See the [release](https://github.com/rancher/k3s/releases/latest) page for pre-built releases. The clone will be much faster on this repo if you do git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/rancher/k3s.git This repo includes all of Kubernetes history so `--depth 1` will avoid most of that. To build the full release binary run `make` and that will create `./dist/artifacts/k3s`. Optionally to build the binaries using local go environment without running linting or building docker images: ```sh ./scripts/download && ./scripts/build && ./scripts/package-cli ``` For development, you just need go 1.12+ and a proper GOPATH. To compile the binaries run: ```bash go build -o k3s go build -o kubectl ./cmd/kubectl go build -o hyperkube ./vendor/k8s.io/kubernetes/cmd/hyperkube ``` This will create the main executable at `./dist/artifacts` , but it does not include the dependencies like containerd, CNI, etc. To run a server and agent with all the dependencies for development run the following helper scripts: ```bash # Server ./scripts/dev-server.sh # Agent ./scripts/dev-agent.sh ``` Kubernetes Source ----------------- The source code for Kubernetes is in `vendor/` and the location from which that is copied is in `./go.mod`. Go to the referenced repo/tag and you'll find all the patches applied to upstream Kubernetes.