Building the YAF.NET v4.x.x Source with Visual Studio...

1. Visual Studio 2026 or higher
2. .NET 10.0 SDK or higher
3. Node.js

1. Open YAF.NET-SqlServer.slnx in Visual Studio for the Ms Sql server Version (Or the YAF.NET-MySql.slnx, YAF.NET-PostgreSQL.slnx, YAF.NET-Sqlite.slnx depending on which database you want to use).
2. Install (Restore) the node packages from the Solution Explorer

3. Run the Default Grunt Task to Compile the JS and CSS Files

4. Build the entire solution, or run the Web Project