DevKit

DevKit is a CLI application that sets up developer environments on Windows, macOS, and Linux: download an SDK, install it under a machine dev folder, and configure PATH / environment variables through plugins.

It is not a published crate. Run it from this repository.

Requirements

• Windows, macOS, or Linux
• An internet connection for the first run (to install Rust and fetch crates) and for SDK downloads; once Rust is installed the launchers start offline
• A Rust toolchain in the machine dev folder (C:\dev\rust, /opt/dev/rust, or ~/dev/rust; override the root with DEVKIT_HOME). devkit.bat / devkit.sh install rustup stable there if cargo is missing.
• On Linux / WSL / macOS, a system C linker (cc). devkit.sh installs the distro toolchain (build-essential, base-devel, ...) when it is missing.

Quick start

Running either launcher with no arguments (make bat, make sh, devkit.bat, or ./devkit.sh) opens an interactive menu. On Windows it prints:

Checking for available versions ...

DevKit
OS: Windows
Version: 0.16.0
#    ID               NAME                     STATUS         INSTALLED        AVAILABLE
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
1    anaconda         Anaconda                 not_installed  -                2026.07-1
2    android          Android SDK              not_installed  -                16111833
3    android-ndk      Android NDK              not_installed  -                -
4    bun              Bun                      not_installed  -                1.4.2
5    chocolatey       Chocolatey               installed      2.7.4            2.7.4 (up to date)
...
32   rust             Rust                     installed      1.98.1           1.99.0 (update available)

Enter number(s) to install/uninstall (e.g. '1 3 5' or '2-4'), 'u <number(s)>' to update, 'a' to update all, 'r' to refresh versions, or 'q' to quit:

On macOS and Linux the OS line is OS: macOS or OS: Linux. Chocolatey and MSYS2 are Windows-only, so those rows are left out there. Pick one or more numbers (1 3 5, 1,3, or a range 2-4) to install or uninstall each, u <numbers> to update those plugins, a to update every installed plugin that has a newer release, r to re-check versions, q to quit.

Windows

devkit.bat
devkit.bat doctor
devkit.bat list
devkit.bat install python
devkit.bat install go
devkit.bat install node
devkit.bat install jdk
devkit.bat install maven
devkit.bat install gradle
devkit.bat install junit
devkit.bat install pmd
devkit.bat install make
devkit.bat install chocolatey
devkit.bat install flutter

macOS / Linux

chmod +x devkit.sh
./devkit.sh
./devkit.sh doctor
./devkit.sh list
./devkit.sh install python

Any OS

cargo run --release -- doctor
cargo run --release -- install cmake
cargo run --release -- install kubectl
cargo run --release -- install docker

Several plugins at once

install, update, and uninstall take any number of plugin ids, space- or comma-separated. Each plugin runs in turn; a failure doesn't stop the rest, and a summary is printed at the end.

devkit install git go node
devkit install jdk,maven,gradle
devkit update git go          # reinstall only if a newer release exists
devkit update --all           # every installed plugin (--force to reinstall)
devkit uninstall go node

Built-in plugins

Every plugin below is added to the same shared user PATH — DevKit does not set per-tool *_HOME variables (PYTHON_HOME, GOROOT, etc.). The OS column is where the menu lists that plugin and where devkit install accepts it.

Plugin	OS	Installs
anaconda	Windows, macOS, Linux	Latest Anaconda3 distribution (conda + Python)
android	Windows, macOS, Linux	Android SDK cmdline-tools
android-ndk	Windows, macOS, Linux	Android NDK r29 native toolchain
bun	Windows, macOS, Linux	Latest Bun runtime
chocolatey	Windows	Chocolatey CLI into the DevKit folder; sets ChocolateyInstall
cmake	Windows, macOS, Linux	Latest CMake binary
composer	Windows, macOS, Linux	Composer PHAR + wrapper
deno	Windows, macOS, Linux	Latest Deno runtime
docker	Windows, macOS, Linux	Official static Docker CLI (client only)
dotnet	Windows, macOS, Linux	.NET SDK 10.0 LTS
flutter	Windows, macOS, Linux	Flutter SDK (--channel / --version)
git	Windows, macOS, Linux	MinGit (Windows); system wrappers (Unix)
go	Windows, macOS, Linux	Latest stable Go toolchain
gradle	Windows, macOS, Linux	Latest Gradle binary ZIP
jdk	Windows, macOS, Linux	Eclipse Temurin JDK (default 25; --version)
junit	Windows, macOS, Linux	JUnit Platform Console Standalone (--version)
kubectl	Windows, macOS, Linux	Latest stable kubectl
make	Windows, macOS, Linux	GNU Make 4.4.1 Chocolatey package (Windows, no admin); system wrappers (Unix)
maven	Windows, macOS, Linux	Latest Apache Maven
mono	Windows, macOS, Linux	Mono 6.12 (Win/macOS); system wrappers (Linux)
msys2	Windows	Portable MSYS2 base runtime
mysql	Windows, macOS, Linux	MySQL 8.4 LTS portable
ninja	Windows, macOS, Linux	Latest Ninja binary
node	Windows, macOS, Linux	Latest Node.js LTS (npm / npx)
npm	Windows, macOS, Linux	Latest standalone npm / npx (needs Node.js)
php	Windows, macOS, Linux	PHP NTS (Windows); system wrappers (Unix)
platform-tools	Windows, macOS, Linux	Android platform-tools (adb)
pmd	Windows, macOS, Linux	PMD Source Code Analyzer binary (--version)
pnpm	Windows, macOS, Linux	Latest pnpm standalone
postgresql	Windows, macOS, Linux	PostgreSQL 18 EDB Windows binaries; system wrappers (Unix)
python	Windows, macOS, Linux	Portable CPython 3.14 (python-build-standalone)
qemu	Windows, macOS, Linux	QEMU 11.1 silent NSIS install (Windows); system wrappers (macOS/Linux)
rust	Windows, macOS, Linux	Rust stable via rustup
sqlite	Windows, macOS, Linux	Official sqlite-tools CLI
terraform	Windows, macOS, Linux	Latest Terraform
uv	Windows, macOS, Linux	Latest uv and uvx
yarn	Windows, macOS, Linux	Latest Yarn classic (needs Node.js)

Default install root:

• Windows: C:\dev\<plugin>
• macOS / Linux: /opt/dev/<plugin> if writable, else ~/dev/<plugin>

Override with DEVKIT_HOME. Open a new terminal after install so PATH updates apply.

Documentation

Doc	Purpose
docs/GETTING-STARTED.md	Run the app and the Makefile targets
docs/PLUGINS.md	Write a plugin
docs/ARCHITECTURE.md	How DevKit works
CHANGELOG.md	Version history
ROADMAP.md	Future plans
CONTRIBUTING.md	How to contribute

Makefile

From the repository root. If make is not installed yet, run scripts\ensure-makefile.bat (Windows) or sh scripts/ensure-makefile.sh (macOS / Linux) first. That installs GNU make, then runs make.

Before every target, make checks for GNU make, cargo, and a C compiler, and installs them when they are missing. make sh also checks for bash.

make with no target prints:

DevKit
  make build          Debug build
  make release        Release build
  make test           Run tests
  make test-release   Run tests in release mode
  make fmt            Format Rust sources
  make fmt-check      Check formatting
  make clippy         Lint with warnings denied
  make doctor         Build and run devkit doctor
  make version        Print the DevKit version
  make run            Open the plugin menu via cargo
  make bat            Run devkit.bat and show the menu
  make sh             Run devkit.sh and show the menu
  make bat doctor     Run devkit.bat with arguments
  make sh list        Run devkit.sh with arguments
  make ci             fmt-check, clippy, release build, release tests, doctor
  make clean          Remove build artifacts

make bat and make sh with no extra words open the plugin menu. Extra words are passed to the launcher, so make bat doctor is devkit.bat doctor and make sh install git is devkit.sh install git.

Without make:

cargo build
cargo test
cargo clippy --all-targets -- -D warnings
cargo fmt --all

Git Flow branches: main, develop, feature/*, release/*, hotfix/*.

License

MIT — see LICENSE.md. Author: Axcel Blade.