# Issue in building joplin for macbook m1 armx64

**URL:** <https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/issue-in-building-joplin-for-macbook-m1-armx64/49043>\
**Category:** Support\
**Created:** [10 March 2026 13:56 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/issue-in-building-joplin-for-macbook-m1-armx64/49043 "2026-03-10T13:56:00Z")\
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**Author:** ![rkgarg2127](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/ec9cab/32.png) [@rkgarg2127](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/u/rkgarg2127)\
**Post date:** [10 March 2026 13:56 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/issue-in-building-joplin-for-macbook-m1-armx64/49043/1 "2026-03-10T13:56:00Z")

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### Operating system

macOS

### Joplin version

2.13.2

### What issue do you have?

I followed all the instruction of build.md. but i am getting white screen . no ui is loading.  
Sorry for inconvinence. The issue might be because of my incompetency as I am new to opensource.

error in console:-

Uncaught Error: Cannot find module '/Users/rkgarg2127/Desktop/joplin/packages/app-desktop/node\_modules/sqlite3/lib/binding/napi-v6-darwin-unknown-arm64/node\_sqlite3.node'  
Require stack:

- /Users/rkgarg2127/Desktop/joplin/packages/app-desktop/node\_modules/sqlite3/lib/sqlite3-binding.js
- /Users/rkgarg2127/Desktop/joplin/packages/app-desktop/node\_modules/sqlite3/lib/sqlite3.js
- /Users/rkgarg2127/Desktop/joplin/packages/app-desktop/index.html  
at Module.\_resolveFilename (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1390:15)  
at Module.a.\_resolveFilename (node:electron/js2c/renderer\_init:2:4859)  
at defaultResolveImpl (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1032:19)  
at resolveForCJSWithHooks (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1037:22)  
at Module.\_load (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1199:37)  
at Module.c.\_load (node:electron/js2c/node\_init:2:17993)  
at Module.s.\_load (node:electron/js2c/renderer\_init:2:34480)  
at TracingChannel.traceSync (node:diagnostics\_channel:328:14)  
at wrapModuleLoad (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:244:24)  
at Module.require (node:internal/modules/cjs/loader:1470:12)

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex028/uploads/cozic/original/3X/1/c/1c948e33314e232a0927789508474d8624f4270b.png) [@system](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/u/system)\
**Post date:** [9 April 2026 13:56 UTC](https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/issue-in-building-joplin-for-macbook-m1-armx64/49043/2 "2026-04-09T13:56:29Z")

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Closed on 9 April 2026 13:56 UTC

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