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FutureBlitz 1.0.0 is fb, its linker, its language server, and the standard library. On Windows and Linux, building programs needs nothing else; on macOS, fb also uses Apple's Command Line Tools.
Windows
For Windows on x64. Windows on arm64 runs the x64 release.
winget comes with Windows. It installs FutureBlitz for you alone, in %USERPROFILE%\.futureblitz, and puts
its bin on your PATH.
winget install FutureBlitz.FutureBlitzwinget upgrade FutureBlitz.FutureBlitzwinget uninstall FutureBlitz.FutureBlitz
The script downloads the release, checks it against the release's SHA256SUMS, puts it in
%USERPROFILE%\.futureblitz, and adds its bin to your PATH. It needs no administrator, and no
GitHub API, so no rate limit stops it.
irm https://futureblitz.dev/install.ps1 | iexRun the script again. For a given version:
iex "& { $(irm https://futureblitz.dev/install.ps1) } -Version 1.0.0"Remove-Item -Recurse -Force "$env:USERPROFILE\.futureblitz"Then take its bin off your PATH, in Edit environment variables for your account.
futureblitz-1.0.0-windows-x64-setup.exe installs FutureBlitz for you alone, in
%USERPROFILE%\.futureblitz, with its bin on your PATH. It needs no administrator. For
managed installs, futureblitz-1.0.0-windows-x64.msi installs the same. Both are
signed, as fb is, and both install without a window:
.\futureblitz-1.0.0-windows-x64-setup.exe /quietmsiexec /i futureblitz-1.0.0-windows-x64.msi /qnRun a newer installer. It replaces the version you have.
Uninstall FutureBlitz in Settings, under Apps, or:
.\futureblitz-1.0.0-windows-x64-setup.exe /uninstall /quietmsiexec /x futureblitz-1.0.0-windows-x64.msi /qn
futureblitz-1.0.0-windows-x64.zip holds one folder, which can go anywhere. Add its
bin to your PATH.
Replace the folder with a newer release's.
Delete the folder, and take its bin off your PATH.
macOS
Homebrew installs FutureBlitz in its own folder, puts fb on your PATH, and updates it with your other tools.
brew install hlpdev/tap/futureblitzbrew upgrade futureblitzbrew uninstall futureblitz
futureblitz-1.0.0-macos-arm64.pkg installs FutureBlitz for every user,
in /usr/local/futureblitz, and /etc/paths.d/futureblitz puts its bin on PATH.
The installer isn't signed, so macOS stops it the first time it's opened. Then, in System Settings, under Privacy & Security, click Open Anyway. Or, in Terminal, clear the mark the download put on it, and install it:
xattr -d com.apple.quarantine futureblitz-1.0.0-macos-arm64.pkg
sudo installer -pkg futureblitz-1.0.0-macos-arm64.pkg -target /
futureblitz-1.0.0-macos-x64.pkg installs FutureBlitz for every user,
in /usr/local/futureblitz, and /etc/paths.d/futureblitz puts its bin on PATH.
The installer isn't signed, so macOS stops it the first time it's opened. Then, in System Settings, under Privacy & Security, click Open Anyway. Or, in Terminal, clear the mark the download put on it, and install it:
xattr -d com.apple.quarantine futureblitz-1.0.0-macos-x64.pkg
sudo installer -pkg futureblitz-1.0.0-macos-x64.pkg -target /Run a newer installer. It replaces the version you have.
sudo rm -rf /usr/local/futureblitz /etc/paths.d/futureblitz && sudo pkgutil --forget dev.futureblitz.fb
The script downloads the release for your Mac, checks it against the release's SHA256SUMS, puts it
in ~/.futureblitz, and adds its bin to PATH in your shell's startup file. It needs no
administrator, and no GitHub API, so no rate limit stops it.
curl -fsSL https://futureblitz.dev/install.sh | shRun the script again. For a given version:
curl -fsSL https://futureblitz.dev/install.sh | sh -s -- --version 1.0.0rm -rf ~/.futureblitzThen delete the lines under # FutureBlitz in your shell's startup file.
futureblitz-1.0.0-macos-arm64.tar.gz holds one folder, which can go
anywhere. Add its bin to your PATH.
futureblitz-1.0.0-macos-x64.tar.gz holds one folder, which can go
anywhere. Add its bin to your PATH.
Replace the folder with a newer release's.
Delete the folder, and take its bin off your PATH.
fb links programs with the macOS SDK, from Apple's Command Line Tools. When they're missing, fb says so, and this installs them:
xcode-select --installLinux
The script downloads the release for your machine, checks it against the release's SHA256SUMS, puts
it in ~/.futureblitz, and adds its bin to PATH in your shell's startup files. It needs no
root, and no GitHub API, so no rate limit stops it.
curl -fsSL https://futureblitz.dev/install.sh | shRun the script again. For a given version:
curl -fsSL https://futureblitz.dev/install.sh | sh -s -- --version 1.0.0rm -rf ~/.futureblitzThen delete the lines under # FutureBlitz in your shell's startup files.
The repository's key and source go in apt's folders once. Then apt installs FutureBlitz in
/usr/lib/futureblitz, with fb, fb-lsp, and fb-bindgen in
/usr/bin, and updates it with the rest of the system.
curl -fsSL https://dl.futureblitz.dev/apt/futureblitz.gpg | sudo tee /usr/share/keyrings/futureblitz.gpg > /dev/null
echo "deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/futureblitz.gpg] https://dl.futureblitz.dev/apt stable main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/futureblitz.list
sudo apt update && sudo apt install futureblitzsudo apt update && sudo apt install --only-upgrade futureblitzsudo apt remove futureblitz
The repository's file goes in dnf's folder once. Then dnf installs FutureBlitz in /usr/lib/futureblitz,
with fb, fb-lsp, and fb-bindgen in /usr/bin, and updates it with
the rest of the system.
sudo curl -fsSL -o /etc/yum.repos.d/futureblitz.repo https://dl.futureblitz.dev/rpm/futureblitz.repo
sudo dnf install futureblitzsudo dnf upgrade futureblitzsudo dnf remove futureblitzfutureblitz_1.0.0-1_amd64.deb and futureblitz-1.0.0-1.x86_64.rpm install what apt and dnf do, without the repository, so they don't update with the system.
sudo apt install ./futureblitz_1.0.0-1_amd64.debsudo dnf install ./futureblitz-1.0.0-1.x86_64.rpmfutureblitz_1.0.0-1_arm64.deb and futureblitz-1.0.0-1.aarch64.rpm install what apt and dnf do, without the repository, so they don't update with the system.
sudo apt install ./futureblitz_1.0.0-1_arm64.debsudo dnf install ./futureblitz-1.0.0-1.aarch64.rpmInstall a newer one the same way.
sudo apt remove futureblitzsudo dnf remove futureblitz
futureblitz-1.0.0-linux-x64.tar.gz holds one folder, which can go
anywhere. Add its bin to your PATH.
futureblitz-1.0.0-linux-arm64.tar.gz holds one folder, which can go
anywhere. Add its bin to your PATH.
Replace the folder with a newer release's.
Delete the folder, and take its bin off your PATH.
Open a new terminal, so it has the new PATH, and check that fb runs:
fb --versionfb 1.0.0 (<commit>, <target>)
Then make a package, and run it:
fb new hello
cd hello
fb runHello, world!
Learn the language, starting from your first program.
The programs fb builds run on the same Windows and macOS. On Linux they need only glibc 2.28: RHEL 8, Ubuntu 20.04, Debian 10, and later.
Each release has a SHA256SUMS file, with the SHA-256 of each of its files. Download it beside the file, and check the file against it:
$want = (Select-String -Path SHA256SUMS -Pattern "futureblitz-1.0.0-windows-x64.msi").Line.Split(" ")[0]
(Get-FileHash futureblitz-1.0.0-windows-x64.msi -Algorithm SHA256).Hash -eq $wantgrep " futureblitz-1.0.0-macos-arm64.tar.gz$" SHA256SUMS | shasum -a 256 -cgrep " futureblitz-1.0.0-linux-x64.tar.gz$" SHA256SUMS | sha256sum -cOn Windows, a file that matches prints True. On macOS and Linux, it prints the file's name and OK.
The FutureBlitz extension for VS Code shows errors as you type, formats on save, and debugs with breakpoints. Install it from the Visual Studio Marketplace or Open VSX, or:
code --install-extension futureblitz.futureblitz
Each release has the extension's futureblitz-1.0.0.vsix too, for an editor with no access to either:
code --install-extension futureblitz-1.0.0.vsix.
Other editors use fb's language server. Editors says how to set one up.
Every release, with its notes and its files, is on GitHub, and the changelog lists what each one changed.