ChadScript

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Get Started ​

Install ​

bash
curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cs01/ChadScript/main/install.sh | sh

This downloads a pre-built binary for your platform and installs it to ~/.chadscript/.

Prerequisites ​

ChadScript compiles your TypeScript to native code via LLVM. The release bundles all vendor libraries (libgc, libuv, etc.) and pre-compiled C bridge objects, so LLVM is the only required base dependency:

  • macOS: brew install llvm
  • Ubuntu/Debian: sudo apt install llvm clang
  • Fedora: sudo dnf install llvm clang

Programs that use certain features also need the corresponding system library present at compile time:

FeaturePackage
fetch() / HTTP clientlibcurl
cryptoopenssl
sqlitesqlite3
httpServe()zlib, libzstd

macOS Gatekeeper: If you get a quarantine warning on the downloaded binary:

bash
xattr -d com.apple.quarantine ~/.chadscript/chad

Build from Source ​

bash
git clone https://github.com/cs01/ChadScript && cd ChadScript
npm install
bash scripts/build-vendor.sh
npm run build

This produces dist/chad-node.js. Use it directly:

bash
node dist/chad-node.js build hello.ts -o hello

See BUILDING.md for full instructions including native compiler setup and cross-compilation.