Foundry Book

Installation

If you encounter any issues during installation, refer to the FAQ for assistance.

Precompiled Binaries

Precompiled binaries can be downloaded from the GitHub releases page. For easier management, we recommend using Foundryup.

Using Foundryup

Foundryup is the official installer for the Foundry toolchain. You can learn more about it here.

To install Foundryup, open your terminal and run the following command:

curl -L https://foundry.paradigm.xyz | bash

This will install Foundryup. Simply follow the on-screen instructions, and the foundryup command will become available in your CLI.

Running foundryup will automatically install the latest (nightly) versions of the precompiled binaries: forge, cast, anvil, and chisel. For additional options, such as installing a specific version or commit, run foundryup --help.

ℹ️ Note
If you’re using Windows, you’ll need to install and use Git BASH or WSL as your terminal, since Foundryup currently doesn’t support Powershell or Command Prompt (Cmd).

Building from Source

Prerequisites

You’ll need the Rust compiler and Cargo, Rust’s package manager. The easiest way to install both is by using rustup.rs.

Foundry generally supports building only with the latest stable version of Rust. If you’re using an older version of Rust, you can update it with rustup:

rustup update stable

For Windows users, you’ll also need a recent version of Visual Studio, with the “Desktop Development With C++” workload installed.

Building

You can either use the various flags provided by Foundryup:

foundryup --branch master
foundryup --path path/to/foundry

Alternatively, you can install via Cargo with the following command:

cargo install --git https://github.com/foundry-rs/foundry --profile release --locked forge foundry-cast chisel anvil

You can also manually build from a local copy of the Foundry repository:

# clone the repository
git clone https://github.com/foundry-rs/foundry.git
cd foundry
# install Forge
cargo install --path ./crates/forge --profile release --force --locked
# install Cast
cargo install --path ./crates/cast --profile release --force --locked
# install Anvil
cargo install --path ./crates/anvil --profile release --force --locked
# install Chisel
cargo install --path ./crates/chisel --profile release --force --locked

CI Installation with GitHub Actions

For instructions on setting up Foundry in a CI pipeline, refer to the foundry-rs/foundry-toolchain GitHub Action.

Using Foundry with Docker

Foundry can also be run inside a Docker container. If you don’t have Docker installed, you can download it from Docker’s website.

Once Docker is installed, you can pull the latest Foundry release by running:

docker pull ghcr.io/foundry-rs/foundry:latest

You can also build the Docker image locally by running the following command from the Foundry repository:

docker build -t foundry .

For examples and guides on using this image, refer to the Docker tutorial section.

ℹ️ Note
Some systems, including those with M1 chips, may experience issues when building the Docker image locally. This is a known issue.