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title: Development
description: "Development guides for RustDesk contributors. Learn how to build RustDesk on Linux, Windows, and macOS, and find contributor-oriented documentation for the project."
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weight: 8
pre: "<b>3. </b>"
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Use these development guides when you want to build RustDesk from source, understand the contributor workflow, or troubleshoot platform-specific build issues.

## Which development guide should you choose?

| Need | Best guide |
| --- | --- |
| Start from the overall contributor build docs | [Build](/docs/en/dev/build/) |
| Build the desktop app on Linux | [Linux build](/docs/en/dev/build/linux/) |
| Build the desktop app on Windows | [Windows build](/docs/en/dev/build/windows/) |
| Build the desktop app on macOS | [macOS build](/docs/en/dev/build/osx/) |
| Fix common Windows build problems | [FAQ for Windows](/docs/en/dev/build/faq/) |

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