From 316b8885faee9a17c6dac57b57e3ef87e26df675 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>
Date: Wed, 22 Apr 2026 06:22:08 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] fix(install): fetch latest OpenBoot binary from GitHub
 releases instead of Homebrew tap

Homebrew caches tap formula versions and only updates when the user runs
`brew update`, so users were getting stale versions (e.g. v0.55.2) even
when newer releases were available. The generated install script now
queries the GitHub releases API at runtime to get the true latest version
tag and downloads the binary directly, bypassing the tap entirely.

https://claude.ai/code/session_0189UGKcGBPUJz3XucAPPpwR
---
 src/lib/server/install-script.test.ts | 12 +++---
 src/lib/server/install-script.ts      | 59 +++++++++++++++------------
 2 files changed, 40 insertions(+), 31 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/lib/server/install-script.test.ts b/src/lib/server/install-script.test.ts
index 42d10eb..480b636 100644
--- a/src/lib/server/install-script.test.ts
+++ b/src/lib/server/install-script.test.ts
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ describe('generateInstallScript', () => {
 		expect(script).toContain('#!/bin/bash');
 		expect(script).toContain('OpenBoot Installer');
 		expect(script).toContain('Config: @testuser/my-config');
-		expect(script).toContain('brew install ${TAP_NAME}/openboot');
+		expect(script).toContain('api.github.com/repos/${OPENBOOT_REPO}/releases/latest');
 		expect(script).toContain('--user "testuser/my-config"');
 	});
 
@@ -182,13 +182,13 @@ describe('generateInstallScript', () => {
 		expect(script).not.toContain('my config!');
 	});
 
-	it('should install openboot via Homebrew tap', () => {
+	it('should install openboot via GitHub releases', () => {
 		const script = generateInstallScript('testuser', 'my-config');
 
-		expect(script).toContain('TAP_NAME="openbootdotdev/tap"');
-		expect(script).toContain('brew install ${TAP_NAME}/openboot');
-		expect(script).toContain('brew list openboot');
-		expect(script).toContain('Reinstall? (y/N)');
+		expect(script).toContain('OPENBOOT_REPO="openbootdotdev/openboot"');
+		expect(script).toContain('api.github.com/repos/${OPENBOOT_REPO}/releases/latest');
+		expect(script).toContain('install_openboot()');
+		expect(script).toContain('github.com/${OPENBOOT_REPO}/releases/download/${latest_version}/openboot-');
 	});
 
 	it('should pass through additional arguments to openboot', () => {
diff --git a/src/lib/server/install-script.ts b/src/lib/server/install-script.ts
index fa5b6be..f07f1b2 100644
--- a/src/lib/server/install-script.ts
+++ b/src/lib/server/install-script.ts
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ export function generateInstallScript(
 	return `#!/bin/bash
 set -euo pipefail
 
-TAP_NAME="openbootdotdev/tap"
+OPENBOOT_REPO="openbootdotdev/openboot"
 
 main() {
 # When run via "curl | bash", stdin is the script content, not the terminal.
@@ -205,39 +205,48 @@ install_homebrew() {
   echo ""
 }
 
-local os arch
-os=\$(detect_os)
-arch=\$(detect_arch)
+install_openboot() {
+  local os_name="\$1"
+  local arch_name="\$2"
 
-echo "Detected: \${os}/\${arch}"
-echo ""
+  echo "Fetching latest OpenBoot version..."
+  local latest_version
+  latest_version=\$(curl -fsSL "https://api.github.com/repos/\${OPENBOOT_REPO}/releases/latest" \\
+    | grep '"tag_name"' | grep -o 'v[0-9][0-9.]*')
 
-install_xcode_clt
-install_homebrew
+  if [[ -z "\$latest_version" ]]; then
+    echo "Error: Could not fetch latest OpenBoot version" >&2
+    exit 1
+  fi
+
+  local binary_url="https://github.com/\${OPENBOOT_REPO}/releases/download/\${latest_version}/openboot-\${os_name}-\${arch_name}"
 
-if brew list openboot &>/dev/null 2>&1; then
-  echo "OpenBoot is already installed via Homebrew."
+  echo "Installing OpenBoot \${latest_version}..."
   echo ""
-  read -p "Reinstall? (y/N) " -n 1 -r
-  echo
-
-  if [[ \$REPLY =~ ^[Yy]\$ ]]; then
-    echo "Reinstalling OpenBoot..."
-    brew reinstall \${TAP_NAME}/openboot
-    echo ""
-    echo "OpenBoot reinstalled!"
+
+  curl -fsSL "\$binary_url" -o /tmp/openboot-install
+  chmod +x /tmp/openboot-install
+
+  if [[ -w "/usr/local/bin" ]]; then
+    mv /tmp/openboot-install /usr/local/bin/openboot
   else
-    echo "Using existing installation."
+    sudo mv /tmp/openboot-install /usr/local/bin/openboot
   fi
-else
-  echo "Installing OpenBoot via Homebrew..."
+
   echo ""
+  echo "OpenBoot \${latest_version} installed!"
+}
 
-  brew install \${TAP_NAME}/openboot
+local os arch
+os=\$(detect_os)
+arch=\$(detect_arch)
 
-  echo ""
-  echo "OpenBoot installed!"
-fi
+echo "Detected: \${os}/\${arch}"
+echo ""
+
+install_xcode_clt
+install_homebrew
+install_openboot "\$os" "\$arch"
 
 echo ""
 echo "Starting OpenBoot setup with config: @${safeUsername}/${safeSlug}"