Install and Build Tidecoin

INSTALL.md is a quick-start entrypoint. For platform-specific instructions, see the build guides in doc/.

Quick Start (Unix-like systems)

1. Install prerequisites:
   • GCC >= 11.1 or Clang >= 16.0
   • CMake >= 3.22
   • Python 3
   • pkgconf / pkg-config
2. Configure:

cmake -B build

3. Build:

cmake --build build -j"$(nproc)"

4. Optional install:

cmake --install build

Optional Components

• Wallet: SQLite
• GUI: Qt6, qrencode
• ZMQ notifications: ZeroMQ
• IPC: Cap'n Proto

See doc/dependencies.md for the full matrix.

Platform Guides

• doc/build-unix.md
• doc/build-osx.md
• doc/build-windows.md
• doc/build-windows-msvc.md
• doc/build-freebsd.md
• doc/build-openbsd.md
• doc/build-netbsd.md

Deterministic / Pinned Dependencies

For self-hosted dependencies and reproducible builds, see:

• depends/README.md