Installation

Pre-Release Software

Fe is in active development. The current releases are alpha versions and not yet suitable for production use.

Quick Install (recommended)

The fastest way to install Fe is via feup, the Fe toolchain installer. It automatically detects your platform and downloads the latest release.

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/argotorg/fe/master/feup/feup.sh | bash

This will:

• Install the fe compiler to ~/.fe/bin/
• Install the feup command for future updates
• Add ~/.fe/bin to your PATH

After installation, restart your shell or run:

source ~/.fe/env

To install a specific version:

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/argotorg/fe/master/feup/feup.sh | bash -s -- --version v26.0.0-alpha.5

Homebrew

On macOS and Linux you can also install Fe via Homebrew:

brew install argotorg/tap/fe

Supported Platforms

Fe provides pre-built binaries for:

Platform	Architecture
Linux	x86_64, ARM64
macOS	x86_64, ARM64 (Apple Silicon)

Verify Installation

After installing, verify that Fe is working:

fe --version

Build from Source

To build the compiler from source, clone the repository and build with Cargo:

git clone https://github.com/argotorg/fe.git
cd fe
cargo install --path crates/fe

This requires a working Rust toolchain.

Next Steps

With Fe installed, head over to Your First Contract to write, deploy, and interact with a Counter contract.