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# Building # Building
Build with the provided zig wrapper: Make sure your system meets the requirements listed below.
Flow tracks zig master most of the time. Build with:
```shell
zig build -Doptimize=ReleaseFast
```
Sometime zig master may introduce breaking changes and Flow may take a few days to
catch up. In that case there is a simple zig wrapper script provided that will download
and build with the last known compatible version of zig. The version is stored in
`build.zig.version`.
Build with the zig wrapper:
```shell ```shell
./zig build -Doptimize=ReleaseFast ./zig build -Doptimize=ReleaseFast
``` ```
The zig wrapper just fetches a known good version of zig nightly and places it The zig wrapper places the downloaded zig compiler in the `.cache` directory and does
in the .cache directory. Or use your own version of zig. Be sure to use a version not touch your system. It requires `bash`, `curl` and `jq` to run.
at least as high as the version used be the zig wrapper. It's stored in `build.zig.version`.
Also, make sure your system meets the requirements listed below.
Run with: Run with:
```shell ```shell
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See --help for full command line. See --help for full command line.
## MacOS
On MacOS you will need to link Flow against a MacOS build of notcurses 3.0.9. This
is easiest with `brew`:
```shell
brew install notcurses
zig build -Duse_system_notcurses=true --search-prefix /usr/local
```
# Terminal configuration # Terminal configuration
Kitty, Ghostty and most other terminals have default keybindings that conflict Kitty, Ghostty and most other terminals have default keybindings that conflict