Installation¶

Prerequisites¶

Go 1.25+ (download)
Git (to clone the repository)
Make (optional, for build targets)

Build from Source¶

git clone https://github.com/professor-moody/aipostex.git
cd aipostex
make build

The binary is output to bin/aipostex. The build uses CGO_ENABLED=0 for a fully static binary with no external dependencies.

Version and build timestamp are embedded via linker flags automatically.

Direct Go Build¶

If you prefer not to use Make:

go build ./cmd/aipostex

This produces an aipostex binary in the current directory without version metadata.

Cross-Compilation¶

Build for all supported platforms at once:

make build-all

This produces binaries in bin/:

Platform	Binary
Linux (amd64)	`aipostex-linux-amd64`
Linux (arm64)	`aipostex-linux-arm64`
macOS (amd64)	`aipostex-darwin-amd64`
macOS (arm64)	`aipostex-darwin-arm64`
Windows (amd64)	`aipostex-windows-amd64.exe`

All cross-compiled binaries are statically linked (CGO_ENABLED=0).

Verify Installation¶

./bin/aipostex version

Expected output:

aipostex version <git-tag> (built <timestamp>)

Embedded Assets¶

aipostex compiles all built-in vulnerability templates and file discovery rules into the binary using Go's embed.FS. No external template or rule files are required to run.

Operator-supplied templates and rules can be layered on top at runtime via --templates-dir and --rules-dir.