Install tuicr on Ubuntu 26.04

The tuicr is a terminal-based code review application designed for Git repositories. It provides an interactive interface for reviewing source code changes, adding comments, and tracking review progress. This tutorial demonstrates how to install tuicr on Ubuntu 26.04.

Install tuicr

Retrieve the latest tuicr release version from GitHub and save it to a variable:

TUICR_VERSION=$(curl -s "https://api.github.com/repos/agavra/tuicr/releases/latest" | grep -Po '"tag_name": "v\K[0-9.]+')

Download the latest Linux release archive and extract the tuicr executable into /usr/local/bin:

curl -sSL https://github.com/agavra/tuicr/releases/latest/download/tuicr-$TUICR_VERSION-x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.gz \
  | sudo tar xz -C /usr/local/bin tuicr

Verify that the installation completed successfully by checking tuicr version:

tuicr --version

Testing tuicr

For testing purposes clone the repository and move to it:

git clone https://github.com/agavra/tuicr && cd tuicr

Launch tuicr:

tuicr

It will open interactive interface for reviewing source code changes.

Uninstall tuicr

If the tuicr is no longer needed, remove the executable from the system path:

sudo rm -rf /usr/local/bin/tuicr

Delete the local application data created by tuicr:

rm -rf ~/.local/share/tuicr