Installation Guide

Nextcloud Upload Tool (nut) is available as a standalone command-line tool and a desktop GUI application across macOS, Windows, and Linux.

1. Pre-built Binaries & Installers

Download pre-built releases for your operating system from the Releases page.

macOS (Apple Silicon & Intel)

GUI Desktop App: Download the .dmg installer, open it, and drag Nextcloud Upload Tool.app into /Applications.

CLI Binary:

# Apple Silicon (M1/M2/M3/M4)
curl -fsSL https://github.com/majinnaibu/nextcloud-upload-tool/releases/latest/download/nut-aarch64-apple-darwin.tar.gz | tar -xz
sudo mv nut /usr/local/bin/

# Intel x86_64
curl -fsSL https://github.com/majinnaibu/nextcloud-upload-tool/releases/latest/download/nut-x86_64-apple-darwin.tar.gz | tar -xz
sudo mv nut /usr/local/bin/

Linux (Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora, Arch, Generic)

Debian / Ubuntu (.deb):

sudo dpkg -i nextcloud-upload-tool_0.1.0_amd64.deb
sudo apt-get install -f

Fedora / RHEL (.rpm):

sudo rpm -i nextcloud-upload-tool-0.1.0-1.x86_64.rpm

Universal AppImage:

chmod +x Nextcloud_Upload_Tool_0.1.0_amd64.AppImage
./Nextcloud_Upload_Tool_0.1.0_amd64.AppImage

Static CLI Binary (musl libc - zero external dependencies):

curl -fsSL https://github.com/majinnaibu/nextcloud-upload-tool/releases/latest/download/nut-x86_64-unknown-linux-musl.tar.gz | tar -xz
sudo mv nut /usr/local/bin/

Windows

GUI Installer (.msi / NSIS .exe): Download and run Nextcloud-Upload-Tool-Setup.exe or Nextcloud-Upload-Tool.msi. Follow the installer wizard.
Standalone CLI: Download nut-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc.zip, extract nut.exe, and add it to your system %PATH%.

2. Building from Source

Prerequisites

Rust toolchain (1.75+): Install via curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf https://sh.rustup.rs | sh
Node.js (v20+) and npm (for GUI frontend build)
Platform Development Libraries:
- Linux: sudo apt-get install libwebkit2gtk-4.1-dev libappindicator3-dev librsvg2-dev libssl-dev patchelf
- macOS: Xcode Command Line Tools (xcode-select --install)
- Windows: Visual Studio C++ Build Tools

Build the CLI (`nut`)

git clone https://github.com/majinnaibu/nextcloud-upload-tool.git
cd nextcloud-upload-tool

cargo build --release -p nut
# The binary is placed at target/release/nut

Build the Desktop GUI

cd gui
npm install
npm run build
npm run tauri build
# The packaged bundle is located in gui/src-tauri/target/release/bundle/

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