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Build Floorp on macOS

📦 Requirements

• Machine Specifications:

  • Memory: 4GB RAM minimum, 8GB+ recommended.

  • Disk Space: At least 40GB of free disk space.

  • Operating System: Reccomended to use latest version of macOS. You shold update to the latest version of macOS.

• Install the following software:

  • Brew Firefox needs some dependencies. You can install dependencies by using Brew.

  • git Clone the Floorp repository & Send patches to GitHub.

  • Xcode Xcode is a development environment for macOS. You can build Floorp on macOS by using Xcode.

  You need setup before building Floorp:

  sudo xcode-select --switch /Applications/Xcode.app
  sudo xcodebuild -license

📦 Build Floorp

1. Open Terminal.

   cd ~

2. Clone the Floorp repository.

   If you want to contribute to Floorp, Please read Getting Started. This page is helpful for you.

   git clone https://github.com/Floorp-Projects/Floorp.git
   git submodule update --init --recursive

3. Run the following command to install the dependencies. First of building Floorp, you need select some choices. Please select the following choices. [1] Build Floorp for Desktop.

   [n] Do not setup Mercurial

   [y] Install Rust

   [n] Do not send telemetry data

   [n] Do not send patch to Mozilla

   cd Floorp
   ./mach bootstrap

4. Run the following command to build Floorp.

   echo 'ac_add_options --with-branding=browser/branding/official' >> mozconfig
   ./mach build

5. Run the following command to run Floorp.

   ./mach run

Congratulations! You have successfully built Floorp on macOS!

Extra

• The time is coming! Hack Floorp!

  • How to hack Floorp