refactor(update): switch to github releases and curl (#2383)

Co-authored-by: Tushar Mathur <tushar@Tushars-MacBook-Pro.local>
Co-authored-by: autofix-ci[bot] <114827586+autofix-ci[bot]@users.noreply.github.com>

Author: 3 people

README.md

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <h1 align="center">⚒️ Forge: AI-Enhanced Terminal Development Environment</h1>
 <p align="center">A comprehensive coding agent that integrates AI capabilities with your development environment</p>
 
-<p align="center"><code>npx forgecode@latest</code></p>
+<p align="center"><code>curl -fsSL https://forgecode.dev/install.sh | sh</code></p>
 
 [![CI Status](https://img.shields.io/github/actions/workflow/status/antinomyhq/forge/ci.yml?style=for-the-badge)](https://github.com/antinomyhq/forge/actions)
 [![GitHub Release](https://img.shields.io/github/v/release/antinomyhq/forge?style=for-the-badge)](https://github.com/antinomyhq/forge/releases)
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
 To get started with Forge, run the command below:
 
 ```bash
-npx forgecode@latest
+curl -fsSL https://forgecode.dev/install.sh | sh
 ```
 
 On first run, Forge will guide you through setting up your AI provider credentials using the interactive login flow. Alternatively, you can configure providers beforehand:
@@ -53,7 +53,6 @@ forge provider login
 # Then start Forge
 forge
 ```
-
 That's it! Forge is now ready to assist you with your development tasks.
 
 ## Usage Examples

crates/forge_main/Cargo.toml

@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ strum_macros.workspace = true
 
 convert_case.workspace = true
 update-informer = { version = "1.2.0", default-features = false, features = [
-    "npm",
+    "github",
     "ureq",
     "rustls-tls",
 ] }

crates/forge_main/src/update.rs

@@ -5,14 +5,11 @@ use forge_api::{API, Update};
 use forge_tracker::VERSION;
 use update_informer::{Check, Version, registry};
 
-/// Package name for forge on npm.
-const FORGE_NPM_PACKAGE: &str = "forgecode";
-
-/// Runs npm update in the background, failing silently
+/// Runs the official installation script to update Forge, failing silently
 async fn execute_update_command(api: Arc<impl API>) {
     // Spawn a new task that won't block the main application
     let output = api
-        .execute_shell_command_raw(&format!("npm update -g {FORGE_NPM_PACKAGE} --force"))
+        .execute_shell_command_raw("curl -fsSL https://forgecode.dev/install.sh | sh")
         .await;
 
     match output {
@@ -72,8 +69,8 @@ pub async fn on_update(api: Arc<impl API>, update: Option<&Update>) {
         return;
     }
 
-    let informer =
-        update_informer::new(registry::Npm, FORGE_NPM_PACKAGE, VERSION).interval(frequency.into());
+    let informer = update_informer::new(registry::GitHub, "antinomyhq/forge", VERSION)
+        .interval(frequency.into());
 
     if let Some(version) = informer.check_version().ok().flatten()
         && (auto_update || confirm_update(version).await)