BUILDING.md

Building BepInEx

You can build BepInEx two ways: by using MSBuild-compatible IDE or the CakeBuild script.

You can use the included cakebuild script that allows you to automatically get dependencies, build and package everything.

Make sure you have either MSBuild (via Visual Studio Installer) or Mono installed.

Clone this repository via git clone https://github.com/BepInEx/BepInEx.git.
After that, run in the repository directory

build.bat -target=Build

Clone this repository via git clone https://github.com/BepInEx/BepInEx.git.
After that, run in the repository directory

./build.ps1 -target=Build

Make sure you have the execution policy set to enable running scripts.

Clone this repository via git clone https://github.com/BepInEx/BepInEx.git.
After that, run in the repository directory

./build.sh --target=Build

The build script provides the following build targets (that you can pass via the target parameter)

Target	Description
`Build`	Pulls dependencies and builds BepInEx
`MakeDist`	Runs `Build` and creates distributable packages into `bin/dist` folder
`Pack`	Runs `MakeDist` and zips everything into archives into `bin/dist` folder

Download and IDE (for example Visual Studio), open the solution file and build it.