diff --git a/installers/install_asciicinema.sh b/installers/install_asciicinema.sh
index 1346bb8..fccc014 100644
--- a/installers/install_asciicinema.sh
+++ b/installers/install_asciicinema.sh
@@ -21,12 +21,9 @@ cleanup() {
 trap cleanup EXIT
 
 install_asciicinema() {
-    local latest_tag=""
     if has_command curl; then
         log_info "Fetching latest asciinema version from GitHub..."
-        latest_tag=$(curl -sL https://api.github.com/repos/asciinema/asciinema/releases/latest \
-            | grep '"tag_name":' | head -n1 \
-            | sed -E 's/.*"tag_name": "([^"]+)".*/\1/' || true)
+        latest_tag=$(github_get_latest_release "asciinema/asciinema")
     fi
 
     if [ -z "$latest_tag" ]; then
@@ -73,10 +70,8 @@ install_asciicinema() {
         *)      log_error "Unsupported architecture: $arch"; exit 1 ;;
     esac
 
-    local download_url="https://github.com/asciinema/asciinema/releases/download/${latest_tag}/asciinema-${asciinema_arch}"
-    
     log_info "Downloading asciinema ${latest_tag} for ${arch}..."
-    download_file "$download_url" "$TMP_DIR/asciinema"
+    github_download_asset "asciinema/asciinema" "$latest_tag" "asciinema-${asciinema_arch}" "$TMP_DIR/asciinema"
 
     log_info "Installing asciinema to /usr/local/bin..."
     sudo cp "$TMP_DIR/asciinema" /usr/local/bin/asciinema
diff --git a/installers/install_bat.sh b/installers/install_bat.sh
index 8fe6ccf..843e7d2 100644
--- a/installers/install_bat.sh
+++ b/installers/install_bat.sh
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ install_bat() {
 
         log_info "Fetching latest Bat version from GitHub..."
         local latest_tag=""
-            latest_tag=$(curl -sL https://api.github.com/repos/sharkdp/bat/releases/latest | grep '"tag_name":' | head -n1 | sed -E 's/.*"tag_name": "([^"]+)".*/\1/' || true)
+        latest_tag=$(github_get_latest_release "sharkdp/bat")
 
         if [ -z "$latest_tag" ]; then
             latest_tag="v0.26.1"
@@ -61,9 +61,8 @@ install_bat() {
             deb_arch="arm64"
         fi
 
-        local deb_url="https://github.com/sharkdp/bat/releases/download/${latest_tag}/bat_${version}_${deb_arch}.deb"
-        log_info "Downloading Bat from ${deb_url}..."
-        download_file "$deb_url" "$TMP_DIR/bat.deb"
+        log_info "Downloading Bat ${latest_tag}..."
+        github_download_asset "sharkdp/bat" "$latest_tag" "bat_${version}_${deb_arch}\.deb" "$TMP_DIR/bat.deb"
 
         log_info "Installing Bat package..."
         sudo apt install -y "$TMP_DIR/bat.deb"
diff --git a/installers/install_node.sh b/installers/install_node.sh
index bfdce16..a3198cf 100644
--- a/installers/install_node.sh
+++ b/installers/install_node.sh
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ install_nvm() {
     # Try to fetch the latest version of NVM from GitHub API
     log_info "Fetching the latest NVM version..."
     local latest_tag=""
-        latest_tag=$(curl -sL https://api.github.com/repos/nvm-sh/nvm/releases/latest | grep '"tag_name":' | head -n1 | sed -E 's/.*"tag_name": "([^"]+)".*/\1/' || true)
+    latest_tag=$(github_get_latest_release "nvm-sh/nvm")
 
     if [ -z "$latest_tag" ]; then
         latest_tag="v0.40.5" # Fallback version if API request fails
diff --git a/installers/install_nvim.sh b/installers/install_nvim.sh
index c5e4c08..773d5c4 100644
--- a/installers/install_nvim.sh
+++ b/installers/install_nvim.sh
@@ -76,10 +76,8 @@ install_nvim() {
         *)      log_error "Unsupported architecture: $arch"; exit 1 ;;
     esac
 
-    local nvim_url="https://github.com/neovim/neovim/releases/download/v${NVIM_VERSION}/nvim-${nvim_arch}.tar.gz"
-
     log_info "Downloading Neovim v${NVIM_VERSION} for ${arch}..."
-    download_file "$nvim_url" "$TMP_DIR/nvim.tar.gz"
+    github_download_asset "neovim/neovim" "v${NVIM_VERSION}" "nvim-${nvim_arch}\.tar\.gz" "$TMP_DIR/nvim.tar.gz"
 
     tar -xzf "$TMP_DIR/nvim.tar.gz" -C "$TMP_DIR"
 
diff --git a/installers/install_pnpm.sh b/installers/install_pnpm.sh
index 46f8c2b..5053305 100644
--- a/installers/install_pnpm.sh
+++ b/installers/install_pnpm.sh
@@ -127,14 +127,17 @@ install_pnpm() {
     }
     libc_suffix="$(detect_libc_suffix)"
 
-    # Fetch the latest version from the npm registry, or use PNPM_VERSION if set
+    # Fetch the latest version from GitHub, or use PNPM_VERSION if set
     if [ -z "${PNPM_VERSION:-}" ]; then
-        log_info "Fetching latest pnpm version from npm registry..."
-        version_json="$(download "https://registry.npmjs.org/@pnpm/exe")" || {
-            log_error "Failed to fetch pnpm version info from npm registry."
+        log_info "Fetching latest pnpm version from GitHub..."
+        local tag
+        tag=$(github_get_latest_release "pnpm/pnpm")
+        if [ -n "$tag" ]; then
+            version="${tag#v}"
+        else
+            log_error "Failed to fetch pnpm version info from GitHub."
             return 1
-        }
-        version="$(echo "$version_json" | grep -o '"latest":[[:space:]]*"[0-9.]*"' | grep -o '[0-9.]*')"
+        fi
     else
         version="${PNPM_VERSION}"
     fi
@@ -151,7 +154,7 @@ install_pnpm() {
 
     if [ "$major_version" -ge 11 ]; then
         # v11+: distributed as tarballs containing the binary and dist/ directory
-        download "https://github.com/pnpm/pnpm/releases/download/v${version}/${asset_base}.tar.gz" "$TMP_DIR/pnpm.tar.gz" || {
+        github_download_asset "pnpm/pnpm" "v${version}" "${asset_base}\.tar\.gz" "$TMP_DIR/pnpm.tar.gz" || {
             log_error "Failed to download pnpm tarball."
             return 1
         }
@@ -166,7 +169,7 @@ install_pnpm() {
         }
     else
         # Older versions: distributed as a single executable binary
-        download "https://github.com/pnpm/pnpm/releases/download/v${version}/${asset_base}" "$TMP_DIR/pnpm" || {
+        github_download_asset "pnpm/pnpm" "v${version}" "${asset_base}" "$TMP_DIR/pnpm" || {
             log_error "Failed to download pnpm binary."
             return 1
         }
diff --git a/installers/install_starship.sh b/installers/install_starship.sh
index da2d144..29553dc 100644
--- a/installers/install_starship.sh
+++ b/installers/install_starship.sh
@@ -45,21 +45,15 @@ install_starship() {
 
     log_info "Fetching latest Starship version from GitHub..."
     local latest_tag=""
-        latest_tag=$(curl -sL https://api.github.com/repos/starship/starship/releases/latest | grep '"tag_name":' | head -n1 | sed -E 's/.*"tag_name": "([^"]+)".*/\1/' || true)
-
-    local download_url
-    if [ -n "$latest_tag" ]; then
-        log_info "Latest Starship version found: $latest_tag"
-        download_url="https://github.com/starship/starship/releases/download/${latest_tag}/starship-${target}.tar.gz"
-    else
+    latest_tag=$(github_get_latest_release "starship/starship")
+    
+    if [ -z "$latest_tag" ]; then
         latest_tag="latest"
-        log_warn "Failed to fetch latest version from GitHub. Falling back to downloading latest release directly."
-        download_url="https://github.com/starship/starship/releases/latest/download/starship-${target}.tar.gz"
     fi
 
-    log_info "Downloading Starship from ${download_url}..."
+    log_info "Downloading Starship ${latest_tag}..."
     local archive="$TMP_DIR/starship.tar.gz"
-    download_file "$download_url" "$archive"
+    github_download_asset "starship/starship" "$latest_tag" "starship-${target}\.tar\.gz" "$archive"
 
     # Extract the binary
     log_info "Extracting Starship binary..."
diff --git a/installers/install_uv.sh b/installers/install_uv.sh
index 64ca56a..f538a09 100644
--- a/installers/install_uv.sh
+++ b/installers/install_uv.sh
@@ -54,21 +54,15 @@ install_uv() {
 
     log_info "Fetching latest uv version from GitHub..."
     local latest_tag=""
-        latest_tag=$(curl -sL https://api.github.com/repos/astral-sh/uv/releases/latest | grep '"tag_name":' | head -n1 | sed -E 's/.*"tag_name": "([^"]+)".*/\1/' || true)
+    latest_tag=$(github_get_latest_release "astral-sh/uv")
 
-    local download_url
-    if [ -n "$latest_tag" ]; then
-        log_info "Latest uv version found: $latest_tag"
-        download_url="https://github.com/astral-sh/uv/releases/download/${latest_tag}/uv-${target}.tar.gz"
-    else
+    if [ -z "$latest_tag" ]; then
         latest_tag="latest"
-        log_warn "Failed to fetch latest version from GitHub. Falling back to downloading latest release directly."
-        download_url="https://github.com/astral-sh/uv/releases/latest/download/uv-${target}.tar.gz"
     fi
 
-    log_info "Downloading uv from ${download_url}..."
+    log_info "Downloading uv ${latest_tag}..."
     local archive="$TMP_DIR/uv.tar.gz"
-    download_file "$download_url" "$archive"
+    github_download_asset "astral-sh/uv" "$latest_tag" "uv-${target}\.tar\.gz" "$archive"
 
     # Extract the binaries
     log_info "Extracting uv binaries..."
diff --git a/lib/github.sh b/lib/github.sh
index c171669..5f7d9e4 100644
--- a/lib/github.sh
+++ b/lib/github.sh
@@ -3,6 +3,11 @@
 
 # Usage: github_get_latest_release <owner/repo>
 # Prints the tag_name of the latest release.
+
+# Installers still use this function instead of just directly invoking download_asset function:
+# - Asset names often contain the version
+# - Installers may compare the latest tag from github against the locally installed version before doing any work.
+# - We need concrete version string so we can pass it to the reigster_tool function.
 github_get_latest_release() {
     local repo="$1"
     local tag