@@ -13,14 +13,20 @@ If you have access to a prebuilt binary or package, you should use that
1313instead. See [ the binaries and packages page] ( /docs/install/binary ) to
1414see if a prebuilt binary or package is available for your platform.
1515
16+ If you intend to develop or package Ghostty, please also check out our
17+ [ "Developing Ghostty"] ( https://github.com/ghostty-org/ghostty/blob/main/HACKING.md )
18+ and [ "Packaging Ghostty"] ( https://github.com/ghostty-org/ghostty/blob/main/PACKAGING.md )
19+ documents respectively. This page is more oriented towards end users who
20+ want or need to build Ghostty from source for personal use.
21+
1622</Tip >
1723
18- To build Ghostty, you need [ Zig] ( https://ziglang.org/ ) installed .
24+ To build Ghostty, you need to first install [ Zig] ( https://ziglang.org/ ) .
1925
2026<Important >
2127
2228Each version of Ghostty is only guaranteed to build for one ** specific** version
23- of Zig as it is still a rapidly-evolving project . ** Either older or newer
29+ of Zig as it is still a rapidly-evolving language . ** Either older or newer
2430Zig compilers may not be able to build Ghostty.** If your package manager
2531maintains a different version of Zig than what Ghostty requires, you can use
2632static binary releases of the Zig compiler on the [ Zig downloads page] ( https://ziglang.org/download/ ) .
@@ -58,8 +64,8 @@ This is because source tarballs contain various preprocessed files that make
5864Ghostty require far fewer dependencies to compile.
5965
6066If you intend to contribute to Ghostty, please consult the
61- [ README ] ( https://github.com/ghostty-org/ghostty/blob/main/README .md#developing-ghostty )
62- file on the steps to build Ghostty in a development environment.
67+ [ "Developing Ghostty" ] ( https://github.com/ghostty-org/ghostty/blob/main/HACKING .md )
68+ documents on how to build Ghostty in a development environment.
6369While most of the steps are exactly the same, we will be assuming a source
6470tarball-based build for now on for the sake of simplicity.
6571
@@ -149,9 +155,7 @@ Required dependencies:
149155
150156<Important >
151157
152- If you're using a Git checkout, you also need to install these dependnecies:
153-
154- * ` blueprint-compiler `
158+ If you're using a Git checkout, you also need to install these dependencies:
155159
156160</Important >
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