Zefina  Developer: Tools

Like any project, Zefina requires the support of many tools. The table below describes which tools are needed and why.

Tool	Version	Reason
bash	5.2 or greater	Support for custom development scripts
clang	19.1 or greater	Convert C source code into executables
clang++	19.1 or greater	Convert C++ source code into executables
doxygen	1.13 or greater	Generates documentation
fossil	2.25 or greater	Used as the code repository, wiki, bug tracker, and other project management tasks
gcc	15.0 or greater	Convert C source code into executables
g++	15.0 or greater	Convert C++ source code into executables
graphviz	2.49 or greater	Generates diagrams and graphs
make	4.4 or greater	A script based build system (manual)
pikchr	N/A	A language for diagrams (Built into fossil)
python	3.13 or greater	A scripting language

Note: A Fossil How-To is available.

The following are the only external dependencies the project will have.

C Library	Version	Reason
musl libc	1.2.5 or greater	A replacement for GNU libc
doctest	2.14 or greater	A unit-test framework
ZHL		A collection of header libraries

Both gcc and clang are used since they each detect different bugs and problems in the source code.

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Easy Install

Not everyone will have all the tools installed on their system. To make things a bit easier, if your preferred Operating System is below then copy-and-paste the command to install the tools.

Linux: OpenSuse

sudo zypper install bash clang doxygen fossil gcc gcc-c++ graphviz inotify-tools make python314