The nwaku repository implements Waku, and provides tools related to it.
- A Nim implementation of the Waku (v2) protocol.
- CLI application
wakunode2that allows you to run a Waku node. - Examples of Waku usage.
- Various tests of above.
For more details see the source code
These instructions are generic. For more detailed instructions, see the Waku source code above.
The standard developer tools, including a C compiler, GNU Make, Bash, and Git. More information on these installations can be found here.
# The first `make` invocation will update all Git submodules.
# You'll run `make update` after each `git pull` in the future to keep those submodules updated.
make wakunode2
# Run with DNS bootstrapping
./build/wakunode2 --dns-discovery --dns-discovery-url=DNS_BOOTSTRAP_NODE_URL
# See available command line options
./build/wakunode2 --helpTo join the network, you need to know the address of at least one bootstrap node. Please refer to the Waku README for more information.
For more on how to run wakunode2, refer to:
If you encounter difficulties building the project on WSL, consider placing the project within WSL's filesystem, avoiding the /mnt/ directory.
This repository is bundled with a Nim runtime that includes the necessary dependencies for the project.
Before you can utilise the runtime you'll need to build the project, as detailed in a previous section. This will generate a vendor directory containing various dependencies, including the nimbus-build-system which has the bundled nim runtime.
After successfully building the project, you may bring the bundled runtime into scope by running:
source env.shIf everything went well, you should see your prompt suffixed with [Nimbus env]$. Now you can run nim commands as usual.
# Run all the Waku tests
make testExamples can be found in the examples folder. This includes a fully featured chat example.
Different tools and their corresponding how-to guides can be found in the tools folder.
For an inquiry, or if you would like to propose new features, feel free to open a general issue.
For bug reports, please tag your issue with the bug label.
If you believe the reported issue requires critical attention, please use the critical label to assist with triaging.
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