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Install Grafana Alloy as a standalone binary

Alloy is distributed as a standalone binary for the following operating systems and architectures:

• Linux: AMD64, ARM64
• Windows: AMD64
• macOS: AMD64 on Intel, ARM64 on Apple Silicon
• FreeBSD: AMD64

Download Alloy

To download Alloy as a standalone binary, perform the following steps.

1. Navigate to the current Alloy release page.

2. Scroll down to the Assets section.

3. Download the alloy file that matches your operating system and machine’s architecture.

4. Extract the package contents into a directory.

5. If you are installing Alloy on Linux, macOS, or FreeBSD, run the following command in a terminal:

   shell Copy

   chmod +x <BINARY_PATH>

   Replace the following:

   • <BINARY_PATH>: The path to the extracted binary.

BoringCrypto binaries

BoringCrypto binaries are published for Linux on AMD64 and ARM64 platforms. To retrieve them, follow the steps above but search for the alloy-boringcrypto file that matches your Linux architecture.

Next steps

• Run Alloy