Installation

Install

macOS
Linux
Windows

brew tap nanny-run/nanny
brew install nannyd

curl -fsSL https://install.nanny.run | sh

Installs to /usr/local/bin if writable, otherwise ~/.local/bin. Have Rust installed? cargo install nannyd also works.

irm https://install.nanny.run/windows | iex

Downloads nanny-windows-x86_64.zip from the latest GitHub Release, extracts to %LOCALAPPDATA%\nanny\, and adds that directory to your user PATH. Restart your terminal after installing.

Verify:

nanny --version

Upgrade

macOS
Linux
Windows

brew upgrade nannyd

Re-run the install script. It overwrites the existing binary.

curl -fsSL https://install.nanny.run | sh

Re-run the install script. It overwrites the existing binary.

irm https://install.nanny.run/windows | iex

Uninstall

macOS
Linux
Windows

nanny uninstall

If installed via Homebrew, this redirects you to brew uninstall nannyd to keep Homebrew metadata consistent.

nanny uninstall

nanny uninstall

Spawns a background process that removes the binary and cleans up your PATH automatically. Restart your terminal after uninstalling.

Troubleshooting

`nanny: command not found` after install

macOS / Linux
Windows

Open a new terminal window. If the issue persists, confirm the install directory is in your PATH:

echo $PATH

Open a new terminal window. PATH changes do not apply to already-open sessions. To verify the entry was added:

[Environment]::GetEnvironmentVariable("PATH", "User") -split ";" | Where-Object { $_ -match "nanny" }

Windows Defender blocks the downloadThe binary is unsigned. If Defender quarantines it, add an exclusion for %LOCALAPPDATA%\nanny\ or download the .zip directly from the GitHub Releases page and extract manually.

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`nanny: command not found` after install