VoidCrawler
Developer Edition

VoidCrawler Developer Edition is the engineering layer for the VoidCrawler ecosystem. It does not replace the working Go or PHP runtimes. It preserves them as controlled source templates, applies project-specific configuration, validates the resulting deployment, compiles the Go server into a real executable, and exports clean target directories ready for testing or production staging.

The Developer Edition separates immutable runtime DNA from editable project blueprints. This is the central design rule of the application and the reason custom builds remain reproducible.

DarkMatter_VoidCrawler_Developer_0.2.0/
├── app.py
├── cli.py
├── assets/
│   └── images/
│       ├── billboard.png
│       └── icon.png
├── templates/
│   ├── go/
│   │   └── vcu.go
│   └── php/
│       ├── voidcrawler.php
│       └── voidcrawler.css
├── projects/
├── exports/
└── voidcrawler_dev/
    ├── core.py
    └── gui.py

Release 0.2.0 replaces the original compressed tab form with a focused developer workspace. The interface is organized around the lifecycle of a VoidCrawler build rather than around arbitrary form groupings.

VoidCrawler is designed to scan the selected root while withholding application internals, server artifacts, sensitive file types, and interface assets from the rendered repository view. The Developer Edition centralizes those controls instead of forcing developers to edit Go maps or PHP arrays by hand.

The application maintains one canonical image source under assets/images/. During export, the builder creates the correct target structure and copies those files into the generated Go and PHP packages. Template-local duplicate asset directories are not required.

# Canonical source inside the Developer Edition
assets/images/
├── billboard.png
└── icon.png

# Generated Go target
go/assets/images/
├── billboard.png
└── icon.png

# Generated PHP target
php/assets/images/
├── billboard.png
└── icon.png

The kit includes the desktop interface, command-line builder, runtime templates, project model, asset pipeline, installer, and packaging support. Python 3 and the Go toolchain are required for Go or Unified exports.

# Extract the full kit
unzip DarkMatter_VoidCrawler_Developer_0.2.0.zip
cd DarkMatter_VoidCrawler_Developer_0.2.0

# Create the Python environment and install dependencies
chmod +x installer.sh build.sh
./installer.sh

# Launch the desktop builder
./.venv/bin/python app.py

The desktop interface and CLI use the same project model and core build engine. Saved project files can therefore be rebuilt without reopening the GUI, making the Developer Edition suitable for scripted release workflows and repeatable environment generation.

# Build a saved project
./.venv/bin/python cli.py \
    projects/example.vcproject.json \
    --output ./exports

# Go and Unified projects automatically compile vcu.
# Compilation is mandatory and no separate --compile-go flag is required.

VoidCrawler-Exports/
└── New_VoidCrawler_Build/
    ├── go/
    │   ├── vcu
    │   ├── source/
    │   │   └── vcu.go
    │   ├── scripts/
    │   │   ├── launch.sh
    │   │   └── launch_headless.sh
    │   ├── assets/
    │   │   └── images/
    │   │       ├── billboard.png
    │   │       └── icon.png
    │   └── BUILD_INFO.json
    └── php/
        ├── voidcrawler.php
        ├── voidcrawler.css
        ├── assets/
        │   └── images/
        │       ├── billboard.png
        │       └── icon.png
        └── BUILD_INFO.json

VoidCrawler and VoidCrawler Developer Edition are developed by K0NxT3D under the DarkMatter Software project identity. Preserve applicable copyright, license, and attribution notices when modifying or redistributing substantial portions of the software.