Blockwork

A native Qt 6/QML app, backed by Rust through CXX-Qt, for visually creating and running macros on Windows, Linux, and macOS.

Building

Build

git clone https://github.com/Blockworked/blockwork.git Blockwork && cd Blockwork
just

Cargo fetches the Lucide icons (lucide-qt) from its tagged release. The Blockstitch core and native QML frontend are fetched from the same pinned Git revision, so their APIs stay in sync. The build uses an installed Qt 6 when one is available; otherwise CXX-Qt's Qt Minimal integration downloads the required Qt SDK. Release packaging uses windeployqt/macdeployqt to include the dynamic Qt runtime.

Installation

AUR: blockwork

just install

This builds before installing. On Windows it builds, signs, and installs a local MSIX package (certificate installation requires elevation); on macOS it installs the app bundle into /Applications.

To build and launch from the checkout, use just run. On Windows this stages the editor, daemon, and Qt runtime in dist/windows-local before launching.

Windows installer

Release builds of the Windows installer are published automatically on each GitHub release. To build one locally:

1. Install Inno Setup 6 (one-time).
2. Run:

   pwsh -File scripts/build-installer.ps1

   This produces dist\blockwork-windows-x86_64-setup.exe.

Linux

Recording input and playing back macros uses /dev/uinput and /dev/input/event* directly, so your user needs to be in the input group:

sudo usermod -aG input $USER

Log out and back in (or reboot) for the new group membership to take effect.