diff --git a/.cz.js b/.cz.js
index ac3933dda6..108dc4a708 100644
--- a/.cz.js
+++ b/.cz.js
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ module.exports = {
     { name: 'tests' },
     { name: 'initializer' },
     { name: 'publisher' },
+    { name: 'installer' },
     { name: 'generic' },
   ],
   allowCustomScopes: true,
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index d1fc598ae1..7f50f5b4ba 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -19,7 +19,8 @@
     "release:patch": "changelog -p && node ci/fix-changelog.js && git add CHANGELOG.md && git commit -m 'updated CHANGELOG.md' && npm version patch && git push origin && git push origin --tags",
     "release:minor": "changelog -m && node ci/fix-changelog.js && git add CHANGELOG.md && git commit -m 'updated CHANGELOG.md' && npm version minor && git push origin && git push origin --tags",
     "release:major": "changelog -M && node ci/fix-changelog.js && git add CHANGELOG.md && git commit -m 'updated CHANGELOG.md' && npm version major && git push origin && git push origin --tags",
-    "watch": "gulp watch"
+    "watch": "gulp watch",
+    "watch-link": "nodemon --watch src --exec \"npm link\""
   },
   "author": "Samuel Attard",
   "license": "MIT",
@@ -38,7 +39,8 @@
     "generate-changelog": "^1.0.2",
     "gulp": "^3.9.1",
     "gulp-babel": "^6.1.2",
-    "mocha": "^3.2.0"
+    "mocha": "^3.2.0",
+    "nodemon": "^1.11.0"
   },
   "babel": {
     "presets": [
@@ -64,6 +66,7 @@
     "debug": "^2.3.3",
     "electron-installer-dmg": "^0.1.2",
     "electron-packager": "^8.4.0",
+    "electron-sudo": "malept/electron-sudo#fix-linux-sudo-detection",
     "electron-winstaller": "^2.5.0",
     "fs-promise": "^1.0.0",
     "github": "^7.2.0",
@@ -71,11 +74,15 @@
     "inquirer": "^2.0.0",
     "lodash.template": "^4.4.0",
     "log-symbols": "^1.0.2",
+    "node-fetch": "^1.6.3",
     "node-gyp": "^3.4.0",
+    "nugget": "^2.0.1",
+    "opn": "^4.0.2",
     "ora": "^0.4.0",
     "pify": "^2.3.0",
     "resolve-package": "^1.0.1",
     "semver": "^5.3.0",
+    "sudo-prompt": "^6.2.1",
     "username": "^2.2.2",
     "yarn-or-npm": "^2.0.2",
     "zip-folder": "^1.0.0"
diff --git a/src/electron-forge-install.js b/src/electron-forge-install.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5708aa8d1e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/electron-forge-install.js
@@ -0,0 +1,150 @@
+import 'colors';
+import debug from 'debug';
+import fetch from 'node-fetch';
+import fs from 'fs-promise';
+import inquirer from 'inquirer';
+import nugget from 'nugget';
+import opn from 'opn';
+import os from 'os';
+import path from 'path';
+import pify from 'pify';
+import program from 'commander';
+import semver from 'semver';
+
+import './util/terminate';
+import asyncOra from './util/ora-handler';
+
+import darwinDMGInstaller from './installers/darwin/dmg';
+import darwinZipInstaller from './installers/darwin/zip';
+import linuxDebInstaller from './installers/linux/deb';
+import linuxRPMInstaller from './installers/linux/rpm';
+
+const d = debug('electron-forge:install');
+
+const GITHUB_API = 'https://api.github.com';
+
+const main = async () => {
+  let repo;
+
+  program
+    .version(require('../package.json').version)
+    .arguments('[repository]')
+    .option('--prerelease', 'Fetch prerelease versions')
+    .action((repository) => {
+      repo = repository;
+    })
+    .parse(process.argv);
+
+  let latestRelease;
+  let possibleAssets = [];
+
+  await asyncOra('Searching for Application', async (searchSpinner) => {
+    if (!repo || repo.indexOf('/') === -1) {
+      // eslint-disable-next-line no-throw-literal
+      throw 'Invalid repository name, must be in the format owner/name';
+    }
+
+    d('searching for repo:', repo);
+    let releases;
+    try {
+      releases = await (await fetch(`${GITHUB_API}/repos/${repo}/releases`)).json();
+    } catch (err) {
+      // Ignore error
+    }
+
+    if (!releases || releases.message === 'Not Found' || !Array.isArray(releases)) {
+      // eslint-disable-next-line no-throw-literal
+      throw `Failed to find releases for repository "${repo}".  Please check the name and try again.`;
+    }
+
+    releases = releases.filter(release => !release.prerelease || program.prerelease);
+
+    const sortedReleases = releases.sort((releaseA, releaseB) => {
+      let tagA = releaseA.tag_name;
+      if (tagA.substr(0, 1) === 'v') tagA = tagA.substr(1);
+      let tagB = releaseB.tag_name;
+      if (tagB.substr(0, 1) === 'v') tagB = tagB.substr(1);
+      return (semver.gt(tagB, tagA) ? 1 : -1);
+    });
+    latestRelease = sortedReleases[0];
+
+    searchSpinner.text = 'Searching for Releases'; // eslint-disable-line
+
+    const assets = latestRelease.assets;
+    if (!assets || !Array.isArray(assets)) {
+      // eslint-disable-next-line no-throw-literal
+      throw 'Could not find any assets for the latest release';
+    }
+
+    const installTargets = {
+      win32: [/\.exe$/],
+      darwin: [/OSX.*\.zip$/, /darwin.*\.zip$/, /macOS.*\.zip$/, /mac.*\.zip$/, /\.dmg$/],
+      linux: [/\.rpm$/, /\.deb$/],
+    };
+
+    possibleAssets = assets.filter((asset) => {
+      const targetSuffixes = installTargets[process.platform];
+      for (const suffix of targetSuffixes) {
+        if (suffix.test(asset.name)) return true;
+      }
+      return false;
+    });
+
+    if (possibleAssets.length === 0) {
+      // eslint-disable-next-line no-throw-literal
+      throw `Failed to find any installable assets for target platform: ${`${process.platform}`.cyan}`;
+    }
+  });
+
+  console.info(`Found latest release${program.prerelease ? ' (including prereleases)' : ''}: ${latestRelease.tag_name.cyan}`);
+
+  let targetAsset = possibleAssets[0];
+  if (possibleAssets.length > 1) {
+    const { assetID } = await inquirer.createPromptModule()({
+      type: 'list',
+      name: 'assetID',
+      message: 'Multiple potential assets found, please choose one from the list below:'.cyan,
+      choices: possibleAssets.map(asset => ({ name: asset.name, value: asset.id })),
+    });
+
+    targetAsset = possibleAssets.find(asset => asset.id === assetID);
+  }
+
+  const tmpdir = path.resolve(os.tmpdir(), 'forge-install');
+  const pathSafeRepo = repo.replace(/[/\\]/g, '-');
+  const filename = `${pathSafeRepo}-${latestRelease.tag_name}-${targetAsset.name}`;
+
+  const fullFilePath = path.resolve(tmpdir, filename);
+  if (!await fs.exists(fullFilePath) || (await fs.stat(fullFilePath)).size !== targetAsset.size) {
+    await fs.mkdirs(tmpdir);
+
+    const nuggetOpts = {
+      target: filename,
+      dir: tmpdir,
+      resume: true,
+      strictSSL: true,
+    };
+    await pify(nugget)(targetAsset.browser_download_url, nuggetOpts);
+  }
+
+  await asyncOra('Installing Application', async (installSpinner) => {
+    const installActions = {
+      win32: {
+        '.exe': async filePath => await opn(filePath, { wait: false }),
+      },
+      darwin: {
+        '.zip': darwinZipInstaller,
+        '.dmg': darwinDMGInstaller,
+      },
+      linux: {
+        '.deb': linuxDebInstaller,
+        '.rpm': linuxRPMInstaller,
+      },
+    };
+
+    const suffixFnIdent = Object.keys(installActions[process.platform]).find(suffix => targetAsset.name.endsWith(suffix));
+    await installActions[process.platform][suffixFnIdent](fullFilePath, installSpinner);
+  });
+};
+
+main();
diff --git a/src/electron-forge.js b/src/electron-forge.js
index 6e03ea262e..8afe4682e6 100644
--- a/src/electron-forge.js
+++ b/src/electron-forge.js
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ import config from './util/config';
     .command('make', 'Generate distributables for the current Electron application')
     .command('start', 'Start the current Electron application')
     .command('publish', 'Publish the current Electron application to GitHub')
+    .command('install', 'Install an Electron application from GitHub')
     .parse(process.argv);
 
   config.reset();
diff --git a/src/installers/darwin/dmg.js b/src/installers/darwin/dmg.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d3fb4197e7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/installers/darwin/dmg.js
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+import opn from 'opn';
+
+export default async (filePath) => {
+  await opn(filePath, { wait: false });
+};
diff --git a/src/installers/darwin/zip.js b/src/installers/darwin/zip.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..ef717baf03
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/installers/darwin/zip.js
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+import fs from 'fs-promise';
+import inquirer from 'inquirer';
+import path from 'path';
+import pify from 'pify';
+import sudo from 'sudo-prompt';
+import { exec, spawn } from 'child_process';
+
+export default async (filePath, installSpinner) => {
+  await new Promise((resolve) => {
+    const child = spawn('unzip', ['-q', '-o', path.basename(filePath)], {
+      cwd: path.dirname(filePath),
+    });
+    child.stdout.on('data', () => {});
+    child.stderr.on('data', () => {});
+    child.on('exit', () => resolve());
+  });
+  let writeAccess = true;
+  try {
+    await fs.access('/Applications', fs.W_OK);
+  } catch (err) {
+    writeAccess = false;
+  }
+  const appPath = (await fs.readdir(path.dirname(filePath))).filter(file => file.endsWith('.app'))
+    .map(file => path.resolve(path.dirname(filePath), file))
+    .sort((fA, fB) => fs.statSync(fA).ctime.getTime() - fs.statSync(fB).ctime.getTime())[0];
+
+  const targetApplicationPath = `/Applications/${path.basename(appPath)}`;
+  if (await fs.exists(targetApplicationPath)) {
+    installSpinner.stop();
+    const { confirm } = await inquirer.createPromptModule()({
+      type: 'confirm',
+      name: 'confirm',
+      message: `The application "${path.basename(targetApplicationPath)}" appears to already exist in /Applications. Do you want to replace it?`,
+    });
+    if (!confirm) {
+      // eslint-disable-next-line no-throw-literal
+      throw 'Installation stopped by user';
+    } else {
+      installSpinner.start();
+      await fs.remove(targetApplicationPath);
+    }
+  }
+
+  const moveCommand = `mv "${appPath}" "${targetApplicationPath}"`;
+  if (writeAccess) {
+    await pify(exec)(moveCommand);
+  } else {
+    await pify(sudo.exec)(moveCommand, {
+      name: 'Electron Forge',
+    });
+  }
+
+  spawn('open', ['-R', targetApplicationPath], { detached: true });
+};
diff --git a/src/installers/linux/deb.js b/src/installers/linux/deb.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..04c4a7b7c7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/installers/linux/deb.js
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+import { sudo } from '../../util/linux-installer';
+
+export default async (filePath) => {
+  await sudo('Debian', 'gdebi', `-n ${filePath}`);
+};
diff --git a/src/installers/linux/rpm.js b/src/installers/linux/rpm.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..687ce5e871
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/installers/linux/rpm.js
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+import { sudo } from '../../util/linux-installer';
+
+export default async (filePath) => {
+  await sudo('RPM', 'dnf', `--assumeyes --nogpgcheck install ${filePath}`);
+};
diff --git a/src/util/linux-installer.js b/src/util/linux-installer.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..54d1226447
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/util/linux-installer.js
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+import { spawnSync } from 'child_process';
+import Sudoer from 'electron-sudo';
+
+const which = async (type, prog, promise) => {
+  if (spawnSync('which', [prog]).status === 0) {
+    await promise;
+  } else {
+    throw new Error(`${prog} is required to install ${type} packages`);
+  }
+};
+
+export const sudo = (type, prog, args) =>
+  new Promise((resolve, reject) => {
+    const sudoer = new Sudoer({ name: 'Electron Forge' });
+
+    which(type, prog, sudoer.spawn(`${prog} ${args}`)
+      .then((child) => {
+        child.on('exit', async (code) => {
+          if (code !== 0) {
+            console.error(child.output.stdout.toString('utf8').red);
+            console.error(child.output.stderr.toString('utf8').red);
+            return reject(new Error(`${prog} failed with status code ${code}`));
+          }
+          resolve();
+        });
+      }));
+  });
+
+export default which;