diff --git a/cli/src/commands/init.ts b/cli/src/commands/init.ts
index e3bae33c3..d5ef6f453 100755
--- a/cli/src/commands/init.ts
+++ b/cli/src/commands/init.ts
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import {
   getLatestRelease,
   getAssetUrl,
   downloadRelease,
+  findChecksumAsset,
   GitHubRateLimitError,
   GitHubDownloadError,
 } from '../utils/github.js';
@@ -53,7 +54,9 @@ async function tryGitHubInstall(
     tempDir = await createTempDir();
     const zipPath = join(tempDir, 'release.zip');
 
-    await downloadRelease(assetUrl, zipPath);
+    const assetFileName = assetUrl.split('/').pop() ?? 'release.zip';
+    const expectedSha256 = await findChecksumAsset(release, assetFileName);
+    await downloadRelease(assetUrl, zipPath, expectedSha256 ?? undefined);
 
     spinner.text = 'Extracting and installing files...';
     const { copiedFolders, tempDir: extractedTempDir } = await installFromZip(
diff --git a/cli/src/utils/github.ts b/cli/src/utils/github.ts
index 5799d88e0..fb1f2c5b6 100644
--- a/cli/src/utils/github.ts
+++ b/cli/src/utils/github.ts
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import { createHash } from 'node:crypto';
 import { writeFile } from 'node:fs/promises';
 import type { Release } from '../types/index.js';
 
@@ -69,7 +70,7 @@ export async function getLatestRelease(): Promise<Release> {
   return response.json();
 }
 
-export async function downloadRelease(url: string, dest: string): Promise<void> {
+export async function downloadRelease(url: string, dest: string, expectedSha256?: string): Promise<void> {
   const response = await fetch(url, {
     headers: {
       'User-Agent': 'uipro-cli',
@@ -84,9 +85,37 @@ export async function downloadRelease(url: string, dest: string): Promise<void>
   }
 
   const buffer = await response.arrayBuffer();
+
+  if (expectedSha256) {
+    const actual = createHash('sha256').update(Buffer.from(buffer)).digest('hex');
+    if (actual !== expectedSha256) {
+      throw new GitHubDownloadError(
+        `SHA-256 mismatch — download may be corrupted or tampered.
+Expected: ${expectedSha256}
+Actual:   ${actual}`
+      );
+    }
+  }
+
   await writeFile(dest, Buffer.from(buffer));
 }
 
+export async function findChecksumAsset(release: Release, assetName: string): Promise<string | null> {
+  const checksumNames = [`${assetName}.sha256`, 'checksums.sha256', 'SHA256SUMS'];
+  const checksumAsset = release.assets.find(a => checksumNames.includes(a.name));
+  if (!checksumAsset) return null;
+
+  const response = await fetch(checksumAsset.browser_download_url, {
+    headers: { 'User-Agent': 'uipro-cli' },
+  });
+  if (!response.ok) return null;
+
+  const text = await response.text();
+  // Format: "<hash>  <filename>" or just "<hash>"
+  const match = text.trim().match(/^([0-9a-f]{64})/m);
+  return match ? match[1] : null;
+}
+
 export function getAssetUrl(release: Release): string | null {
   // First try to find an uploaded ZIP asset
   const asset = release.assets.find(a => a.name.endsWith('.zip'));