Install Loomcoding from source

What it is

Loomcoding is built from the Rust source in this repository. This page builds the loom binary and checks that it starts.

What it is for

• Getting a loom binary on your machine.
• Checking the version before you configure anything.

How

1. Install the Rust toolchain with rustup.
2. From the repository root, run cargo build.
3. Run the binary with --version.

Requirements

Requirement	Value	Where it is set
Rust toolchain	stable, with rustfmt and clippy	rust-toolchain.toml
Binaries built	loom (short name) and loomcoding, the same program	crates/loomcoding-cli
Platform checked for this guide	Windows	Secure key storage works only on Windows

Example

Windows PowerShell, with an empty folder as profile:

PS> cargo build
PS> New-Item -ItemType Directory -Path <empty-folder>
PS> $env:LOOMCODING_HOME = "<empty-folder>"
PS> target\debug\loom.exe --version
loom 0.1.0

Use an empty folder for LOOMCODING_HOME while you test. Without it, Loomcoding uses your real profile.

Settings and defaults

Name	Default	Requires restart
LOOMCODING_HOME (environment variable)	Not set: the system home folder is the profile	Yes
cargo build (command)	Not applicable: builds a debug binary in target/debug/	Not applicable

Result

• loom 0.1.0 and exit code 0 mean that the binary runs.
• loom --help lists --print, --attach and --yolo. Running it creates nothing in the profile folder.
• If loom is not found, use the full path target\debug\loom.exe from the repository root.

Next steps

• What happens on the first run