FreeBSD - Zed

# Building Zed for FreeBSD

Note, FreeBSD is not currently a supported platform, and so this is a work-in-progress.

## Repository

Clone the Zed repository.

## Dependencies

- Install the necessary system packages and rustup:

      script/freebsd

  If preferred, you can inspect `script/freebsd` and perform the steps manually.

## Building from source

Once the dependencies are installed, you can build Zed using Cargo.

For a debug build of the editor:

    cargo run

And to run the tests:

    cargo test --workspace

In release mode, the primary user interface is the `cli` crate. You can run it in development with:

    cargo run -p cli

### WebRTC Notice

Currently, building `webrtc-sys` on FreeBSD fails due to missing upstream support and unavailable prebuilt binaries. As a result, some collaboration features (audio calls and screensharing) that depend on WebRTC are temporarily disabled.

See [Issue #15309: FreeBSD Support] and [Discussion #29550: Unofficial FreeBSD port for Zed] for more.

## Troubleshooting

### Cargo errors claiming that a dependency is using unstable features

Try `cargo clean` and `cargo build`.