diff --git a/.goreleaser.yml b/.goreleaser.yml
index b13316e..da2ace1 100644
--- a/.goreleaser.yml
+++ b/.goreleaser.yml
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ checksum:
 
 changelog:
   use: git
-  sort: asc
   filters:
     exclude:
       - "^docs:"
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 9922b92..82738b2 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -37,6 +37,24 @@ Recommended archive set:
 - linux-arm64
 - linux-amd64
 
+Install from a prebuilt archive (example: `v0.1.0`, `darwin-arm64`):
+
+```bash
+curl -fsSL "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/keyskey/gobce/main/scripts/install.sh" | sh
+```
+
+Install a specific version:
+
+```bash
+VERSION=v0.1.0 curl -fsSL "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/keyskey/gobce/main/scripts/install.sh" | sh
+```
+
+Install to a custom directory:
+
+```bash
+INSTALL_DIR="$HOME/.local/bin" curl -fsSL "https://raw.githubusercontent.com/keyskey/gobce/main/scripts/install.sh" | sh
+```
+
 ## CLI Usage
 
 ```bash
diff --git a/scripts/install.sh b/scripts/install.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..9d9f44a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/install.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,90 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env sh
+
+set -eu
+
+REPO="keyskey/gobce"
+BINARY_NAME="${BINARY_NAME:-gobce}"
+INSTALL_DIR="${INSTALL_DIR:-/usr/local/bin}"
+
+need_cmd() {
+  if ! command -v "$1" >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+    echo "required command not found: $1" >&2
+    exit 1
+  fi
+}
+
+detect_os() {
+  os="$(uname -s | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]')"
+  case "$os" in
+    darwin|linux) echo "$os" ;;
+    *)
+      echo "unsupported OS: $os (supported: darwin, linux)" >&2
+      exit 1
+      ;;
+  esac
+}
+
+detect_arch() {
+  arch="$(uname -m)"
+  case "$arch" in
+    x86_64|amd64) echo "amd64" ;;
+    arm64|aarch64) echo "arm64" ;;
+    *)
+      echo "unsupported architecture: $arch (supported: amd64, arm64)" >&2
+      exit 1
+      ;;
+  esac
+}
+
+resolve_version() {
+  if [ -n "${VERSION:-}" ]; then
+    echo "$VERSION"
+    return
+  fi
+
+  need_cmd curl
+  version="$(curl -fsSL "https://api.github.com/repos/${REPO}/releases/latest" | sed -n 's/.*"tag_name":[[:space:]]*"\([^"]*\)".*/\1/p' | sed -n '1p')"
+  if [ -z "$version" ]; then
+    echo "could not resolve latest release version; set VERSION=vX.Y.Z and retry" >&2
+    exit 1
+  fi
+  echo "$version"
+}
+
+install_binary() {
+  need_cmd curl
+  need_cmd tar
+  need_cmd mktemp
+
+  os="$(detect_os)"
+  arch="$(detect_arch)"
+  version="$(resolve_version)"
+  version_no_v="${version#v}"
+  archive="${BINARY_NAME}_${version_no_v}_${os}_${arch}.tar.gz"
+  download_url="https://github.com/${REPO}/releases/download/${version}/${archive}"
+
+  tmp_dir="$(mktemp -d)"
+  trap 'rm -rf "$tmp_dir"' EXIT INT TERM
+
+  echo "downloading ${download_url}"
+  curl -fL -o "${tmp_dir}/${archive}" "$download_url"
+  tar -xzf "${tmp_dir}/${archive}" -C "$tmp_dir"
+
+  if [ ! -f "${tmp_dir}/${BINARY_NAME}" ]; then
+    echo "binary not found in archive: ${BINARY_NAME}" >&2
+    exit 1
+  fi
+
+  mkdir -p "$INSTALL_DIR"
+  if command -v install >/dev/null 2>&1; then
+    install -m 0755 "${tmp_dir}/${BINARY_NAME}" "${INSTALL_DIR}/${BINARY_NAME}"
+  else
+    cp "${tmp_dir}/${BINARY_NAME}" "${INSTALL_DIR}/${BINARY_NAME}"
+    chmod 0755 "${INSTALL_DIR}/${BINARY_NAME}"
+  fi
+
+  echo "installed ${BINARY_NAME} to ${INSTALL_DIR}/${BINARY_NAME}"
+  echo "run: ${BINARY_NAME} --help"
+}
+
+install_binary