Installation

Install (recommended)

macOS / Linux

curl -fsSL https://ferret.brainbird.org/install.sh | sh

Arch

curl -fsSL https://ferret.brainbird.org/install-arch.sh | sh

Windows (CMD)

powershell -NoProfile -ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Command "irm -useb https://ferret.brainbird.org/install.ps1 | iex"

Termux

curl -fsSL https://ferret.brainbird.org/install-termux.sh | sh

Note

The installer downloads a prebuilt release for your OS/arch into ~/.ferret (Linux/macOS) or %USERPROFILE%\.ferret (Windows), and adds the bin/ directory to your PATH. On Termux, the script builds from source and installs into $PREFIX. You can change the location by setting FERRET_INSTALL_DIR. Set FERRET_ADD_TO_PATH=0 to skip PATH changes.

Verify installation

ferret --version

Build from source

If you want to build Ferret yourself, you need Go and a C compiler available on the machine.

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

Windows:

scripts\build.bat

Running Ferret programs

ferret yourfile.fer