Development Guide

Development Guide

Advanced contributor setup and CI/CD logic.

Development Guide

Prerequisites

• .NET SDK 9.x
• Windows: Visual Studio / Rider with Avalonia support
• Linux packaging: nfpm via GoReleaser apt repo

echo 'deb [trusted=yes] https://repo.goreleaser.com/apt/ /' | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/goreleaser.list
sudo apt update
sudo apt install nfpm

Build

dotnet build GregCore Modmanager.sln -c Release

Run MAUI Client

.\scripts\start.ps1

Run Avalonia Client

dotnet run --project .\GregCore Modmanager.Avalonia\GregCore Modmanager.Avalonia.csproj

Build Linux Packages (WSL from Windows)

.\scripts\linux\build-avalonia-packages.ps1

Coding Standards

• Keep UI components compact and data dense.
• Preserve Steam-safe behavior for upload flows.
• Prefer clear user-facing status text and explicit retry timers.