sing-box/docs/installation/build-from-source.md

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Build from source

:material-graph: Requirements

sing-box 1.11

• Go 1.23.1 - ~

sing-box 1.10

• Go 1.20.0 - ~

sing-box 1.9

• Go 1.18.5 - 1.22.x
• Go 1.20.0 - 1.22.x with tag with_quic, or with_utls enabled

:material-fast-forward: Simple Build

make

Or build and install binary to $GOBIN:

make install

:material-cog: Custom Build

TAGS="tag_a tag_b" make

or

go build -tags "tag_a tag_b" ./cmd/sing-box

:material-folder-settings: Build Tags

Build Tag	Enabled by default	Description
with_quic	:material-check:	Build with QUIC support, see QUIC and HTTP3 DNS transports, Naive inbound, Hysteria Inbound, Hysteria Outbound and V2Ray Transport#QUIC.
with_grpc	:material-close:️	Build with standard gRPC support, see V2Ray Transport#gRPC.
with_dhcp	:material-check:	Build with DHCP support, see DHCP DNS transport.
with_wireguard	:material-check:	Build with WireGuard support, see WireGuard outbound.
with_utls	:material-check:	Build with uTLS support for TLS outbound, see TLS.
with_acme	:material-check:	Build with ACME TLS certificate issuer support, see TLS.
with_clash_api	:material-check:	Build with Clash API support, see Experimental.
with_v2ray_api	:material-close:️	Build with V2Ray API support, see Experimental.
with_gvisor	:material-check:	Build with gVisor support, see Tun inbound and WireGuard outbound.
with_embedded_tor (CGO required)	:material-close:️	Build with embedded Tor support, see Tor outbound.
with_tailscale	:material-check:	Build with Tailscale support, see Tailscale endpoint
with_naive_outbound	:material-close:️	Build with NaiveProxy outbound support, see NaiveProxy outbound.

It is not recommended to change the default build tag list unless you really know what you are adding.

:material-layers: with_naive_outbound

NaiveProxy outbound requires special build configurations depending on your target platform.

Supported Platforms

Platform	Architectures	Mode	Requirements
Windows	*	purego	None
Linux	amd64, arm64	purego	Download libcronet from cronet-go releases to system library path or sing-box binary directory
Linux	386, amd64, arm, arm64	CGO	Chromium toolchain (see cronet-go)
Apple platforms	*	CGO	Xcode
Android	*	CGO	Android NDK

Windows

Use with_purego tag.

Linux (purego, amd64/arm64 only)

Download libcronet.so from cronet-go releases and install to system library path or the same directory as sing-box binary, then use with_purego tag.

Linux (CGO)

See cronet-go.

Apple platforms / Android

See cronet-go.