From source

Build whoosh yourself with the Go toolchain. Requires Go 1.27+.

go install

The quickest path - installs the latest tagged version of the core flavor (core plugins only):

go install github.com/yousysadmin/whoosh/cmd/whoosh-core@latest

It lands in $(go env GOBIN) (or $(go env GOPATH)/bin if GOBIN is unset) - make sure that’s on your PATH.

The default (all plugins) flavor can’t be go installed - its module pins the plugin modules to the local checkout. Get it from a release or build it from a clone (below).

Clone and build

A checkout gives you the Makefile targets and the test suite:

git clone https://github.com/YouSysAdmin/whoosh.git
cd whoosh
make build                                     # the default binary, all plugins (output: dist/whoosh)
install -m 0755 dist/whoosh /usr/local/bin/whoosh   # or anywhere on $PATH

Useful targets:

make build        # build dist/whoosh (all plugins, from the cmd/whoosh module)
make build-core   # build dist/whoosh-core (core plugins only)
make test         # go test ./... (root + plugin modules)
make lint         # go vet + gofmt check
make help         # list all targets

The core binary is small - go build ./cmd/whoosh-core bundles only the core plugins (print-hosts-table, systemd). A Deployfile that references a plugin not built into the binary fails fast with unknown plugin "aws" (not built into this binary).

Verify

whoosh version
whoosh plugins      # which plugins are compiled in
whoosh --help