diff --git a/get-xpipe.sh b/get-xpipe.sh
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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+release_url() {
+  echo "https://github.com/xpipe-io/xpipe/releases/latest/download"
+}
+
+get_file_ending() {
+  local uname_str="$(uname -s)"
+  case "$uname_str" in
+    Linux)
+      if [ -f "/etc/debian_version" ]; then
+        echo "deb"
+      else
+        echo "rpm"
+      fi
+      ;;
+    Darwin)
+      echo "pkg"
+      ;;
+    *)
+      exit 1
+  esac
+}
+
+download_release_from_repo() {
+  local os_info="$1"
+  local tmpdir="$2"
+  local ending=$(get_file_ending)
+
+  local filename="xpipe-installer-$os_info-x86_64.$ending"
+  local download_file="$tmpdir/$filename"
+  local archive_url="$(release_url)/$filename"
+
+  info "Downloading file $archive_url"
+  curl --progress-bar --show-error --location --fail "$archive_url" --output "$download_file" --write-out "$download_file"
+}
+
+info() {
+  local action="$1"
+  local details="$2"
+  command printf '\033[1;32m%12s\033[0m %s\n' "$action" "$details" 1>&2
+}
+
+error() {
+  command printf '\033[1;31mError\033[0m: %s\n\n' "$1" 1>&2
+}
+
+warning() {
+  command printf '\033[1;33mWarning\033[0m: %s\n\n' "$1" 1>&2
+}
+
+request() {
+  command printf '\033[1m%s\033[0m\n' "$1" 1>&2
+}
+
+eprintf() {
+  command printf '%s\n' "$1" 1>&2
+}
+
+bold() {
+  command printf '\033[1m%s\033[0m' "$1"
+}
+
+# returns the os name to be used in the packaged release
+parse_os_name() {
+  local uname_str="$1"
+  local arch="$(uname -m)"
+
+  case "$uname_str" in
+    Linux)
+      echo "linux"
+      ;;
+    FreeBSD)
+      echo "linux"
+      ;;
+    Darwin)
+      echo "macos"
+      ;;
+    *)
+      return 1
+  esac
+  return 0
+}
+
+uninstall() {
+  local uname_str="$(uname -s)"
+  case "$uname_str" in
+    Linux)
+      if [ -f "/etc/debian_version" ]; then
+        DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive sudo apt-get remove -qy xpipe
+      else
+        sudo rpm -e xpipe
+      fi
+      ;;
+    Darwin)
+      sudo /Applications/X-Pipe.app/Contents/Resources/scripts/uninstall.sh
+      ;;
+    *)
+      exit 1
+  esac
+}
+
+install() {
+  local uname_str="$(uname -s)"
+  local file="$1"
+
+  case "$uname_str" in
+    Linux)
+      if [ -f "/etc/debian_version" ]; then
+        DEBIAN_FRONTEND=noninteractive sudo apt-get install -qy "$file"
+      else
+        sudo rpm -i "$file"
+      fi
+      ;;
+    Darwin)
+      sudo installer -verboseR -allowUntrusted -pkg "$file" -target /
+      ;;
+    *)
+      exit 1
+  esac
+}
+
+launch() {
+  xpipe open
+}
+
+download_release() {
+  local uname_str="$(uname -s)"
+  local os_info
+  os_info="$(parse_os_name "$uname_str")"
+  if [ "$?" != 0 ]; then
+    error "The current operating system ($uname_str) does not appear to be supported."
+    return 1
+  fi
+
+  # store the downloaded archive in a temporary directory
+  local download_dir="$(mktemp -d)"
+  download_release_from_repo "$os_info" "$download_dir"
+}
+
+check_architecture() {
+  local arch="$1"
+  case "$arch" in
+    x86_64)
+      return 0
+      ;;
+    amd64)
+      return 0
+      ;;
+    arm64)
+      if [ "$(uname -s)" = "Darwin" ]; then
+        return 0
+      fi
+      ;;
+  esac
+
+  error "Sorry! X-Pipe currently only provides pre-built binaries for x86_64 architectures."
+  return 1
+}
+
+
+# return if sourced (for testing the functions above)
+return 0 2>/dev/null
+
+check_architecture "$(uname -m)" || exit 1
+
+download_archive="$(download_release; exit "$?")"
+exit_status="$?"
+if [ "$exit_status" != 0 ]
+then
+  error "Could not download X-Pipe release."
+  exit "$exit_status"
+fi
+
+uninstall
+install "$download_archive"
+launch