2. Usage Settings

17 June 2025

Once you have your zone folder all ready and set up, it's time to use Zonest to build your zone!

In Windows and MacOS, creating your site is as simple as dragging the folder into the executable! This will automatically create a folder with a "-built" suffix added! If you want a bit more control though...

You can run it directly from the terminal!

Make sure the terminal is on the program's directory using the command cd path/to/where/you/downloaded/zonest!

You can paste stuff in the command line using Ctrl+Shift+V! In most Linux file explorers, if you right click, there's an option to 'Open in Terminal' that will do this automatically! I believe Windows has this option too, although I'm not exactly sure if that was a PowerToys feature...

You can download the .zip file corresponding to your operating system, and once you decompressed it you can follow these steps:

On Windows

You can open Command Prompt in the Zonest folder by:

1. Going to your uncompressed Zonest folder in File Explorer
2. Clicking in the address bar
3. Typing cmd and pressing Enter.

On macOS

You can open Terminal in the Zonest folder by:

1. Opening Terminal
2. Typing cd ⠀(don't forget a space at the end!)
3. Dragging the uncompressed Zonest folder from Finder into Terminal. And pressing Enter to run the command. Of course.

On Linux

Here, most file managers let you:

• Right-click inside the uncompressed folder and select "Open in Terminal" or something like that.

Now, you should be able to run Zonest! Below are the commands to show how to use the program.

Windows: zonest.exe --help

MacOS and Linux: ./zonest --help

This will show you how to use the program from the command line!