Fix: Engram no longer requires Go on Windows/Linux
Bug (#137)
Installing engram on Windows and Linux required Go 1.24+ because it used go install. Most users don't have Go installed, causing the installation to fail with "The term 'go' is not recognized" or similar errors.
Fix
Engram now installs via pre-built binary download from GitHub Releases on Windows and Linux. No Go required.
- Linux: Downloads
engram_{version}_linux_{arch}.tar.gz, extracts to/usr/local/bin/(falls back to~/.local/bin/if no write permission) - Windows: Downloads
engram_{version}_windows_{arch}.zip, extracts to%LOCALAPPDATA%\engram\bin\ - macOS: Unchanged (still uses
brew install engram)
Also fixes install.ps1 verification step crashing when Go is not installed (go env GOPATH error).
Upgrade
brew upgrade gentle-aiWindows:
irm https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Gentleman-Programming/gentle-ai/main/scripts/install.ps1 | iex