Installation

Pre-built Binaries

Download the latest release from GitHub Releases.

Architecture	Targets
x86_64	x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu, x86_64-unknown-linux-musl
ARM64	aarch64-unknown-linux-gnu, aarch64-unknown-linux-musl
ARM32	arm-unknown-linux-gnueabihf

Each tarball includes the binary, a systemd service file, and license files.

System Packages

Debian / Ubuntu

Download .deb files from GitHub Releases. Available architectures: amd64, arm64, armhf.

Terminal

sudo dpkg -i kifa_<version>-1_<arch>.deb

Red Hat / Fedora

Download .rpm files from GitHub Releases. Available architectures: x86_64, aarch64, armv7hl.

Terminal

sudo rpm -i kifa-<version>-1.<arch>.rpm

Tarball

Terminal

tar xzf kifa-<version>-<target>.tar.gz
sudo cp kifa-<version>-<target>/kifa /usr/bin/

Building from Source

Requires Rust 1.93.0+ (nightly toolchain). Supported platforms: Linux (recommended), macOS, Windows.

Optimized

Uses build-std and panic-immediate-abort for a smaller binary:

Terminal

git clone https://github.com/xosnrdev/kifa.git
cd kifa
cargo cb

Binary location: ./target/release/kifa

Quick Install

Installs without size optimizations:

Terminal

cargo install --git https://github.com/xosnrdev/kifa.git

Examples

Kifa includes a transaction generator and crash-test harness:

Terminal

cargo build --release --examples

This builds:

• ./target/release/examples/gen-transactions: Synthetic POS transaction generator
• ./target/release/examples/crash-test: Crash recovery verification harness

For true durability validation, run crash tests with LazyFS in Docker. See Crash Testing for details.