q0idmation

q0idmation is a free and open-source 2D animation toolkit written in Rust. The current beta ships two Windows applications:

• q0editor creates and edits .q1s projects and exports .q0s movies.
• q0player opens and plays .q0s movies.

q0shell and q0term remain developer previews and are not included in the beta installers.

Build

Install the stable Rust toolchain and the Microsoft C++ build tools. For the usual q0editor build, double-click build.bat or run:

.\build.ps1

The script keeps the full Cargo output in out\build-logs\, writes a compact result to out\last-build.txt, and prints only the useful status in the console. Available modes are debug (default), release, check, verify, and run:

.\build.ps1 release
.\build.ps1 verify
.\build.ps1 run

To build the complete workspace manually:

cargo build --workspace --locked

Launch the editor manually:

cargo run -p q0editor

Launch the player with a movie:

cargo run -p q0player -- path\to\movie.q0s

Verify

cargo fmt --all -- --check
cargo check --workspace --locked
cargo clippy --workspace --all-targets --locked -- -D warnings
cargo test --workspace --locked

Windows installers

Build both release binaries and independent per-user installers with:

powershell -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File .\installer\build.ps1

See installer/README.md for prerequisites and output paths.

Before sharing the beta, follow the compact 10-minute beta test.

Beta notes

• Keep .q1s source projects. .q0s is the playback export.
• Paint Bucket fills enclosed raw-vector regions and can use intersections between open strokes as region boundaries.
• Use the reproducible report template in BETA_TEST.md, including the Build ID and installer SHA256.

Language documentation lives in docs/q0lang/README.md.

License

q0idmation is free software licensed under the GNU General Public License v3.0 or later (GPL-3.0-or-later). See LICENSE.