Impostor/docs/Building-from-source.md

Building from source

The solution contains two main projects, the Impostor server and patcher. The server is built using .NET 5 and the winforms patcher is with .NET Framework 4.7.2.

Cloning Impostor

You need to clone Impostor using git.

git clone https://github.com/AeonLucid/Impostor.git

Building the server

Dependencies

• .NET 5 SDK
• Rider or Visual Studio (Optional, only if you want the full IDE experience)

Build using the CLI

cd src/Impostor.Server/
dotnet build

To setup the server, please look at Running the server.

Building the winforms patcher

Dependencies

• .NET Framework 4.7.2 Developer Pack or Mono

Build using the CLI

cd src/Impostor.Patcher/Impostor.Patcher.WinForms
dotnet build