Building from Source

Note

To use user plugins, you need to build Kernixcord from source — Kernixcord itself does not need to be built. You are in the wrong place.
Check the Dev Build guide for instructions.

To build Kernixcord, the standalone client, you must have the following dependencies installed:

• Git
• Bun

Setup

git clone https://github.com/kanvekin/kernixcord
cd Kernixcord

# Install Dependencies
bun install

Build Targets & Options

Kernixcord can be built or run in several ways:

• Run without packaging: bun start
• Package for your OS: bun package
• Build Linux Pacman package: bun package --linux pacman
• Package to a directory only: bun package:dir

Building LibVesktop from Source

LibVesktop is a small C++ helper library that Kernixcord uses on Linux to emit D-Bus events. By default, prebuilt binaries for x64 and arm64 are used.

If you prefer to build it from source yourself, follow these steps:

1. Install build dependencies:

• Debian/Ubuntu: apt install build-essential python3 curl pkg-config libglib2.0-dev
• Fedora: dnf install @c-development @development-tools python3 curl pkgconf-pkg-config glib2-devel

2. Run the build command:

bun buildLibVesktop

3. Finalize: From now on, building Kernixcord will prioritize and use your local build of LibVesktop.