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Version: 0.1.41

Install X07

X07 ships as a small toolchain with stable, JSON-first contracts:

  • x07 — canonical CLI (init, ast, fmt/lint/fix, run, test, pkg, build)
  • x07c — compiler backend (advanced)
  • x07-os-runner — OS execution backend (advanced)

The recommended installer is x07up (toolchain manager). It installs:

  • the toolchain under ~/.x07/toolchains/<tag>/
  • shims under ~/.x07/bin/ (put this on PATH)
  • offline docs + the agent skills pack (default profile)

Quickstart and full installer reference:

Prerequisites​

  • macOS / Linux bootstrap installer (install.sh): sh, tar, and either curl or wget (plus a sha256 tool: sha256sum, shasum, or openssl)
  • A C compiler toolchain (clang/gcc on macOS/Linux)
  • Linux: libcurl development headers for packages that link libcurl (for example ext-curl-c)

After installing, run x07 doctor for a machine-readable environment report and install suggestions.

Supported platforms​

Prebuilt toolchains (via x07up) are currently published for:

  • macOS (Apple Silicon + Intel)
  • Linux (x86_64 glibc + ARM64 glibc)

On Windows, X07 is supported via WSL2 (run X07 inside a Linux distro such as Ubuntu and follow the Linux instructions below). Native Windows toolchains are not currently published.

Other targets (for example Linux musl/Alpine) currently require building from source.

See platform support and smoke tests.

macOS / Linux​

Install x07up + the stable toolchain:

curl -fsSL https://x07lang.org/install.sh | sh -s -- --yes --channel stable

Then (in the same shell session), ensure x07 is on PATH:

export PATH="$HOME/.x07/bin:$PATH"

If you omit --no-modify-path, the installer also attempts to persist this for future shells (for zsh on macOS: ~/.zprofile).

CI / agent-friendly (no profile edits, JSON report):

curl -fsSL https://x07lang.org/install.sh | sh -s -- \
  --yes \
  --channel stable \
  --no-modify-path \
  --json

Windows (WSL2)​

X07 does not currently publish native Windows toolchains. On Windows, install and run X07 inside WSL2:

  1. Install WSL2 (Ubuntu recommended).
  2. In your WSL2 shell, follow the macOS / Linux install instructions above.

Verify​

Verify:

  • x07 --version
  • x07up --version
  • x07 --help
  • x07 run --help
  • x07 ast apply-patch --help
  • x07 doctor (host prerequisites for OS worlds)
  • x07up doctor --json (installer/toolchain + host prerequisites)
  • optional (advanced): x07c --help, x07-os-runner --help

Pin a toolchain per project​

Write x07-toolchain.toml in your repo root:

x07up override set v0.1.41

This makes toolchain selection deterministic for agents and CI.

Option B (advanced): manual install​

If you cannot use x07up, download and unpack a toolchain archive and put its bin/ directory on PATH.

Option C (advanced): build from source (Rust toolchain)​

If you have cargo installed:

  • cargo build -p x07 -p x07c -p x07-os-runner --release
  • the resulting binaries will be in target/release/

Then verify with the same commands above.

Troubleshooting​

“Permission denied” on macOS​

If Gatekeeper blocks the binary:

  • remove the quarantine attribute on the unpacked binaries (or sign them in your org).

“C compiler not found”​

X07 compiles to C and invokes a system C compiler.

Run x07 doctor for a machine-readable environment report and install suggestions.

Install:

  • macOS: Xcode Command Line Tools
  • Linux: clang or gcc
  • Windows (WSL2): install a Linux toolchain in your distro (for example Ubuntu: sudo apt-get install -y clang build-essential)

“clang: error: no such file or directory: 'SystemConfiguration'” (macOS)​

This can happen if the toolchain emits malformed macOS framework link flags.

Upgrade to the latest stable toolchain (for example: x07up update), then re-run. If it still fails on the latest toolchain, file a bug with the full stderr_b64 decoded output from the run report.

“I can run x07 but x07 run fails”​

x07 run invokes runner backends that ship with the toolchain.

  • ensure the runner binaries are on your PATH (or installed next to x07)
  • ensure a working C compiler is available (override via X07_CC)

“could not locate stdlib/os module root”​

x07-os-runner expects the toolchain install tree to include stdlib/os/0.2.0/modules.

  • If you downloaded a release archive, ensure stdlib/ exists next to bin/.
  • If you built from source, run x07-os-runner from the x07/ repo root (so it can find stdlib/os/...).