# Dependencies
+## Required
+
Before you can start compiling tinc from a fresh git clone, you have
to install the very latest versions of the following packages:
-- `meson`
-- `ninja`
+- `meson` or `muon` (read below)
+- `ninja` or `samurai`
- `pkgconf` or `pkg-config`
- `GCC` or `Clang` (any version with C11 support, although older versions might work)
- `OpenSSL`\* (1.1.0+) or `LibreSSL` or `libgcrypt` (not needed if legacy protocol is disabled)
+### No Python?
+
+If you're on a constrained system that doesn't have (or cannot run) Python, you can try building tinc with [muon][muon],
+which is a pure C reimplementation of the same idea.
+Please note that `meson` is considered to be the main way of building tinc, and `muon` is supported on a best-effort basis.
+
+[muon]: https://git.sr.ht/~lattis/muon
+
+## Optional
+
Plus a few optional dependencies. Support for them will be enabled if they're present:
- `ncurses` or `PDCurses`
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