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How to build the Starling Terminal from source with Starling

Compile the Starling Terminal app with Swift for local use or to modify it.

Who it is forA developer who wants a terminal with tabs and split panes, or who wants to change its code.

The problemThe terminal is its own Swift package inside the repo, so it needs to be built separately from the desktop.

The outcomeThe Terminal app builds as a release binary from its own package directory.

What you need first

  • A Linux machine, ideally Ubuntu, since the desktop is developed and tested on Ubuntu and docs/BUILDING.md covers its setup
  • A Swift toolchain, needed for the swift build commands
  • A built starling-engine checkout placed next to this repo
  • A free GPU with no display manager or compositor running, for the desktop run step

Steps

  1. Clone the starling-build/starling repo and open apps/TerminalApp
  2. Read the Terminal source in apps/TerminalApp and the session daemon guide in termd/README.md
  3. Run cd apps/TerminalApp && swift build -c release

Prompt for your agent

In the starling repo, run cd apps/TerminalApp && swift build -c release. Expected output: a release build of Starling Terminal with no errors. Verify that the build finishes and that the Terminal sources match the features listed in the README, then report the result.

Caveat. The README says the Terminal has macOS, Windows, and Linux builds, but this build path is documented as a Swift package and its platform steps may differ, so check apps/TerminalApp before relying on it.

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