Rux Programming Language

Rux is a fast, compiled, strongly typed, multi-paradigm, general-purpose programming language.

Project Status

Currently, under development.

Documentation

• Language Reference
• Library API Reference
• CLI Reference
• Tutorials

Community

Here’s how you can get involved:

• Join the conversation on GitHub Discussions, Discord, or Reddit
• Subscribe on YouTube, X, Bluesky, Mastodon, Telegram to get early updates, dev logs, and sneak peeks
• Contribute ideas — from grammar tweaks to mascot variants, we’re open to playful and technical input alike
• Discuss architecture — compiler design, type systems, and extensibility are all on the table

Building

Prerequisites

• CMake 4.2 or later
• A C++26-capable compiler (e.g. Clang 19+, GCC 14+, MSVC 2022+)
• A build tool supported by CMake, such as Ninja, Make, or MSBuild

Clone

git clone https://github.com/rux-lang/Rux.git
cd Rux

Build with Clang

Use this configuration when clang++ is available on your PATH.

cmake -S . -B build/clang -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=clang++ -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release
cmake --build build/clang --config Release

If you use Ninja explicitly:

cmake -S . -B build/clang -G Ninja -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=clang++ -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release
cmake --build build/clang

On Windows, Clang can also be used through clang-cl from a Visual Studio Developer PowerShell:

cmake -S . -B build/clang-cl -G "Visual Studio 17 2022" -T ClangCL
cmake --build build/clang-cl --config Release

Build with MSVC

Run these commands from a Visual Studio Developer PowerShell or Developer Command Prompt:

cmake -S . -B build/msvc -G "Visual Studio 17 2022" -A x64
cmake --build build/msvc --config Release

Alternatively, with Ninja and the MSVC compiler environment already loaded:

cmake -S . -B build/msvc-ninja -G Ninja -DCMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=cl -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release
cmake --build build/msvc-ninja

Generic CMake Build

If your preferred compiler is already the default for your environment:

cmake -B build -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release
cmake --build build --config Release

The rux binary will be placed under the selected build directory. Single-configuration generators usually emit it directly in that directory, while Visual Studio/MSVC multi-configuration builds emit it under Release/.

To install it onto your system:

cmake --install build --prefix /usr/local

macOS notes

On macOS, rux produces statically linked, ad-hoc code-signed Mach-O executables. Generated programs are currently x86-64 only — on Apple Silicon they run through Rosetta 2 (the rux compiler itself builds and runs natively on arm64). A Homebrew formula for distributing rux lives under packaging/homebrew/.

Contributing

The Rux repository is hosted at rux-lang/Rux on GitHub.

Read the Contributing guide to get started.

License

MIT