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Quickstart

The Ultraviolet compiler is alpha. This quickstart will stabilize as the compiler is moved into the main public project.

Prerequisites

Section titled “Prerequisites”
  • A current Git installation.
  • A supported C/C++ build toolchain for the target platform.
  • LLVM tooling matching the compiler notes in the public repository.
  • A terminal with standard shell utilities.

Clone

Section titled “Clone”
Terminal window
git clone https://github.com/blacklight-foundation/ultraviolet.git
cd ultraviolet

Build

Section titled “Build”
Terminal window
# Public alpha build command placeholder.
./scripts/build

Run an example

Section titled “Run an example”
Terminal window
# Public alpha run command placeholder.
./build/uv run examples/first.uv

Status note

Section titled “Status note”

The command names, directory layout, and example paths will be finalized with the compiler migration. The quickstart will track the canonical public build path once it lands.