Welcome to Open Dylan!

Open Dylan is a compiler and a set of libraries for the Dylan programming language.

If you're reading this inside of a binary release that you just downloaded and unpacked, then this is all you need to do to get started:

  $ export PATH=/path/to/opendylan/bin:$PATH    # for bash

Verify that the downloaded version is working correctly by building a hello-world binary:

  deft new application --simple hello-world
  cd hello-world
  deft build --all
  _build/bin/hello-world

Note: if there is no _build directory already, dylan-compiler will create it and build all used libraries. Subsequent builds will be much faster since they won't need to rebuild core libraries (as long as you always run the compiler in the same directory).

What Next?

If this is your first time trying Open Dylan, take a look at the Getting Started guide.

See also:

• BUILDING.rst - how to build the compiler and IDE
• See the Open Dylan Hacker's Guide for how to contribute to Open Dylan or its libraries.
• opendylan.org - our main website