Installation

Nix / NixOS

zlaunch provides a Nix flake for easy installation.

Try it out

nix shell github:zortax/zlaunch/0.4.0

Flake installation

Add zlaunch to your flake inputs:

{
  inputs = {
    nixpkgs.url = "github:nixos/nixpkgs/nixos-unstable";
    zlaunch.url = "github:zortax/zlaunch/0.4.0";
  };

  outputs = { nixpkgs, zlaunch, ... }: {
    # Use zlaunch.packages.${system}.default
  };
}

NixOS configuration:

{ inputs, pkgs, ... }:
{
  environment.systemPackages = [
    inputs.zlaunch.packages.${pkgs.system}.default
  ];
}

home-manager:

{ inputs, pkgs, ... }:
{
  home.packages = [
    inputs.zlaunch.packages.${pkgs.system}.default
  ];
}

Arch Linux (AUR)

Pre-compiled binary (recommended)

paru -S zlaunch-bin

Build from source

paru -S zlaunch-git

Replace paru with your preferred AUR helper (yay, aura, etc.)

Pre-built Binary

Download pre-built binaries from GitHub Releases.

Available Architectures

Architecture	Artifact
x86_64	`zlaunch-<version>-x86_64-linux.tar.gz`
aarch64	`zlaunch-<version>-aarch64-linux.tar.gz`

Installation

# Download (replace VERSION and ARCH)
curl -LO https://github.com/zortax/zlaunch/releases/download/VERSION/zlaunch-VERSION-ARCH-linux.tar.gz

# Extract
tar -xzf zlaunch-VERSION-ARCH-linux.tar.gz

# Install
sudo cp zlaunch-VERSION-ARCH-linux/zlaunch /usr/local/bin/

Runtime Dependencies

The binary requires these libraries at runtime:

wayland
freetype
fontconfig
openssl
libxkbcommon
vulkan (ICD loader)

glibc Compatibility

The pre-built binaries are compiled on Ubuntu 24.04 and require glibc 2.39 or newer. This means they work on:

Ubuntu 24.04+
Fedora 40+
Arch Linux (rolling)
Debian 13 (trixie)+

Older distributions (Ubuntu 22.04, Debian 12, etc.) should build from source instead.

Building from Source

Prerequisites

Rust (stable, edition 2024)
System dependencies:
- wayland, libxkbcommon
- freetype, fontconfig
- openssl
- vulkan-loader
- pkg-config

Arch Linux:

sudo pacman -S wayland libxkbcommon freetype2 fontconfig openssl vulkan-icd-loader pkgconf

Build

git clone https://github.com/zortax/zlaunch.git
cd zlaunch
cargo build --release

The binary will be at ./target/release/zlaunch.

Install

sudo cp ./target/release/zlaunch /usr/local/bin/

Verify Installation

zlaunch --version

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