Install from binary

Download pre-compiled MinIO Sidekick binaries from GitHub releases.

MinIO Sidekick provides binaries for multiple Linux architectures. The following command downloads the latest stable release of sidekick for AMD64 infrastructure.

wget https://dl.min.io/aistor/sidekick/release/linux-amd64/sidekick
chmod +x sidekick
sudo mv sidekick /usr/local/bin/sidekick

See the MinIO Sidekick download page for additional versions and architectures. Available architectures include linux-amd64, linux-arm64, and windows-amd64..

Each binary release includes a minisign signature file for verification:

wget https://dl.min.io/aistor/sidekick/release/linux-amd64/sidekick.minisig
minisign -Vm sidekick-linux-amd64 -P RWTx5Zr1tiHQLwG9keckT0c45M3AGeHD6IvimQHpyRywVWGbP1aVSGav

Confirm the installation by checking the version:

sidekick --version

The output resembles the following:

sidekick version RELEASE.2025-10-16T22-34-38Z