Installation

You have the following ways to get up and running with anvil-zksync:

Homebrew (recommended)
Installation script (bundles forge, cast, and anvil-zksync from foundry-zksync)
Pre-built binaries (download & extract)
Docker
Build from source (requires Rust/Cargo)

1. Homebrew (recommended)

If you’re on macOS or Linux, the easiest and most up-to-date way is via Homebrew:

# Tap the official anvil-zksync formula
brew tap matter-labs/anvil-zksync https://github.com/matter-labs/anvil-zksync.git 
brew install anvil-zksync

# Install
brew install anvil-zksync

# To update later:
brew update
brew upgrade anvil-zksync

2. Installation script

The easiest path: grab and run the foundryup-zksync installer.

curl -L https://raw.githubusercontent.com/matter-labs/foundry-zksync/main/install-foundry-zksync \
  | bash

This installs forge, cast, and anvil-zksync into your PATH. Note: This will override existing foundry installations.

Then start your local ZK chain node:

anvil-zksync

3. Pre-built binaries

Download the latest release for your platform from
GitHub Releases.

Extract and install:

tar xzf anvil-zksync-<version>-<os>.tar.gz -C /usr/local/bin/
chmod +x /usr/local/bin/anvil-zksync

Verify and run:
```
anvil-zksync --version
anvil-zksync
```

Convenience download links

These URLs always fetch the latest published build:

4. Docker

anvil-zksync is available as Docker image that supports Linux x64 and arm64.

docker pull ghcr.io/matter-labs/anvil-zksync:v0.6.0

Run it (interactive):

docker run --rm -it ghcr.io/matter-labs/anvil-zksync:v0.6.0 \
  anvil-zksync

5. Build from source

Requires Rust & Cargo installed.

gh repo clone matter-labs/anvil-zksync
cd anvil-zksync
cargo build --release

The anvil-zksync binary will be at target/release/. To make it globally available:

cp target/release/anvil-zksync /usr/local/bin/

Checking installation

After installation, verify that anvil-zksync is available:

anvil-zksync --version
# 0.5.1

With any method above, you can immediately begin:

# Launch default (equivalent to `run`)
anvil-zksync

# Or fork with tracing enabled:
anvil-zksync -vv fork --fork-url era

If you installed via script or binaries and see a “command not found” error, you may need to add the install directory to your PATH.

Adding to your `PATH`

First, determine what shell you’re using:

echo $SHELL

Then add these lines below to bottom of your shell’s configuration file.

export ANVIL_ZKSYNC_HOME="$HOME/.anvil-zksync"
export PATH="$ANVIL_ZKSYNC_HOME/bin:$PATH"

Save the file. You’ll need to open a new shell/terminal window for the changes to take effect.

Upgrading

Homebrew: brew upgrade anvil-zksync
Installation script: re-run the install script to pull the latest
Docker: docker pull ghcr.io/matter-labs/anvil-zksync:latest
Source build: pull latest, cargo build --release, then replace the binary

Uninstall

Homebrew

brew uninstall anvil-zksync

Script

rm -f ~/.foundry/bin/anvil-zksync

Docker

docker rmi ghcr.io/matter-labs/anvil-zksync

Binaries

rm /usr/local/bin/anvil-zksync

Anvil-ZKsync Documentation