RSC commits are made to the main branch, with stable points tagged as releases. If you go to the tags page, you will see all the release tags. The Assets that can be downloaded with a release include
- rscwin64d.exe: clang debug build for 64-bit Windows (Windows 11)
- rscwin64r.exe: MSVC release build for 64-bit Windows (Windows 11)
- rsclin64d: gcc debug build for 64-bit Linux (WSL2 on Ubuntu)
These executables are provided so that you don't have to build RSC yourself. They are not installers, so you must still have the full repository installed, along with the Visual Studio components that an .exe requires (VS2022, although earlier versions may also work).
After downloading an executable, move it to the exe directory before launching it, as described in the installation guide.
A release build disables a number of optimizations so that it can actually be debugged. It runs about 3½ times as fast as a debug build, but only about half as fast as a fully optimized release build.