Comment by FlyingSnake 6 days ago
Building a web browser.
I once took a stab at Ladybird browser but had to back out due to the complexity of its build chain. I couldn’t get it run on Xcode/CLion on macOS but would love to give it a try once again.
Does anyone have any tips on getting started again?
You know what, I’ll give it a shot again tonight. Thanks for the fist bump. Let’s see how far I go.
join the discord and share your progress
note that i am not at all involved in ladybird (i only just joined the discord myself), i am just an interested bystander with some experience mentoring FOSS contributors. i would say the same things for any other project someone is interested in
Maybe find the smallest one and read through its code?
Lynx is where I would start, or see:
since it's all in Java and presumably is straight-forward.
if you are not already, stay connected to the ladybird dev community. don't complain to them about the difficulty to build, but keep an eye out for others having the same challenges. see if there are others also trying to build on MacOS and share your experience. perhaps together you can overcome the issues.
the majority of ladybird contributors are probably on linux, so mac support may take some extra effort. consider if you can work with a linux container or VM instead.
i just checked their discord, there is a "build-problems" channel, where you may be able to ask for help.
don't give up. one step at a time. we need more alternative browsers, so i hope you will be able to contribute.