diff --git a/app/build_grantlee.sh b/app/build_grantlee.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..7fd2e80fc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/build_grantlee.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -euo pipefail
+
+# build_grantlee.sh - try installing grantlee via apt, otherwise build from source
+QT_ROOT=${QT_ROOT:-/opt/Qt/6.8.3/gcc_64}
+INSTALL_PREFIX=${INSTALL_PREFIX:-/usr/local}
+
+echo "Attempting to install libgrantlee5 via apt..."
+if apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends libgrantlee5 libgrantlee5-dev; then
+  echo "Installed libgrantlee5 from apt"
+  exit 0
+fi
+
+echo "libgrantlee not available via apt; building from source (steveire/grantlee)..."
+TMPDIR=$(mktemp -d)
+trap 'rm -rf "$TMPDIR"' EXIT
+cd "$TMPDIR"
+
+if ! git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/steveire/grantlee.git grantlee; then
+  echo "Warning: failed to clone grantlee from github; network or access issue. Exiting gracefully." >&2
+  exit 0
+fi
+
+mkdir -p grantlee/build
+cd grantlee/build
+cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \
+      -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX="${INSTALL_PREFIX}" \
+      -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH="${QT_ROOT}:${INSTALL_PREFIX}" ..
+
+cmake --build . -- -j$(nproc) || true
+cmake --install . || true
+
+echo "Grantlee build script finished."
+exit 0
diff --git a/app/build_kdreports.sh b/app/build_kdreports.sh
new file mode 100755
index 000000000..5ea113a33
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/build_kdreports.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+set -euo pipefail
+
+# build_kdreports.sh - try apt, otherwise build KDReports from KDAB GitHub mirror
+QT_ROOT=${QT_ROOT:-/opt/Qt/6.8.3/gcc_64}
+INSTALL_PREFIX=${INSTALL_PREFIX:-/usr/local}
+
+echo "Attempting to install KDReports via apt..."
+if apt-get update && apt-get install -y --no-install-recommends libkdreports-dev; then
+  echo "Installed KDReports from apt"
+  exit 0
+fi
+
+echo "KDReports not available via apt; building from source (KDAB/KDReports)..."
+TMPDIR=$(mktemp -d)
+trap 'rm -rf "$TMPDIR"' EXIT
+cd "$TMPDIR"
+
+# KDAB mirror location on GitHub
+if ! git clone --depth 1 https://github.com/KDAB/KDReports.git kdreports; then
+  echo "Warning: failed to clone KDReports from github; network or access issue. Exiting gracefully." >&2
+  exit 0
+fi
+
+mkdir -p kdreports/build
+cd kdreports/build
+cmake -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release \
+      -DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX="${INSTALL_PREFIX}" \
+      -DCMAKE_PREFIX_PATH="${QT_ROOT}:${INSTALL_PREFIX}" ..
+
+cmake --build . -- -j$(nproc) || true
+cmake --install . || true
+
+echo "KDReports build script finished."
+exit 0