q/docs

Note

q is under heavy development and not ready for production yet.

Feel free to get in touch if you are interested in helping out.

⚡️ Installation

git clone https://git.urbach.dev/cli/q
cd q
go build

To symlink the compiler as q:

ln -s $PWD/q ~/.local/bin/q

🚀 Usage

q build examples/hello
./examples/hello/hello

🚦 Tests

go run gotest.tools/gotestsum@latest

💻 Platforms

	arm64	x86-64
Linux	✔️	✔️
Mac	✔️*	✔️
Windows	✔️*	✔️

Those marked with a star are supported in theory but there are no developer machines to test them.

⚠️ Security

PIE

All executables are built as Position Independent Executables (PIE) supporting a dynamic base address.

Memory pages

Code and data are separated into different memory pages and loaded with different access permissions.

	Read	Execute	Write
Code	✔️	✔️	❌
Data	✔️	❌	❌

🧾 License

Please see the license documentation.

🧔 Copyright

© 2025 Eduard Urbach