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Prebuilt binaries for Windows and Linux (x86-64). No LLVM required. v1.3.2

Windows (x86-64)

Recommended: One-click Installer

Download visuallc-v*-installer.exe from the Releases page. The installer:

  • Extracts the compiler, LSP server, package manager, stdlib, and all DLLs to C:\Program Files\visuall\
  • Adds the install directory to your system PATH automatically
  • Registers in Add/Remove Programs for clean uninstall
# After install — works from any terminal
visuallc hello.vsl -o hello
.\hello.exe
Manual: Zip Archive

Prefer to manage things yourself? Download the zip from the Releases page and extract it anywhere.

Download .zip
Install a C linker

visuallc emits object files and calls gcc to link. Install MinGW-W64:

  1. Download WinLibs MinGW-W64 (UCRT, x86-64, POSIX threads)
  2. Extract to C:\mingw64\
  3. Add C:\mingw64\bin to your system PATH
  4. Verify: gcc --version
Use the compiler
cd C:\visuall
.\visuallc.exe hello.vsl -o hello
.\hello.exe

Linux (x86-64)

Download the prebuilt binary. No LLVM or build tools needed.

Download .tar.gz
Install a C linker

visuallc calls gcc to produce the final binary: 

# Ubuntu / Debian
sudo apt install gcc

# Fedora / RHEL
sudo dnf install gcc

# Arch
sudo pacman -S gcc
Use the compiler
tar -xzf visuallc-linux-x86_64.tar.gz
cd visuallc-linux-x86_64
./visuallc hello.vsl -o hello
./hello

New in recent releases: const declarations, typed variables (x: int = 42), collection generics (list[int], dict[str, float]), pointer types in @extern (int*, void*), one-click Windows installer, cross-compilation via --target, and 13 security fixes.

Build from Source

Requires CMake 3.20+, a C++17 compiler (GCC 12+, Clang 15+, or MSVC 2022+), and LLVM 17+. 

mkdir build && cd build
cmake .. -G Ninja -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release
cmake --build .

If LLVM is in a non-standard location: cmake .. -DLLVM_DIR=/path/to/llvm/lib/cmake/llvm

Full instructions in the Quick Start guide or the GitHub README.