Environment Requirements

Local dev environment requirements for AppDev of a Desktop App repo built on Pankosmia

Table of Contents

• Tested on:
  • Ubuntu 24.04 with:
  • Windows 11 with:
  • MacOS Apple silicon (ARM64) with:
  • MacOS Intel (x86_64) with:
    • Planning ahead

Tested on:

Migration from npm to pnpm in process

Use the repo root lock file to determine which applies: pnpm-lock.yaml → pnpm; package-lock.json → npm. For additional detail see our Migration Plan.

Ubuntu 24.04 with:

pnpm-lock.yaml	package-lock.json
pnpm 11.20.0	npm 10.7.0
node 24.11.0	node 20.18.1

• rustc 1.88.0 – curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf https://sh.rustup.rs | sh

Windows 11 with:

pnpm-lock.yaml	package-lock.json
pnpm 11.20.0	npm 10.7.0
node 24.11.0	node 20.18.1

• git 2.44.0; See https://git-scm.com/install/windows
• rustc 1.88.0 – See https://www.rust-lang.org/tools/install
• cmake 3.31.0 – Version 3 is required. See https://cmake.org/download/
• Depending on your system, powershell might need permission to run scripts.
• Running exe builds locally (optional) needs installation of Inno Setup -tested with v6.4.3

MacOS Apple silicon (ARM64) with:

pnpm-lock.yaml	package-lock.json
pnpm 11.20.0	npm 10.8.2 (tested on Sequoia)
node 24.11.0	node 20.18.1

• rustc 1.88.0 – curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf https://sh.rustup.rs | sh
• OpenSSL 3.5.0 – brew install openssl – See Homebrew

MacOS Intel (x86_64) with:

pnpm-lock.yaml	package-lock.json
pnpm 11.20.0	npm 10.7.0 (tested on Monterey)
node 24.11.0	node 20.18.1

• rustc 1.88.0 – curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf https://sh.rustup.rs | sh
• OpenSSL 3.6.4 – sudo port install openssl3 – See MacPorts

Planning ahead

• GitHub Actions runner support is anticipated until August 2027.
• Apple security updates are anticipated until around September 2029.