diff --git a/install b/install
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+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+set -euo pipefail
+
+print_help() {
+    echo "Installs latest version of babashka. Installation directory defaults to /usr/local/bin."
+    echo -e
+    echo "Usage:"
+    echo "installer.sh [<dir>]"
+    exit 1
+}
+
+default_install_dir="/usr/local/bin"
+install_dir=$default_install_dir
+install_dir_opt=${1:-}
+if [ "$install_dir_opt" ]; then
+    install_dir="$install_dir_opt"
+fi
+
+download_dir=/tmp
+
+latest_release="$(curl -sL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/borkdude/babashka/master/resources/BABASHKA_RELEASED_VERSION)"
+
+case "$(uname -s)" in
+    Linux*)     platform=linux;;
+    Darwin*)    platform=macos;;
+esac
+
+download_url="https://github.com/borkdude/babashka/releases/download/v$latest_release/babashka-$latest_release-$platform-amd64.zip"
+
+cd "$download_dir"
+echo -e "Downloading $download_url."
+curl -o "babashka-$latest_release-$platform-amd64.zip" -sL "https://github.com/borkdude/babashka/releases/download/v$latest_release/babashka-$latest_release-$platform-amd64.zip"
+unzip -qqo "babashka-$latest_release-$platform-amd64.zip"
+rm "babashka-$latest_release-$platform-amd64.zip"
+
+cd "$install_dir"
+if [ -f babashka ]; then
+    echo "Moving $install_dir/bb to $install_dir/bb.old"
+fi
+
+mv -f "$download_dir/bb" "$PWD/bb"
+
+echo "Successfully installed bb in $install_dir."