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# Nim Compiler
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# <img src="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nim-lang/assets/master/Art/logo-crown.png" width="36"> Nim [![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/nim-lang/Nim.svg?branch=devel)](https://travis-ci.org/nim-lang/Nim)
This repo contains the Nim compiler, Nim's stdlib, tools and
documentation.
documentation. For more information about Nim, including downloads
and documentation for the latest release, check out
[Nim's website](http://nim-lang.org).
## Compiling
Compiling the Nim compiler is quite straightforward. Because
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$ ./koch boot -d:release
```
``koch install [dir]`` may then be used to install Nim, but lots of things
don't work then so don't do that. Add it to your PATH instead. More ``koch``
related options are documented in [doc/koch.txt](doc/koch.txt).
You should then add the ``bin`` directory to your PATH, to make it easily
executable on your system.
The above steps can be performed on Windows in a similar fashion, the
``build.bat`` and ``build64.bat`` (for x86_64 systems) are provided to be used
instead of ``build.sh``.
The ``koch`` tool is the Nim build tool, more ``koch`` related options are
documented in [doc/koch.txt](doc/koch.txt).
## Nimble
[Nimble](https://github.com/nim-lang/nimble) is Nim's package manager. For the
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$ nim e install_nimble.nims
```
## Getting help
A [forum](http://forum.nim-lang.org/) is available if you have any
questions, and you can also get help in the IRC channel on
[Freenode](irc://irc.freenode.net/nim) in #nim. If you ask questions on
[StackOverflow use the nim
tag](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/nim).
**Warning:** If you install Nimble this way, you will not be able to use binary
Nimble packages or update Nimble easily.
The [Nimble readme](https://github.com/nim-lang/nimble#installation)
provides thorough instructions on how to install Nimble, so that this isn't a
problem.
## Community
[![Join the Chat at irc.freenode.net#nim](https://img.shields.io/badge/IRC-join_chat_in_%23nim-blue.svg)](https://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=nim)
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[![Follow @nim_lang!](https://img.shields.io/twitter/follow/nim_lang.svg?style=social)](https://twitter.com/nim_lang)
* The [forum](http://forum.nim-lang.org/) - the best place to ask questions and to discuss Nim.
* [IRC (Freenode#nim)](https://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=nim) - the best place to discuss
Nim in real-time, this is also where most development decision get made!
* [Stackoverflow](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/nim)
## Contributing
[![Contribute to Nim via Gratipay!](https://img.shields.io/gratipay/team/nim.svg)](https://gratipay.com/nim/)
[![Bountysource](https://img.shields.io/bountysource/team/nim/activity.svg)](https://www.bountysource.com/teams/nim)
We welcome everyone's contributions to Nim. No matter how small or large
the contribution is, anything from small spelling fixes to large modules
intended to be included in the standard library are accepted. Before
you get started, you should know the following about this repositories
structure:
* ``bin/``, ``build/`` - these directories are empty, but are used when Nim is built.
* ``compiler/`` - the compiler source code, all the Nim source code files in this
directory implement the compiler. This also includes nimfix, and plugins
which live in ``compiler/nimfix`` and ``compiler/plugins``
respectively. Nimsuggest used to live in the ``compiler`` directory also,
but was moved to https://github.com/nim-lang/nimsuggest.
* ``config/`` - the configuration for the compiler and documentation generator.
* ``doc/`` - the documentation files in reStructuredText format.
* ``lib/`` - where the standard library lives.
* ``pure/`` - modules in the standard library written in pure Nim.
* ``impure/`` - modules in the standard library written in pure Nim which
depend on libraries written in other languages.
* ``wrappers/`` - modules which wrap libraries written in other languages.
* ``tests/`` - contains tests for the compiler and standard library, organised by
category.
* ``tools/`` - the tools including ``niminst`` and ``nimweb``, most of these are invoked
via ``koch``.
* ``web/`` - the Nim website (http://nim-lang.org).
* ``koch.nim`` - tool used to bootstrap Nim, generate C sources, build the website, documentation
and more.
Most importantly, the ``koch`` tool can be used to run the test suite. To do so compile it first
by executing ``nim c koch``, then execute ``./koch tests``. The test suite takes a while to run,
but you can run specific tests by specifying a category to run, for example ``./koch tests cat async``.
Make sure that the tests all pass before
[submitting your pull request](https://help.github.com/articles/using-pull-requests/).
If you're short on time, you can
just run the tests specific to your change. Just run the category which corresponds to the change
you've made. When you create your pull request, Travis CI will verify that all the tests pass
anyway.
If you're looking for things to do, take a look at our
[issue tracker](https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/issues). There is always plenty of issues
labelled [``Easy``](https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/labels/Easy), these should be a good
starting point if this is your first contribution to Nim.
You can also help with the development of Nim by making donations. You can do so
in many ways:
* [Gratipay](https://gratipay.com/nim/)
* [Bountysource](https://www.bountysource.com/teams/nim)
* Bitcoin - 1BXfuKM2uvoD6mbx4g5xM3eQhLzkCK77tJ
Finally, if you have any questions feel free to submit a question on the issue tracker,
on the [Nim forum](http://forum.nim-lang.org), or on IRC.
## License
The compiler and the standard library are licensed under the MIT license,