Kõkai

A Web browser with an emphasis on local-first data storage.

Building

Note: Currently, the Kõkai browser is only available on operating systems using the Linux kernel. The protocol included with Kõkai may be used via a command-line frontend, available on Linux, macOS, and Windows.

Binary

Prerequisites

To build, please install:

tip: If you building on ubuntu or debian you just run build.sh

• A copy of the Rust toolchain
  • It is recommended that you install Rust using rustup.rs, though many Linux distributions also package the Rust toolchain as well.
• GTK and its dependencies, including GDK, GLib, and Pango
  • It is recommended that you obtain these development packages from your distribution.
• WebKitGTK
  • Some distributions provide multiple versions of WebKitGTK; look for packages resembling webkitgtk-6.0.
• libfuse
  • It is recommended that you obtain this development package from your distribution.
• The Vox static site generator
  • This can be installed using the Rust toolchain by running cargo install --git https://github.com/emmyoh/vox --features="cli".

Commands

Note: Before new builds, please run ./prebuild.sh to complete necessary pre-compilation tasks.

After pre-requisites are installed and pre-compilation tasks are complete, you may run:

• cargo build for debug builds.
• cargo build --release for release builds.
• cargo install --path . to install Kõkai.

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License

This software is available under the GNU Affero General Public License, Version 3.