AI-Studio/documentation/Build.md

# Building
You just want to use the app? Then simply [download the appropriate setup for your operating system](Setup.md). This chapter is intended for developers who want to modify and customize the code.

In order to build MindWork AI Studio from source instead of using the pre-built binaries, follow these steps:
1. Install the [.NET 8 SDK](https://dotnet.microsoft.com/en-us/download/dotnet/8.0).
2. [Install the Rust compiler](https://www.rust-lang.org/tools/install) in the latest version.
3. [Install NuShell](https://www.nushell.sh/). This shell works on all operating systems and is required because the build script is written in NuShell.
4. Clone the repository.
5. Open a terminal with NuShell.
6. Navigate to the `/app/MindWork AI Studio` directory within the repository.
7. To build the current version, run `nu build.nu publish`.
    - This will build the app for the current operating system, for both x64 (Intel, AMD) and ARM64 (e.g., Apple Silicon, Raspberry Pi).
    - The setup program will be located in `runtime/target/release/bundle` afterward.
8. In order to create a new release:
   1. To prepare a new release, run `nu build.nu prepare <ACTION>`, where `<ACTION>` is either `patch`, `minor`, or `major`.
   2. The actual release will be built by our GitHub Workflow. For this to work, you need to create a PR with your changes.
   3. Your proposed changes will be reviewed and merged.
   4. Once the PR is merged, a member of the maintainers team will create & push an appropriate git tag in the format `vX.Y.Z`.
   5. The GitHub Workflow will then build the release and upload it to the [release page](https://github.com/MindWorkAI/AI-Studio/releases/latest).
   6. Building the release including virus scanning takes about 2 1/2 hours.