go-waku/docs/operators/how-to/build.md

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# Build go-waku
Go-waku can be built on Linux, macOS and Windows
## Installing dependencies
Cloning and building go-waku requires Go +1.17, a C compiler, Make, Bash and Git.
Go can be installed by following [these instructions](https://go.dev/doc/install)
### Linux
On common Linux distributions the dependencies can be installed with
```sh
# Debian and Ubuntu
sudo apt-get install build-essential git
# Fedora
dnf install @development-tools
# Archlinux, using an AUR manager
yourAURmanager -S base-devel
```
### macOS
Assuming you use [Homebrew](https://brew.sh/) to manage packages
```sh
brew install cmake
```
## Building nwaku
### 1. Clone the nwaku repository
```sh
git clone https://github.com/status-im/go-waku
cd nwaku
```
### 2. Build waku
```sh
make
```
This will create a `waku` binary in the `./build/` directory.
> **Note:** Building `waku` requires 2GB of RAM.
The build will fail on systems not fulfilling this requirement.
> Setting up `waku` on the smallest [digital ocean](https://docs.digitalocean.com/products/droplets/how-to/) droplet, you can either
> * compile on a stronger droplet featuring the same CPU architecture and downgrade after compiling, or
> * activate swap on the smallest droplet, or
> * use Docker.