Binary Size

rag-rat keeps storage dependencies small. SQLite is compiled in (bundled) via rusqlite, so there is no system-library prerequisite and cargo install is self-contained on every platform; heavyweight embedded database runtimes such as DuckDB are out of scope unless a dedicated issue records the need, expected size impact, and accepted tradeoff.

Use this manual check after storage dependency changes:

CARGO_TARGET_DIR=/tmp/rag-rat-size-check RUSTC_WRAPPER= \
  cargo build --manifest-path Cargo.toml --bin rag-rat
du -h /tmp/rag-rat-size-check/debug/rag-rat

For a release-sized check:

CARGO_TARGET_DIR=/tmp/rag-rat-size-check RUSTC_WRAPPER= \
  cargo build --manifest-path Cargo.toml --bin rag-rat --release
du -h /tmp/rag-rat-size-check/release/rag-rat

Record the uncompressed binary size in the issue or pull request that changes storage dependencies.

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