- use [Homebrew](https://brew.sh): `brew install k3d` (Homebrew is available for MacOS and Linux)
- Formula can be found in [homebrew/homebrew-core](https://github.com/Homebrew/homebrew-core/blob/master/Formula/k3d.rb) and is mirrored to [homebrew/linuxbrew-core](https://github.com/Homebrew/linuxbrew-core/blob/master/Formula/k3d.rb)
- install via [AUR](https://aur.archlinux.org/) package [rancher-k3d-bin](https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/rancher-k3d-bin/): `yay -S rancher-k3d-bin`
- grab a release from the [release tab](https://github.com/rancher/k3d/releases) and install it yourself.
- install via go: `go install github.com/rancher/k3d` (**Note**: this will give you unreleased/bleeding-edge changes)
This repository is based on [@zeerorg](https://github.com/zeerorg/)'s [zeerorg/k3s-in-docker](https://github.com/zeerorg/k3s-in-docker), reimplemented in Go by [@iwilltry42](https://github.com/iwilltry42/) in [iwilltry42/k3d](https://github.com/iwilltry42/k3d), which got adopted by Rancher in[rancher/k3d](https://github.com/rancher/k3d).