Build and technical stack

Required dependencies

Dependency	Minimum / purpose
C++ compiler	C++20
CMake	3.20; Ninja is the documented generator
GTK4	4.12; native UI
GTK4 VTE	0.70, `vte-2.91-gtk4`; output-only Profiler console
libcurl	7.85; artwork API/downloads
libsoup	3.2, `libsoup-3.0`; local HTTP MCP
SQLite3	Library/settings/artwork cache
JSON-GLib, GIO	JSON, async I/O, subprocesses and UDP
libsecret	Desktop keyring
libwebp, libwebpdemux	Static/animated WebP
pkg-config, glib-compile-resources	Dependency discovery and embedded assets

Install development packages, not only runtime libraries. Exact checks/targets: CMakeLists.txt.
Game launch additionally needs Python 3, Linux cgroup v2, a systemd user manager and the modified AnyPS5 launcher/guard.
SDL/Vulkan belong to AnyPS5; the FrameRift frontend does not render the game.
libadwaita, Qt, Tracy, spdlog and zstd are not current dependencies.

cmake -S . -B build -G Ninja -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX="$HOME/.local"
cmake --build build
ctest --test-dir build --output-on-failure
./build/framerift

CTest checks: library_cache, game_launch, debug_bridge, game_mcp; sources in tests/.
Local desktop entry points at this checkout's build/framerift.
Packaged installation: cmake --install build; Linux executable, desktop entry and icon follow the configured prefix.
AnyPS5 is built separately with targets relinker libs; live bridge requires ANYPS5_ENABLE_DEBUG_BRIDGE=ON.
Runtime setup/storage, MCP setup, platform limits.