Building from source

The Nethermind's source code can be obtained from our repository on GitHub:
git clone --recursive https://github.com/nethermindeth/nethermind.git
There are two options buiding Nethermind from source code:
​Standalone binaries​
​Docker image​
Building standalone binaries
Prerequisites
To build Nethermind from source, install .NET SDK 7 or later.
Building
To build both the client and tests, run the following command from the project's root directory:
dotnet build src/Nethermind/Nethermind.sln -c release
To simply run the client with a specific configuration without building tests, see below.
Before running the client or tests, ensure the platform-specific prerequisites are met.
Running the client
To launch the client, run the following command from the project's root directory (the previous step of the build is not required):
cd src/Nethermind/Nethermind.Runner
dotnet run -c release -- -c mainnet
All Nethermind-specific parameters can be specified after --. For instance, the command above specifies the Mainnet configuration only.
The build artifacts can be found in the bin/release/net7.0 directory. By default, the logs and database directories are located here as well.
For more info, see Running Nethermind.
Testing
There are two test suites — Nethermind and Ethereum Foundation. Tests can be run with the following commands (the initial step of the build is not required):
cd src/Nethermind
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# Run Nethermind tests
dotnet test Nethermind.sln -c release
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# Run Ethereum Foundation tests
dotnet test EthereumTests.sln -c release
Bulding Docker image
To build Nethermind Docker image, run the following command from the project's root directory:
docker build -t nethermind .
For more info about running Docker containers, see How to install. 

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