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StartOS Backend
- Requirements:
- Install Rust
- Recommended: rust-analyzer
- Docker
Structure
startos: This contains the core library for StartOS that supports buildingstartbox.helpers: This contains utility functions used across bothstartosandjs-enginemodels: This contains types that are shared acrossstartos,js-engine, andhelpers
Artifacts
The StartOS backend is packed into a single binary startbox that is symlinked under
several different names for different behavior:
startd: This is the main daemon of StartOSstart-cli: This is a CLI tool that will allow you to issue commands tostartdand control it similarly to the UIstart-sdk: This is a CLI tool that aids in building and packaging services you wish to deploy to StartOS
Documentation
- ARCHITECTURE.md — Backend architecture, modules, and patterns
- CONTRIBUTING.md — How to contribute to core