Moxin is an AI LLM client written in Rust to demonstrate the functionality of the Robius, a framework for multi-platform application development in Rust.

⚠️ Moxin is just getting started and is not yet fully functional.

The following table shows which host systems can currently be used to build Moxin for which target platforms.

First, install Rust.

Then, install the required WasmEdge WASM runtime:

curl -sSf https://raw.githubusercontent.com/WasmEdge/WasmEdge/master/utils/install_v2.sh | bash

source $HOME/.wasmedge/env

Obtain the source code from this repository:

git clone https://github.com/moxin-org/moxin.git

Then, on a standard desktop platform (macOS), simply run:

cd moxin
cargo run

To build Moxin on Linux, you must install the following dependencies: openssl, clang/libclang, binfmt, Xcursor/X11, asound/pulse.

On a Debian-like Linux distro (e.g., Ubuntu), run the following:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install libssl-dev pkg-config llvm clang libclang-dev binfmt-support libxcursor-dev libx11-dev libasound2-dev libpulse-dev

Then, run:

cd moxin
cargo run

Install cargo packager:

cargo install --force --locked --git https://github.com/project-robius/cargo-packager cargo-packager

For the sake of posterity, these instructions were tested with this commit of cargo-packager.

On a Debian-based Linux distribution (e.g., Ubuntu), you can generate a .deb Debian package, an AppImage, and a pacman installation package.

Only the .deb file has been tested so far.

To install the Moxin app from the .debpackage on a Debian-based Linux distribution (e.g., Ubuntu), run:

cd dist/
sudo dpkg -i moxin_0.1.0_amd64.deb  ## requires entering your password

This can only be run on an actual macOS machine, due to platform restrictions.

Ensure you are in the root moxin directory, and then you can use cargo packager to generate an .app bundle and a .dmg disk image:

cargo packager --release --verbose   ## --verbose is optional

If you receive the following error:

ERROR cargo_packager::cli: Error running create-dmg script: File exists (os error 17)

then open Finder and unmount any Moxin-related disk images, then try the above cargo packager command again.

After the command completes, you should see both the Moxin.app and the .dmg in the dist/ directory. You can immediately double-click the Moxin.app bundle to run it, or you can double-click the .dmg file to

Note that the .dmg is what should be distributed for installation on other machines, not the .app.

If you'd like to modify the .dmg background, here is the Google Drawings file used to generate the MacOS .dmg background image.

To get around this, do the following:

• Install the Moxin app as normal by opening the .dmg and dragging the Moxin app to the Applications folder shortcut.
• Open the Moxin app from your Applications folder.
• An error message will pop up, as described above. Click cancel.
• Open a terminal and run the following command:

  xattr -dr com.apple.quarantine path/to/the/installed/Moxin.app

  • The path is typically /Applications/Moxin.app, assuming you dragged the app icon into the Applications folder.
• Now open the Moxin app again as normal, it should work as expected.