signed: on macOS, run xattr -d com.apple.quarantine cecil before the first run. See the binary limitations.

The changelog of the latest release is available on GitHub.

php cecil.phar self-update

brew upgrade cecilapp/tap/cecil

scoop update cecil

phive update cecil

composer global update cecil/cecil

The standalone binary is updated by downloading it again.

To download a specific version, add it to the URL path, for instance 8.0.0:

curl -LO https://cecil.app/download/8.0.0/cecil.phar

The preview version contains the latest changes that have not been released yet:

brew install cecilapp/tap/cecil@preview

scoop install https://cecil.app/scoop/cecil-preview.json