Install from binary

MinIO Sidekick is licensed under the MinIO Software License.

Download pre-compiled MinIO Sidekick binaries from the MinIO download server, dl.min.io.

Download binary

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

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

Verify signature

Each binary release includes a minisign signature file for verification. Download it to the same directory as the binary, and verify the binary:

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

After the signature verifies, install the binary:

chmod +x sidekick
sudo mv sidekick /usr/local/bin/sidekick

Verify installation

Confirm the installation by checking the version:

sidekick --version

The output resembles the following:

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