diff --git a/recipes/dev/cargo/recipe.toml b/recipes/dev/cargo/recipe.toml
index 71834b919..8fa7121b7 100644
--- a/recipes/dev/cargo/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/dev/cargo/recipe.toml
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ dependencies = [
     "zlib",
 ]
 script = """
+DYNAMIC_INIT
 export LIBSSH2_SYS_USE_PKG_CONFIG=1
 export LIBZ_SYS_STATIC=1
 export DEP_NGHTTP2_ROOT="${COOKBOOK_SYSROOT}"
@@ -29,3 +30,14 @@ export DEP_Z_ROOT="${COOKBOOK_SYSROOT}"
 mkdir -pv "${COOKBOOK_STAGE}/bin"
 cp -v "target/${TARGET}/release/cargo" "${COOKBOOK_STAGE}/bin/cargo"
 """
+
+[package]
+shared-deps = [
+    "libgcc",
+    "curl",
+    "libssh2",
+    "nghttp2",
+    "openssl1",
+    "zlib",
+]
+
diff --git a/recipes/dev/llvm18-shared/native.cmake b/recipes/dev/llvm18-shared/native.cmake
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..4b0abbfa3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes/dev/llvm18-shared/native.cmake
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+set(CMAKE_C_COMPILER cc)
+set(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER c++)
diff --git a/recipes/dev/llvm18-shared/recipe.toml b/recipes/dev/llvm18-shared/recipe.toml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..93b57c996
--- /dev/null
+++ b/recipes/dev/llvm18-shared/recipe.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,87 @@
+[source]
+git = "https://gitlab.redox-os.org/redox-os/llvm-project.git"
+upstream = "https://github.com/rust-lang/llvm-project.git"
+branch = "redox-2024-05-11"
+
+[build]
+template = "custom"
+dependencies = [
+    "zlib"
+]
+script = """
+DYNAMIC_INIT
+
+cat > CMakeToolchain-x86_64.cmake <<EOF
+set(CMAKE_SYSTEM_NAME UnixPaths)
+set(CMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH ${COOKBOOK_SYSROOT})
+set(CMAKE_C_COMPILER ${TARGET}-gcc)
+set(CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER ${TARGET}-g++)
+set(CMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH_MODE_PROGRAM NEVER)
+set(CMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH_MODE_LIBRARY ONLY)
+set(CMAKE_FIND_ROOT_PATH_MODE_INCLUDE ONLY)
+set(CMAKE_SHARED_LIBRARY_SONAME_C_FLAG "-Wl,-soname,")
+set(CMAKE_PLATFORM_USES_PATH_WHEN_NO_SONAME 1)
+EOF
+
+export LDFLAGS="-Wl,-rpath-link,${COOKBOOK_SYSROOT}/lib $LDFLAGS"
+
+COOKBOOK_MAKE="ninja"
+COOKBOOK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS=(
+    -GNinja
+    -DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=./CMakeToolchain-x86_64.cmake
+    -DCMAKE_AR="$(which "${TARGET}-ar")"
+    -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release
+    -DCMAKE_CROSSCOMPILING=True
+    -DCMAKE_CXX_FLAGS="--std=gnu++11"
+    -DCMAKE_RANLIB="$(which "${TARGET}-ranlib")"
+    -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX="/"
+    -DCMAKE_INSTALL_INCLUDEDIR="include"
+    -DCMAKE_INSTALL_OLDINCLUDEDIR="/include"
+    -DLLVM_LINK_LLVM_DYLIB=On
+    -DCROSS_TOOLCHAIN_FLAGS_NATIVE="-DCMAKE_TOOLCHAIN_FILE=$(realpath "${COOKBOOK_RECIPE}/native.cmake")"
+    -DLLVM_BUILD_BENCHMARKS=Off
+    -DLLVM_BUILD_EXAMPLES=Off
+    -DLLVM_BUILD_TESTS=Off
+    -DLLVM_BUILD_UTILS=Off
+    -DLLVM_DEFAULT_TARGET_TRIPLE="${TARGET}"
+    -DLLVM_ENABLE_LTO=Off
+    -DLLVM_ENABLE_RTTI=On
+    -DLLVM_ENABLE_THREADS=On
+    -DLLVM_ENABLE_ZSTD=Off
+    -DLLVM_INCLUDE_BENCHMARKS=Off
+    -DLLVM_INCLUDE_EXAMPLES=Off
+    -DLLVM_INCLUDE_TESTS=Off
+    -DLLVM_INCLUDE_UTILS=Off
+    -DLLVM_OPTIMIZED_TABLEGEN=On
+    -DLLVM_TARGET_ARCH="$(echo "${TARGET}" | cut -d - -f1)"
+    -DLLVM_TARGETS_TO_BUILD=X86 # TODO: get from TARGET
+    -DLLVM_TOOL_LLVM_COV_BUILD=Off
+    -DLLVM_TOOL_LLVM_LTO_BUILD=Off
+    -DLLVM_TOOL_LLVM_LTO2_BUILD=Off
+    -DLLVM_TOOL_LLVM_PROFDATA_BUILD=Off
+    -DLLVM_TOOL_LLVM_RTDYLD_BUILD=Off
+    -DLLVM_TOOL_LLVM_XRAY_BUILD=Off
+    -DLLVM_TOOL_LLI_BUILD=Off
+    -DLLVM_TOOL_LTO_BUILD=Off
+    -DLLVM_TOOLS_INSTALL_DIR=bin
+    -DLLVM_UTILS_INSTALL_DIR=bin
+    -DUNIX=1
+    -DLLVM_ENABLE_PROJECTS="llvm"
+    -Wno-dev
+    "${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}/llvm"
+)
+set -x
+cmake "${COOKBOOK_CONFIGURE_FLAGS[@]}"
+ninja -j"${COOKBOOK_MAKE_JOBS}"
+DESTDIR="${COOKBOOK_STAGE}" ninja install -j"${COOKBOOK_MAKE_JOBS}"
+mv -vT "${COOKBOOK_STAGE}"/usr/include "${COOKBOOK_STAGE}/include"
+mv -vT "${COOKBOOK_STAGE}"/usr/share "${COOKBOOK_STAGE}/share"
+rmdir -v "${COOKBOOK_STAGE}"/usr
+set +x
+"""
+
+[package]
+dependencies = [
+  "zlib"
+]
+
diff --git a/recipes/dev/rust/config.toml b/recipes/dev/rust/config.toml
index 180cfd09d..0a05f38c2 100644
--- a/recipes/dev/rust/config.toml
+++ b/recipes/dev/rust/config.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [llvm]
 download-ci-llvm = false
-static-libstdcpp = true
+static-libstdcpp = false 
 
 [build]
 host = ["x86_64-unknown-redox"]
@@ -26,4 +26,4 @@ ar = "x86_64-unknown-redox-ar"
 linker = "x86_64-unknown-redox-gcc"
 # Nasty path, please fix
 llvm-config = "../../../../bin/x86_64-unknown-redox-llvm-config"
-crt-static = true
+crt-static = false
diff --git a/recipes/dev/rust/recipe.sh b/recipes/dev/rust/recipe.sh
index fb417a310..33b80e486 100644
--- a/recipes/dev/rust/recipe.sh
+++ b/recipes/dev/rust/recipe.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 GIT=https://gitlab.redox-os.org/redox-os/rust.git
 BRANCH=redox-2024-05-11
-BUILD_DEPENDS=(llvm18)
+BUILD_DEPENDS=(llvm18-shared zlib libgcc)
 DEPENDS="gcc13 cargo"
 PREPARE_COPY=0
 
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ function recipe_version {
 
 function recipe_build {
     unset AR AS CC CXX LD NM OBJCOPY OBJDUMP RANLIB READELF STRIP
+    export MAGIC_EXTRA_RUSTFLAGS="-C link-args=-lz"
     python3 "${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}/x.py" install --config "${COOKBOOK_RECIPE}/config.toml" --jobs $(nproc) --incremental
     skip=1
 }
diff --git a/recipes/libs/libssh2/recipe.toml b/recipes/libs/libssh2/recipe.toml
index 4040960a0..da1740d4d 100644
--- a/recipes/libs/libssh2/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/libs/libssh2/recipe.toml
@@ -1,10 +1,22 @@
 [source]
 tar = "https://www.libssh2.org/download/libssh2-1.10.0.tar.gz"
 blake3 = "2447216ce82c1d22301456bb02f60dfb6688f1461417b90f900c099a87f1292f"
-patches = []
+script = """
+DYNAMIC_INIT
+autotools_recursive_regenerate
+""" 
 
 [build]
-template = "configure"
-dependencies = [
-    "openssl1"
+template = "custom"
+dependencies = ["openssl1"]
+script = """
+DYNAMIC_INIT
+cookbook_configure
+"""
+
+[package]
+shared-deps = [
+  "libgcc", 
+  "openssl1"
 ]
+
diff --git a/recipes/libs/openssl1/openssl1.patch b/recipes/libs/openssl1/openssl1.patch
deleted file mode 100644
index 82fe3ac23..000000000
--- a/recipes/libs/openssl1/openssl1.patch
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,50 +0,0 @@
-diff --git a/Configurations/10-main.conf b/Configurations/10-main.conf
-index 45e2fc7a..2d7f7db3 100644
---- a/Configurations/10-main.conf
-+++ b/Configurations/10-main.conf
-@@ -175,28 +175,32 @@ sub vms_info {
-     },
- 
- 
--### Redox
--    "redox-aarch64" => {
--        inherit_from     => [ "BASE_common", asm("aarch64_asm") ],
-+### Redox configurations
-+    "redox-common" => {
-+        inherit_from     => [ "BASE_common" ],
-         cc               => "gcc",
--        cflags           => "-DL_ENDIAN -DOSSL_SSIZE_MAX=LONG_MAX -DNO_SYSLOG -O3 -static -Wall",
-+        thread_scheme    => "(unknown)",
-+        dso_scheme       => "dlfcn",
-+        shared_target    => "linux-shared",
-+        shared_cflag     => "-fPIC",
-+        shared_ldflag    => sub { $disabled{pinshared} ? () : "-Wl,-znodelete" },
-+        shared_extension => ".so.\$(SHLIB_MAJOR).\$(SHLIB_MINOR)",
-+    },
-+    "redox-aarch64" => {
-+        inherit_from     => [ "redox-common", asm("aarch64_asm") ],
-+        cflags           => "-DL_ENDIAN -DOSSL_SSIZE_MAX=LONG_MAX -DNO_SYSLOG -O3 -Wall",
-         bn_ops           => "SIXTY_FOUR_BIT_LONG",
-         perlasm_scheme   => "elf",
--        thread_scheme    => "(unknown)",
-     },
-     "redox-i686" => {
--        inherit_from     => [ "BASE_unix", asm("x86_elf_asm") ],
--        cc               => "gcc",
--        cflags           => "-DL_ENDIAN -DNO_SYSLOG -O3 -static -Wall",
-+        inherit_from     => [ "redox-common", asm("x86_elf_asm") ],
-+        cflags           => "-DL_ENDIAN -DNO_SYSLOG -O3 -Wall",
-         bn_ops           => "BN_LLONG",
--        thread_scheme    => "(unknown)",
-     },
-     "redox-x86_64" => {
--        inherit_from     => [ "BASE_common", asm("x86_64_asm") ],
--        cc               => "gcc",
--        cflags           => "-DL_ENDIAN -DOSSL_SSIZE_MAX=LONG_MAX -DNO_SYSLOG -O3 -static -Wall",
-+        inherit_from     => [ "redox-common", asm("x86_64_asm") ],
-+        cflags           => "-DL_ENDIAN -DOSSL_SSIZE_MAX=LONG_MAX -DNO_SYSLOG -O3 -Wall",
-         bn_ops           => "SIXTY_FOUR_BIT_LONG",
--        thread_scheme    => "(unknown)",
-     },
- 
- #### Solaris configurations
diff --git a/recipes/libs/zlib/recipe.toml b/recipes/libs/zlib/recipe.toml
index 0ff21eb5e..303801789 100644
--- a/recipes/libs/zlib/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/libs/zlib/recipe.toml
@@ -1,14 +1,16 @@
 [source]
 tar = "https://www.zlib.net/fossils/zlib-1.3.tar.gz"
 blake3 = "ec1abc6f672a7a6ee6f49ba544cc9529f73121b478310473be44fee22a140ebf"
+
 [build]
 template = "custom"
 script = """
-    DYNAMIC_INIT
-    # See https://stackoverflow.com/questions/21396988/zlib-build-not-configuring-properly-with-cross-compiler-ignores-ar.
-    CHOST="${TARGET}" "${COOKBOOK_CONFIGURE}" --prefix=""
-    "${COOKBOOK_MAKE}" -j "$(nproc)"
-    "${COOKBOOK_MAKE}" install DESTDIR="${COOKBOOK_STAGE}"
+DYNAMIC_INIT
+# See https://stackoverflow.com/questions/21396988/zlib-build-not-configuring-properly-with-cross-compiler-ignores-ar.
+CHOST="${TARGET}" "${COOKBOOK_CONFIGURE}" --prefix=""
+"${COOKBOOK_MAKE}" -j "$(nproc)"
+"${COOKBOOK_MAKE}" install DESTDIR="${COOKBOOK_STAGE}"
+patchelf --set-soname 'libz.so.1.3' "${COOKBOOK_STAGE}/lib/libz.so.1.3"
 """
 
 [package]
diff --git a/recipes/tools/cosmic-term/recipe.toml b/recipes/tools/cosmic-term/recipe.toml
index 2afe4c007..73adb4563 100644
--- a/recipes/tools/cosmic-term/recipe.toml
+++ b/recipes/tools/cosmic-term/recipe.toml
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ branch = "master"
 [build]
 template = "custom"
 script = """
+DYNAMIC_INIT
 cookbook_cargo --no-default-features
 mkdir -pv "${COOKBOOK_STAGE}/ui/apps"
 cp -v "${COOKBOOK_RECIPE}/manifest" "${COOKBOOK_STAGE}/ui/apps/10_cosmic-term"
@@ -17,3 +18,9 @@ cp -v "${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}/res/${APPID}.metainfo.xml" "${COOKBOOK_STAGE}/usr/shar
 mkdir -pv "${COOKBOOK_STAGE}/usr/share/icons/"
 cp -rv "${COOKBOOK_SOURCE}/res/icons/hicolor/" "${COOKBOOK_STAGE}/usr/share/icons/"
 """
+
+[package]
+shared-deps = [
+  "libgcc"
+]
+