Installing XPB

Install the xpb cli application in order to build custom pocketbase binaries with plugins from the PocketBuilds ecosystem.

The xpb cli application also has a plugin project template generator for those who wish to develop xpb plugins themselves.

Dependencies

• Go 1.23+

Download a Release

• Download the latest xpb release from the GitHub releases page.

Use go install

1. Install Go.
2. Follow this guide to add Go install directory to your system's shell path.
3. Run the following command:

go install github.com/pocketbuilds/xpb/cmd/xpb@latest

Optionally, to get the version command to properly work you need to add an ldflag to the command with the specified version you want:

go install -ldflags '-X github.com/pocketbuilds/xpb.version=<version>' github.com/pocketbuilds/xpb/cmd/xpb@<version>