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Installation

Maxon is installed by building the compiler from source. There is no prebuilt binary or installer yet.

For a full walk-through — prerequisites, the VS Code extension, and verifying your build — see the dedicated Install page.

Quick version

Once you have the prerequisites installed:

Terminal window
git clone https://github.com/maxon-lang/maxon.git
cd maxon


dotnet build maxon-sharp               # build the compiler -> bin/maxon
bin/maxon build examples/basic.maxon   # compile and run a program
bin/maxon spec-test                    # run the spec-test suite

On Windows, buildall.bat builds and tests the full toolchain — the C# compiler, the self-hosted compiler, and their spec tests — in one step.

Prerequisites at a glance

  • .NET 10 SDK — the compiler (maxon-sharp) targets net10.0.
  • Git
  • Node.js 20+ — only needed to build the VS Code extension.

See the Install page for the complete instructions and editor setup.