Install SYX

You do not need Rust just to run SYX programs. Releases ship prebuilt syx binaries. Building the toolchain from source needs Rust 1.85+; the full native (LLVM) toolchain also needs a local LLVM install.

Option A — prebuilt release (recommended)

1. Open the latest release: github.com/synvek/syx/releases/latest
2. Download the archive for your OS / architecture
3. Put the syx binary on your PATH
4. Verify:

syx --version
syx run path/to/hello.sy

Option B — build from source

git clone https://github.com/synvek/syx.git
cd syx
cargo build --release -p syx-cli
./target/release/syx run examples/hello.sy

Optional install into Cargo’s bin directory:

cargo install --path crates/syx-cli

Native AOT (syx build --native) requires the full-native / LLVM feature set — details in the Quick Guide.

Editor support

Install the SYX Language extension for VS Code (TextMate + LSP + DAP). See Editors and VS Code.

Next steps

• File extension (.sy) and syx.toml
• Backends — VM, LLVM, Wasm
• Getting Started in the Language Guide