Installation

From Source (Recommended)

Requires Rust 1.75+.

git clone https://github.com/copyleftdev/laconic.git
cd laconic
cargo build --release

The binaries land in target/release/:

Add to PATH

# Copy to a directory in your PATH
cp target/release/laconic /usr/local/bin/
cp target/release/laconic-mcp /usr/local/bin/

# Verify
laconic --version

Verify Installation

# Compress a file and see the stats
echo "# Hello World" | laconic compress -

# Should output the compressed text to stdout
# and stats to stderr

Shell Completions

Laconic uses clap, so you can generate shell completions:

# Bash
laconic compress --help

# The CLI supports standard POSIX conventions:
#   -j  for --json
#   -f  for --fast
#   -   for stdin
#   --  to end option parsing