How to Build Meowser

Learn how to build Meowser from source.

This will teach you how to compile Meowser yourself, whether to contribute or try Meowser on an unsupported platform.

Prerequisites

We try to keep the amount of prerequisites low to make Meowser's source accessible to as many people as possible.

NodeJS - please ensure you have 20.18.0 or later installed.

Access to a terminal

(OPTIONAL) A code editor (required to edit code, but if you're just trying Meowser, it's not required)

Find a directory (preferably empty) to install Meowser to

Run `git clone https://github.com/katniny/meowser`

When finished, run `cd meowser`

Go to our GitHub

Click "Code" then "Download ZIP"

Once installed, unzip the ZIP file

This part is extremely simple AS LONG AS YOU HAVE NODEJS!

Open your terminal

Navigate to where you installed Meowser (e.g. F:\meowser\)

Run `npm install`

This will automatically install everything for you.

Running Meowser is easier than walking. All you have to do is run `npm start` after all the steps above are complete

Meowser should now be running natively!

To make Meowser easy to run, all you have to do is:

Run `npm run dist`. This will start compiling Meowser. Your first time may take a few moments.

Once done, open your Meowser directory then the "dist" folder (e.g. F:\meowser\dist)

You can run the installer OR go into `PLATFORM-unpacked` and run it directly from there

Now Meowser is compiled! If you encounter any issue during this process, please let us know on GitHub Issues and we'll help you out.