Building, Distributing, and Contributing to Racket🔗ℹ

The main Racket source code repository is

https://github.com/racket/racket

This guide explains how to build those sources, how to create Racket distributions like the ones at https://download.racket-lang.org, and how to contribute to Racket development.

1 Building Racket from Source

1.1 Git Repository versus Source Distribution

1.2 Git Repository Build Modes

1.3 Quick Instructions: In-Place Build

1.4 Quick Instructions: Unix-Style Install

1.5 More Instructions: Building Racket

1.6 More Instructions: Building Racket CS and Racket BC

1.7 Even More Instructions: Building Racket Pieces

1.7.1 Building Minimal Racket

1.7.2 Installing Packages

1.7.3 Linking Packages for In-Place Development Mode

2 Contributing to Racket Development

2.1 Main-Repository Contributions

2.2 Distribution-Package Contributions

2.3 General Contribution Guidelines

2.4 More Resources

3 Zuo and the Racket Build System

4 Bootstrapping Racket

5 Distributing Racket Variants

5.1 Running Build Farms

5.2 Generating Installer Web Sites

5.3 Managing Snapshot Web Sites

5.4 Separate Server and Clients

5.5 Creating a Client from an Installer Web Site

5.6 Cleaning Up Docker Containers

1	Building Racket from Source
2	Contributing to Racket Development
3	Zuo and the Racket Build System
4	Bootstrapping Racket
5	Distributing Racket Variants