Quickstart

This guide takes you from zero to a compiled native binary. You need a terminal and Node 20 or later.

1. Sign up

Go to pure.dev and create an account. Email verification is required before you can create API keys.

2. Create an API key

In the dashboard, open API Keys and click New key. Give it a name (e.g. dev). Copy the key — it is shown once.

3. Install the CLI

The CLI is distributed via apt, not npm — see Installation for the full setup. Quick version:

curl -fsSL https://apt.pure.dev/install.sh | sudo sh

Verify the install:

pure --version

4. Log in

pure login

This verifies your key against api.pure.dev and saves it to ~/.config/pure/credentials (mode 0600). pure build looks for a key here (or in $PURE_API_KEY) — it does not prompt interactively.

5. Write a program

Create a file hello.ts:

console.log('hello from a native binary');

6. Compile

pure build hello.ts --release

The CLI writes progress to stderr and the compile log to stdout:

Uploading 2 KiB and compiling hello.ts…
Wrote ./hello (3 work units)

By default the binary is written to ./hello — the entry filename without its extension, in the current directory. Use -o/--out to write it elsewhere.

7. Run it

./hello
# hello from a native binary

The binary has no runtime dependencies. Copy it to any compatible Linux or macOS machine and run it directly.

Next steps

• CLI → Build — full flag reference for pure build
• Guide → API keys — rotate, scope, and revoke keys
• Language → Supported features — what TypeScript and JavaScript features are available
• Compile API → Protocol — drive compilation programmatically over WebSocket