What do you want to do?
4 use cases
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Open projects from a home machine on your laptop
Run a headless Rune node on a dev machine and open its mounted projects from any other Rune instance.
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- Software and DevOps
- Intermediate
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Using the repo unstablebuild/rune, follow the headless section of its README to start a headless node with --hostname devpod and the projects folder mounted, then run `docker logs -f rune` and report the sign-in code location. Confirm the node is running with `docker ps` before reporting success.
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Install the Rune IDE on macOS or Linux
Install the latest Rune release with one command, or with Homebrew, and let it update itself.
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- Software and DevOps
- Beginner
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For the repo unstablebuild/rune, install the latest release on this macOS or Linux machine using the install command in its README, then report the installed version. Verify the install by confirming the rune command runs.
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Add a community extension from a Git repository
Install a Rune extension straight from a GitHub repo to add themes or other features.
- Rune
- Software and DevOps
- Intermediate
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For the repo unstablebuild/rune, check that Rune is installed, then run `pkg install <git-repo-path>` with the target extension path from a community repository and report the install result. Verify by listing that the extension appears in Rune.
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Build Rune from source to test code changes
Clone the repo, run Rune from source, and compile all executables to test your own changes.
- Rune
- Software and DevOps
- Advanced
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In the repo unstablebuild/rune, clone the source, run `make -j16`, and report whether the executables appear in ./bin. Verify by listing the ./bin folder and confirming the build exits without errors.
How to use Rune
- Check you have what it needs: A macOS or Linux machine for the desktop app, or Docker for the headless node; Git installed to clone the source repository; Go and make installed to build Rune from source.
- Open unstablebuild/rune on GitHub and read the README and license.
- Start the headless node with the docker run command from the README's headless section, using the unstablebuild/rune image, --hostname devpod, and your projects folder mounted into the container.
- Run
docker logs -f runeto print the sign-in code. - Sign in to Rune on your other machine with that sign-in code.
- From a connected Rune instance, run
workspaceopen rune://devpod/home/rune/projectsto open the mounted projects.
These steps come from our top use case, Open projects from a home machine on your laptop, which also has a copy-paste agent prompt.
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- Who it is forDevelopers who work across several machines and want one IDE and terminal setup that follows them, or who want to build and extend the Rune IDE itself.
- Why it is hot
- LanguageGo
- Sourcegithub.com/unstablebuild/rune · Back to Hot repos
Requirements
- A macOS or Linux machine for the desktop app, or Docker for the headless node
- Git installed to clone the source repository
- Go and make installed to build Rune from source
- An existing Rune installation before installing extensions with pkg install
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Questions about Rune
What is Rune?
Rune is a GPU-accelerated IDE and terminal multiplexer for Go developers that can also run headless on a remote machine and serve workspaces to your other devices. It is an open-source project on GitHub: https://github.com/unstablebuild/rune.
Who is Rune for?
Developers who work across several machines and want one IDE and terminal setup that follows them, or who want to build and extend the Rune IDE itself.
What can I do with Rune?
4 use cases so far, for example: Open projects from a home machine on your laptop; Install the Rune IDE on macOS or Linux; Add a community extension from a Git repository. Each has steps and a copy-paste agent prompt.
What do I need to run Rune?
A macOS or Linux machine for the desktop app, or Docker for the headless node; Git installed to clone the source repository; Go and make installed to build Rune from source; An existing Rune installation before installing extensions with pkg install.
What are alternatives to Rune?
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Is Rune safe to run?
Deduped does not own, audit or vouch for it. Read the README and license, run it on your own systems first and review every command before you run it.