Add ARM build target

[perber]

It would be great to add support for ARM64 builds, especially for devices like Raspberry Pi and other ARM-based systems.

Since LeafWiki is Go-based and builds as a static binary, this should be relatively straightforward.

This would be released as a patch to v0.3.0.

Why

• ARM is increasingly used in homelabs, edge computing, and embedded dev environments.
• LeafWiki is a good fit for lightweight, self-hosted setups – including Pi-based deployments.
• Providing ARM binaries would lower the barrier to adoption for many technical users.

Proposal

• Add an arm64 build to the Makefile and CI
• Tag the result as leafwiki-v0.3.1-arm64
• Optional: also add to Docker image multi-arch manifest

[nahaktarun]

Hi @perber I'm interested in contributing to the issue. Please help to assign the issue.

[perber]

Hi @nahaktarun – awesome!
I'd love to have your help on this one 🙌
You're assigned now – feel free to start working on it!

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General Info

The binaries are built inside Docker using this file:
Dockerfile.builder

The actual build process is orchestrated via a Makefile:
🛠️ Makefile

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What to do

• Add an arm64 target to the Makefile
• Adjust the GitHub release workflow to upload the ARM64 binary
  (see release.yml)

You can test everything locally by running:

make release

This will produce the binaries in the releases/ folder.

Let me know if you run into anything – happy to support or debug along the way.

By the way – do you happen to have a Raspberry Pi or another ARM device to test the binary on?
Not a blocker at all – I’ve got one at work too and can test later this week

Thanks again for jumping in!

[perber]

Let’s keep the multi-arch Docker support for a later step –
getting the ARM64 binary out is the main goal for now.

[nahaktarun]

Hi @perber thanks for the additional information.