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Binary Releases

RSConstruct publishes pre-built binaries as GitHub releases when a version tag (v*) is pushed.

Supported Platforms

PlatformBinary name
Linux x86_64rsconstruct-linux-x86_64
Linux aarch64 (arm64)rsconstruct-linux-aarch64
macOS x86_64rsconstruct-macos-x86_64
macOS aarch64 (Apple Silicon)rsconstruct-macos-aarch64
Windows x86_64rsconstruct-windows-x86_64.exe

How It Works

The release workflow (.github/workflows/release.yml) has two jobs:

  1. build — a matrix job that builds the release binary for each platform and uploads it as a GitHub Actions artifact.
  2. release — waits for all builds to finish, downloads the artifacts, and creates a GitHub release with auto-generated release notes and all binaries attached.

Creating a Release

  1. Update version in Cargo.toml
  2. Commit and push
  3. Tag and push: git tag v0.2.2 && git push origin v0.2.2
  4. The workflow creates the GitHub release automatically

Release Profile

The binary is optimized for size and performance:

[profile.release]
strip = true        # Remove debug symbols
lto = true          # Link-time optimization across all crates
codegen-units = 1   # Single codegen unit for better optimization