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Quark IDE

Install and launch

Quark is under active development. For now, the reliable route is to build from source, rather than assume a downloadable installer is ready.

You’ll need

Section titled “You’ll need”
  • Git, Rust and Cargo.
  • A compiler toolchain for your operating system.
  • The Hydrogen compiler separately, if you want to build Hydrogen projects.

Clone the Quark IDE repository and switch to Development:

Terminal window
git clone -b Development https://github.com/Aurora-softwares/Quark-IDE.git
cd Quark-IDE
cargo run --release --bin quark-native

Linux (Ubuntu or Debian)

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Before running Cargo, install the GTK development libraries:

Terminal window
sudo apt install build-essential pkg-config libgtk-4-dev libadwaita-1-dev libxkbcommon-dev libwayland-dev libx11-dev libxcursor-dev libxi-dev libxrandr-dev libgl1-mesa-dev

macOS

Section titled “macOS”

Install Xcode Command Line Tools (xcode-select --install) and Rust. The native frontend uses AppKit, but real macOS interaction testing is still in progress.

Windows

Section titled “Windows”

Install the MSVC Rust toolchain, Visual Studio C++ Build Tools and compatible Windows App SDK requirements. Quark’s native frontend targets WinUI 3. Cross-platform CI builds do not mean all GUI interactions have been accepted.