Development Setup

Ready to contribute? The Installation section covered end-user setup. This section covers the full development environment for building Quira from source.

Prerequisites

Tool	Version	Purpose
Rust	1.75+	Core browser, UI layer, graph engine
Node.js	20+	Build tooling, extension system
Just	latest	Command runner (replaces Make)

One-command setup

git clone https://github.com/tennnennsui/quira.git
cd cortex
just setup    # Installs all dependencies + downloads model

Development commands

just dev      # Start development server with hot-reload
just test     # Run the full test suite
just lint     # Run linters (rustfmt + clippy + eslint)
just build    # Build release binary
just bench    # Run performance benchmarks

Dev Container support

The repository includes a .devcontainer for VS Code and GitHub Codespaces. Open the project in a container for a fully configured environment with zero manual setup.

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