BUILDING.md

Building BepInEx

You can build BepInEx two ways: by using MSBuild-compatible IDE or the CakeBuild script.

CakeBuild script

You can use the included cakebuild script that allows you to automatically get dependencies, build and package everything.

Make sure you have either MSBuild (via Visual Studio Installer) or Mono installed.

Windows (Command Line)

Clone this repository via git clone https://github.com/BepInEx/BepInEx.git.
After that, run in the repository directory

build.bat -target=Build

Windows (PowerShell)

Clone this repository via git clone https://github.com/BepInEx/BepInEx.git.
After that, run in the repository directory

./build.ps1 -target=Build

Make sure you have the execution policy set to enable running scripts.

Linux (Bash)

Clone this repository via git clone https://github.com/BepInEx/BepInEx.git.
After that, run in the repository directory

./build.sh --target=Build

Additional build targets

The build script provides the following build targets (that you can pass via the target parameter)

Target	Description
Build	Pulls dependencies and builds BepInEx
MakeDist	Runs Build and creates distributable packages into bin/dist folder
Pack	Runs MakeDist and zips everything into archives into bin/dist folder

MSBuild

Download and IDE (for example Visual Studio), open the solution file and build it.