Install Fidan — Fidan Docs

Fidan ships as a native CLI toolchain.

Use the bootstrap install path first. It keeps the install story consistent with official releases and the update commands.

Bootstrap install

powershell

PS>iwr https://fidan.dev/install.ps1 -UseBasicParsing | iex

bash

$curl -fsSL https://fidan.dev/install.sh | sh

The install endpoints redirect to the canonical bootstrap scripts in the main Fidan repository.

Manual install path

If you want explicit artifact control, download the latest release archive:

url

https://github.com/fidan-lang/fidan/releases/latest

Extract the archive and add the fidan binary to your PATH.

Stable release archives also ship the libfidan embedding bundle, including the shared library, static library, C header, and a small embedding example.

Verify the toolchain

bash

$fidan --version

If the CLI resolves and prints a version, your install is working.

Portable vs host-tuned builds

default builds stay portable
--release enables the aggressive performance build policy
--target-cpu lets you override the default when you need portability or a specific CPU/features target

bash

$fidan build app.fdn --release --target-cpu generic

bash

$fidan build app.fdn --release

--release defaults to native CPU tuning. If the produced binary must run on other machines, override it explicitly with --target-cpu generic or another compatible CPU target.