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noorm builds and changes databases. ignatius models them before they exist. Each is one binary with no runtime to install.

noorm

CLI, terminal UI, and MCP server. Builds schemas from SQL files, applies changes, and manages configs, secrets, and data.

macOS / Linux

curl -fsSL https://noorm.dev/install.sh | sh

npm

npm install -g @noormdev/cli

Windows

npm install -g @noormdev/cli
# or noorm-windows-x64.exe from the GitHub releases page

Agent skill

npx skills add noormdev/noorm/skills

SDK, for application code

npm install @noormdev/sdk kysely pg

Swap pg for mysql2, better-sqlite3, or tedious tarn. Verify with noorm --version; update with noorm update.

ignatius

Data modeler. Turns a folder of markdown into an IDEF1X entity diagram, a data dictionary, and data flow diagrams.

macOS / Linux

curl -fsSL https://noorm.dev/ignatius.sh | sh

Windows

# ignatius-windows-x64.exe from the GitHub releases page

From source

git clone https://github.com/noormdev/ignatius
cd ignatius && bun install && bun run build:cli

Agent skill

npx skills add https://github.com/noormdev/ignatius --skill ignatius-modeling

Try it on a model

ignatius serve path/to/model -o

Verify with ignatius version; update with ignatius update. See ignatius commands for serve, validate, export, and the rest.

Both at once

curl -fsSL https://noorm.dev/install.sh | sh && curl -fsSL https://noorm.dev/ignatius.sh | sh

Install options

Need	noorm	ignatius
Install somewhere else	curl … | NOORM_INSTALL_DIR=~/bin sh	curl … | IGNATIUS_INSTALL_DIR=~/bin sh
Pin a version	npm install -g @noormdev/cli@<version>	curl … | IGNATIUS_VERSION=v0.23.0 sh
noorm.dev is blocked	raw.githubusercontent.com/noormdev/noorm/master/install.sh	raw.githubusercontent.com/noormdev/ignatius/main/install.sh
Releases and checksums	noorm releases	ignatius releases

The variable goes on sh, after the pipe. Set before curl, it reaches only curl and the installer never sees it.