Overview

Lown is a CLI tool for compiling and installing user-space binaries directly from Git repositories or local source paths.

Execution Flow

1. Fetch: Clones the source repository into ~/.lown/apps/<package-name>/.
2. Inspect: Parses lown.toml at the repository root.
3. Build:
   • If language = "go": Runs go build -o ~/.lown/bin/<executable> .
   • If language = "rust": Runs cargo build --release and copies target binary to ~/.lown/bin/<executable>
   • Fallback: Runs scripts.install with LOWN_BIN and LOWN_APP_ROOT environment variables set.
4. Register: Writes package metadata to ~/.lown/inventory.json.

Installation

Via Go:

go install github.com/iamvxrn/lown@latest

Via Git source:

git clone https://github.com/iamvxrn/lown.git
cd lown
go build -o lown main.go
mv lown ~/.lown/bin/

Environment check:

lown doctor