Building Max from source requires the XCode 3.0 tools from Apple.

SvnRepository

The Max subversion repository is available for public access. To check out the source code anonymously, issue the following command in Terminal:

svn co http://svn.sbooth.org/max/trunk Max

The repository contains the source code of the various open-source libraries and frameworks used by Max. Before building Max, first build the frameworks using the build-frameworks.sh script:

cd Frameworks && ./build-frameworks.sh

Max may then be built using either the Xcode GUI or xcodebuild command-line tool.