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# Building Zed for Windows
> The following commands may be executed in any shell.
## Repository
Clone down the [Zed repository](https://github.com/zed-industries/zed).
## Dependencies
- Install [Rust](https://www.rust-lang.org/tools/install). If it's already installed, make sure it's up-to-date:
```bash
rustup update
```
- Install the Rust wasm toolchain:
```bash
rustup target add wasm32-wasi
```
- Install [Visual Studio](https://visualstudio.microsoft.com/downloads/) with the optional component `MSVC v*** - VS YYYY C++ x64/x86 build tools` (`v***` is your VS version and `YYYY` is year when your VS was released)
- Install Windows 11 or 10 SDK depending on your system, but ensure that at least `Windows 10 SDK version 2104 (10.0.20348.0)` is installed on your machine. You can download it from the [Windows SDK Archive](https://developer.microsoft.com/windows/downloads/windows-sdk/)
## Backend dependencies
> This section is still in development. The instructions are not yet complete.
If you are developing collaborative features of Zed, you'll need to install the dependencies of zed's `collab` server:
- Install [Postgres](https://www.postgresql.org/download/windows/)
- Install [Livekit](https://github.com/livekit/livekit-cli) and [Foreman](https://theforeman.org/manuals/3.9/quickstart_guide.html)
Alternatively, if you have [Docker](https://www.docker.com/) installed you can bring up all the `collab` dependencies using Docker Compose:
```sh
docker compose up -d
```
## Building from source
Once you have the dependencies installed, you can build Zed using [Cargo](https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/).
For a debug build:
```
cargo run
```
For a release build:
```
cargo run --release
```
And to run the tests:
```
cargo test --workspace
```
## Installing from msys2
[MSYS2](https://msys2.org/) distribution provides Zed as a package. To download the prebuilt binary, run
```
pacman -Syu
pacman -S mingw-w64-ucrt-x86_64-zed
```
then you can run `zed` in a UCRT64 shell.
> Please, report any issue in https://github.com/msys2/MINGW-packages/issues first.
## Troubleshooting
### Can't compile zed
Before reporting the issue, make sure that you have the latest rustc version with `rustup update`.
### Cargo errors claiming that a dependency is using unstable features
Try `cargo clean` and `cargo build`.
### `STATUS_ACCESS_VIOLATION`
This error can happen if you are using the "rust-lld.exe" linker. Consider trying a different linker.
If you are using a global config, consider moving the Zed repository to a nested directory and add a `.cargo/config.toml` with a custom linker config in the parent directory.
See this issue for more information [#12041](https://github.com/zed-industries/zed/issues/12041)