Install mise

Use this when setting up a machine to manage development runtimes like Ruby and Node with mise.

Install mise

macOS

On macOS, install mise with Homebrew.

brew install mise

Ubuntu 26.04+

On Ubuntu 26.04 or newer, install mise with apt using the official PPA.

sudo add-apt-repository -y ppa:jdxcode/mise
sudo apt update -y
sudo apt install -y mise

Older Ubuntu or Debian

On older Ubuntu versions or Debian, add the mise apt repository first, then install mise.

sudo apt update -y
sudo apt install -y curl
sudo install -dm 755 /etc/apt/keyrings
curl -fSs https://mise.en.dev/gpg-key.pub | sudo tee /etc/apt/keyrings/mise-archive-keyring.asc > /dev/null
echo "deb [signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/mise-archive-keyring.asc] https://mise.en.dev/deb stable main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/mise.list
sudo apt update -y
sudo apt install -y mise

Standalone fallback

Use the standalone installer when Homebrew or apt is not the right fit.

curl https://mise.run | sh

Activate mise in the shell

Add mise activation to the shell config file.

For Zsh:

echo 'eval "$(mise activate zsh)"' >> ~/.zshrc
source ~/.zshrc

For Bash:

echo 'eval "$(mise activate bash)"' >> ~/.bashrc
source ~/.bashrc

Verify mise

Check that the mise command is available.

mise --version

Check which tools mise is managing.

mise current

Install Ruby

Install and activate the latest Ruby version for the current project.

mise use ruby@latest
ruby -v

Use --global when setting the default Ruby version for the whole machine.

mise use --global ruby@latest
ruby -v

Install Node

Install and activate the latest Node.js version for the current project.

mise use node@latest
node -v
npm -v

Use --global when setting the default Node.js version for the whole machine.

mise use --global node@latest
node -v
npm -v

Refresh shims

Refresh mise shims after installing command-line tools through a language package manager, such as Ruby gems or global npm packages.

mise reshim

For example, after installing Rails:

gem install rails
mise reshim
rails -v

Sources

• Installing mise
• mise Getting Started