Install Vel

One command to the SDK, four steps to a running native app — under 15 minutes, no Dawn compile.

$ curl -fsSL https://vel.kadarla.com/install.sh | bash

Apple Silicon. Renders via Dawn-Metal.

Homebrew
$ brew install chan27-2/vel/vel
or — curl
$ curl -fsSL https://vel.kadarla.com/install.sh | bash

No release for your platform yet? The installer builds from source automatically. See the full install guide.

Zero to a window in 15 minutes

1

Install the SDK

~2 min

One command pulls the prebuilt Vel SDK — velc, the framework, and the engine. No compiling Dawn yourself.

bash 
 brew install chan27-2/vel/vel
vel doctor   # verify toolchain
2

Scaffold an app

~1 min

Generate app.vel, main.cpp and a ready CMake project.

bash 
 vel new myapp
cd myapp
3

Write some Vel

~5 min

Edit app.vel. Short widget names, theme tokens, reactive state.

vel 
 #App
  @name = "world"
  V p=lg g=md
    T "Hello, {$name}" font=bold/title
    In placeholder="Name" value=$name
4

Run it live

~1 min

Compile, build and launch — saves hot-reload in under a second, keeping state, scroll and focus.

bash 
 vel dev   # native window, hot reload on save