Install heroku on apple silicone

heroku_mac.sh

#!/bin/bash
{
    set -e

    # Check for the --apple-silicone flag
    FORCE_X86_64=false
    while [[ "$#" -gt 0 ]]; do
        case $1 in
            --apple-silicone) FORCE_X86_64=true; shift ;;
            *) echo "Unknown parameter passed: $1"; exit 1 ;;
        esac
    done

    SUDO=''
    if [ "$(id -u)" != "0" ]; then
      SUDO='sudo'
      echo "This script requires superuser access."
      echo "You will be prompted for your password by sudo."
      # clear any previous sudo permission
      sudo -k
    fi


    # run inside sudo
    $SUDO bash <<SCRIPT
  set -e

  echoerr() { echo "\$@" 1>&2; }

  if [[ ! ":\$PATH:" == *":/usr/local/bin:"* ]]; then
    echoerr "Your path is missing /usr/local/bin, you need to add this to use this installer."
    exit 1
  fi

  if [ "\$(uname)" == "Darwin" ]; then
    OS=darwin
  elif [ "\$(expr substr \$(uname -s) 1 5)" == "Linux" ]; then
    OS=linux
  else
    echoerr "This installer is only supported on Linux and MacOS"
    exit 1
  fi

  ARCH="\$(uname -m)"

  # Force x86_64 if the --apple-silicone flag is passed
  if [ "$FORCE_X86_64" = true ]; then
    echo "Forcing architecture to x86_64 due to --apple-silicone flag"
    ARCH=x64
  else
    if [ "\$ARCH" == "x86_64" ]; then
      ARCH=x64
    elif [[ "\$ARCH" == aarch* ]]; then
      ARCH=arm
    else
      echoerr "unsupported arch: \$ARCH"
      exit 1
    fi
  fi

  mkdir -p /usr/local/lib
  cd /usr/local/lib
  rm -rf heroku
  rm -rf ~/.local/share/heroku/client
  if [ \$(command -v xz) ]; then
    URL=https://cli-assets.heroku.com/channels/stable/heroku-\$OS-\$ARCH.tar.xz
    TAR_ARGS="xJ"
  else
    URL=https://cli-assets.heroku.com/channels/stable/heroku-\$OS-\$ARCH.tar.gz
    TAR_ARGS="xz"
  fi
  echo "Installing CLI from \$URL"
  if [ \$(command -v curl) ]; then
    curl "\$URL" | tar "\$TAR_ARGS"
  else
    wget -O- "\$URL" | tar "\$TAR_ARGS"
  fi
  # delete old heroku bin if exists
  rm -f \$(command -v heroku) || true
  rm -f /usr/local/bin/heroku
  ln -s /usr/local/lib/heroku/bin/heroku /usr/local/bin/heroku

  # on alpine (and maybe others) the basic node binary does not work
  # remove our node binary and fall back to whatever node is on the PATH
  /usr/local/lib/heroku/bin/node -v || rm /usr/local/lib/heroku/bin/node

SCRIPT
  # test the CLI
  LOCATION=$(command -v heroku)
  echo "heroku installed to $LOCATION"
  heroku version
}

Usage.md

The script is identical to the original, except it just overrides the architecture. If you are on a mac with apple silicone i.e. M1, M2, etc make sure to have rosetta enabled. https://support.apple.com/en-us/102527

sudo chmod +x heroku_mac.sh
./heroku_mac.sh --apple-silicone

Enjoy!