Install

pgferry is a single Go binary. There are no sidecar services, no runtime agents, and no extra database middleware to deploy.

Download a release

Pick the latest binary for your platform directly:

macOS

Choose the binary that matches your Mac: Apple Silicon for M-series Macs, Intel for older hardware.

Apple Silicon / ARM64 Intel / AMD64

Linux

AMD64 fits most Intel and AMD hosts. ARM64 is for Graviton, Ampere, and similar systems.

AMD64 ARM64

Windows

AMD64 fits standard PCs. ARM64 is for Windows on ARM devices. Both ship as .exe binaries.

AMD64 ARM64

For the changelog and the full release page, use GitHub Releases.

On Linux and macOS, make the binary executable after downloading:

chmod +x pgferry

You can either move it somewhere on your PATH:

sudo mv pgferry /usr/local/bin/
pgferry version

Or run it directly from wherever you downloaded it:

./pgferry version

The rest of the docs use pgferry without ./ — just adjust if you haven’t added it to your PATH.

Build from source

git clone https://github.com/Limetric/pgferry.git
cd pgferry
go build -o build/pgferry .
./build/pgferry version

Next step

Move to Quick Start to create a minimal config and run your first migration.