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A new RageKit desktop app: PHP compiled to native code, drawn with Slint.

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github.com/hunwalk/ragekit-starter

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pkg:composer/ragekit/starter

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v0.1.1 2026-10-19 14:37 UTC

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Published on Packagist.org on 2026-10-19 18:35 UTC

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README

A desktop app written in PHP with RageKit: the PHP is compiled to native code by TypePHP, and the UI is drawn by Slint (no browser engine).

Requirements

PHP 8.4+, Composer, git, tar and a C++ compiler. On Debian or Ubuntu:

sudo apt install php8.4-cli composer git build-essential \
    libfontconfig1 libfreetype6 libxkbcommon0 libinput10 libgbm1 libudev1 \
    php8.4-dev libphp8.4-embed cmake libgmp-dev libmpfr-dev

The last line is optional: without it the first normal build compiles a private PHP (~10 minutes, once). composer build -- --nano needs neither.

Windows: Visual Studio 2022 Build Tools ("Desktop development with C++") and 7-Zip. When the Build Tools are missing, composer create-project offers to install them (or run powershell -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File vendor\ragekit\ragekit\install-build-tools.ps1). macOS isn't supported yet.

Run it

composer start      # build, then start the app (vendor/bin/ragekit run)
composer dev        # hot reload: edit a template or PHP file and the window updates
composer build      # compile only, into build/slint/

The first build checks the toolchain. If ragekit setup didn't run when the app was created (or RageKit was updated since), run it, and ragekit doctor to see what's missing:

vendor/bin/ragekit setup
vendor/bin/ragekit doctor

What's where

Path What it is
main.php main(): opens the first window
src/HomeScreen.php the screen's state (public properties) and event handlers (public methods)
templates/HomeScreen.rk what the window looks like
project.yml build settings: kit (shadcn or material), renderer, modules, nano: true

Next steps: RageKit's guides on getting started, templates, kits and dev mode.

License

The files of this starter are free to use without conditions (MIT-0). The app you build contains RageKit's runtime, which is GPLv3, so if you distribute the app it must be GPLv3 too (with its source). It also contains PHP's runtime and Slint; see RageKit's licensing notes.