Building from Source

Prerequisites

Tool	Version
Rust	1.85+ (edition 2024)
Linux only	`libasound2-dev`, `libudev-dev`, `libwayland-dev`, `libxkbcommon-dev`

git clone <repo-url> nightingale
cd nightingale
cargo build --release

scripts/make-release.sh

Builds the release binary and packages it into nightingale-<target>.tar.gz.

powershell -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File scripts/make-release.ps1

Builds the release binary and packages it into nightingale-x86_64-pc-windows-msvc.zip.

Flag	Description
`--setup`	Force re-run of the first-launch bootstrap