Brief Description

F# is an advanced .NET programming language available from Microsoft Research.

License

The F# License is a Microsoft Research Shared Source License Agreement. F# may be used to build commercial applications as covered by that license, in particular see the exemptions (i) and (ii) in the main body of the license. When downloading software from this site, you will be presented with a dialog box explaining the terms of use. You must agree to these terms as a condition of downloading the software.

Download

F# Compiler versions:

• Download F# 1.9.4.15 msi or zip - release May 01 2008, release announcement

• Download F# 1.9.3.14 msi or zip - release Jan 23 2008

• Download F# 1.9.2.9 msi or zip - released Sep 2007, with later updates

• Download F# 1.9.1.18 msi - released 01 June 2007

• Download F# 1.1.13.8 zip - released 30 November 2006

Note, some users report that "save" works but "open" does not. Some users also report intermittent problems with the MSR download servers, so if it fails please try again.

Instructions

Install the MSI files above directly.

For the ZIP files, save and unpack the zip file and read the installation notes (README-fsharp.html). On Mono/Linux follow the instructions in README-fsharp.html.

System Requirements

Operating system either Windows 2000, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP, Vista or Linux (Mono). Memory 256Mb minimum, recommending 512Mb or more. We recommend using either Visual Studio 2005, Visual Studio 2008, or the free-for-use Visual Studio Shell.

Related Resources

• Microsoft .NET Framework Version 2.0 Redistributable Package not required, but recommended.
  

• Mono (for use on Linux/Mac).

• The F# Hub (community site).

• Join the F# mailing list via <action>@list.research.microsoft.com where <action> is join-fsharp.

• Other F# community links.

Feedback

We are alway interested in feedback, bug reports or problems. Please let us know! (fsbugs@microsoft.com).