# Compile Crystal without Crystal

**URL:** <https://forum.crystal-lang.org/t/compile-crystal-without-crystal/8393>\
**Category:** Help & Support\
**Created:** [September 2, 2025, 1:28pm UTC](https://forum.crystal-lang.org/t/compile-crystal-without-crystal/8393 "2025-09-02T13:28:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![Fulgurance](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/forum.crystal-lang.org/fulgurance/32/1463_2.png) [@Fulgurance](https://forum.crystal-lang.org/u/Fulgurance)\
**Post date:** [September 2, 2025, 1:28pm UTC](https://forum.crystal-lang.org/t/compile-crystal-without-crystal/8393/1 "2025-09-02T13:28:07Z")

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Hi guys, I have a question. Is there anyway to build crystal without the crystal compiler ?

I am asking this because I am actually testing the musl integration in my project, and if I try to build crystal with a prebuilt binary, it fail because of some missing call from the Glibc. How can I do ?

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**Author:** ![bet3lgeuse](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/forum.crystal-lang.org/bet3lgeuse/32/3015_2.png) [@bet3lgeuse](https://forum.crystal-lang.org/u/bet3lgeuse)\
**Post date:** [September 3, 2025, 7:55am UTC](https://forum.crystal-lang.org/t/compile-crystal-without-crystal/8393/2 "2025-09-03T07:55:51Z")

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There are binaries for Alpine Linux (based on musl). Just load up a docker image with Alpine and you should be good to go. Use the docker img as your build server and then test the code on your other musl based OS .

Link to Crystal Apk

[Package index - Alpine Linux packages](https://pkgs.alpinelinux.org/packages?name=crystal)