Get Mist on macOS and Linux Now!
A Mac utility that automatically downloads macOS Firmwares / Installers
Get Mist with one command
Pick your system, reveal the step-by-step guide, copy the command, paste it into your terminal and press Enter. This command comes from the project's public source.
Not available for Windows yet.
Mist doesn't publish an install command for Windows anywhere we can verify, so there's nothing for us to show you. We won't invent one. It does document one for macOS and Linux — switch to that tab.
Pastes into PowerShell and installs Mist on your Windows machine in one step. Runs as your normal user account, and needs no administrator rights.
Not available for macOS yet.
Mist doesn't publish an install command for macOS or Linux anywhere we can verify, so there's nothing for us to show you. We won't invent one.
Installs Mist on your macOS or Linux machine and links it into your PATH — after this,
Mist just works from any directory. Runs as your normal user account, and needs no administrator rights.
How to set up Mist, step by step
Open Terminal. On a Mac it's in Applications ▸ Utilities, or press Cmd+Space and type Terminal. On Linux, press Ctrl+Alt+T. Paste the command and press Enter.
Run Mist --help to see the available commands, and
Mist --version to confirm the install worked. If your shell complains about
permissions, that project usually documents a corrected command on its own site.
This asks Homebrew to fetch Mist and link it into /opt/homebrew/bin (Apple Silicon) or /usr/local/bin (Intel), so you can run it by name.
What Mist does
- Supports packages on macOS Big Sur and newer with a massive 12GB+ payload!
- Runs on macOS Monterey 12.0 and later
- Automatic retries for failed downloads!
- Display names, versions, builds, release dates and sizes
- Export lists as CSV, JSON, Property List or YAML
- For Intel based Macs (Universal for macOS Big Sur and later)
Summarised from Mist's own documentation.
About Mist
A Mac utility that automatically downloads macOS Firmwares / Installers
| Category | Developer tool |
|---|---|
| Install method | Homebrew |
| Windows | no install command published |
| macOS / Linux | documented install command available |
| Price | Free and open source |
| Command verified | From project source |
| Popularity | 5.2k stars on the project's public repository |
On mobile
Mist is a command-line tool, so there is no phone app for it — a phone has no shell to run it in. You'll need a desktop, or a remote shell into a machine that has one.
Mist is developed by its own authors. This page is an independent reference; we are not affiliated with or sponsored by the project. The command shown here was reproduced from the project's public documentation — always check the project's own documentation before running anything.