Installation

Install (recommended)

Linux | Mac

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Ferret-Language/Ferret/refs/heads/main/installers/install.sh | bash

Windows (PowerShell)

Invoke-WebRequest https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Ferret-Language/Ferret/refs/heads/main/installers/install.ps1 -OutFile ferret.ps1
powershell -NoProfile -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -File .\ferret.ps1

Windows (CMD)

curl -fsSLO https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Ferret-Language/Ferret/refs/heads/main/installers/install.cmd
ferret.cmd

Note

Default install locations are ~/.local/ferret on Linux/macOS and %LOCALAPPDATA%\Ferret on Windows.

Verify installation

ferret --help

Build from source

You need Go in PATH.

git clone https://github.com/Ferret-Language/Ferret.git
cd Ferret/compiler
./build.sh

Windows:

cd compiler
build.bat

Build artifacts are written under build/core and build/toolchain.

Running Ferret programs

ferret run main.fer