Building WebKit

Building WebKit

WebKit is the web browser engine used by Safari, Mail, the App Store, and various other applications on macOS and iOS.

To build WebKit, you must have Xcode installed from the App Store. Then, run the following command in Terminal to install the Xcode Command Line Tools:

xcode-select --install

Cloning the WebKit Project

Open Terminal on your macOS. Use the following command to clone the WebKit repository from GitHub:

git clone https://github.com/WebKit/WebKit.git WebKit
cd Webkit

Building WebKit

To build WebKit, run the following command in Terminal:

./Tools/Scripts/build-webkit

Building WebKit with Debug Flag and ccache

To build WebKit with debugging information and improve recompile times, use the following command in Terminal:

./Tools/Scripts/build-webkit --debug --use-ccache

The compilation will take about 20 minutes to complete.

Running WebKit in Safari

./Tools/Scripts/run-safari --debug

Running the MiniBrowser

The MiniBrowser is a lightweight tool for testing and debugging your WebKit build. Here’s how to run it:

./Tools/Scripts/run-minibrowser --debug

References

https://webkit.org/building-webkit/