Faust Downloads

Faust comes in many different forms and it can be confusing to know what to install to start using this tool. We recommend you to have a look at the overview of the Faust universe section of the Faust manual. That being said, most of the features of Faust are accessible through the

>> Faust Web IDE <<

so we recommend most people to use this tools which doesn't require any installation. Now, if you really wish to have a local version of Faust on your system, this page should give you an overview of the options that you have.

Faust Compiler & libfaust

Windows

• Look for the most recent Faust-XXX-win64.exe on: https://github.com/grame-cncm/faust/releases

MacOS

• Look for the most recent Faust-XXX.dmg on: https://github.com/grame-cncm/faust/releases or use MacPorts or Homebrew package managers

Linux

• Look for the most recent Faust-XXX.tar.gz on: https://github.com/grame-cncm/faust/releases or use your favorite package installer depending of your distribution

Building Faust from the Source

Alternatively, you might want to build Faust from scratch. For that you can either get the latest release of the Faust source or clone it from our GitRepo. Build instructions are available here.

FaustLive

FaustLive is an "on-the-fly" compiler for Faust (see the overview of the Faust universe for more information) allowing us to instantly run Faust programs. Note that FaustLive is regularly recompiled, but is no more developed, so Faust IDE is the recommended tool to use.

Windows

• Look for the most recent FaustLive-XXX-win64.exe on: https://github.com/grame-cncm/faustlive/releases

MacOS

• Look for the most recent FaustLive-XXX.dmg on: https://github.com/grame-cncm/faustlive/releases

Linux

• Look for the most recent FaustLive-XXX.tar.gz on: https://github.com/grame-cncm/faustlive/releases

Building FaustLive from the Source

Alternatively, you might want to build FaustLive from scratch. For that you can either get the latest release of the FaustLive source or clone it here.

Faustgen

Faustgen is a Max/MSP object to compile Faust code dynamically (see the overview of the Faust universe for more information).

Windows

• Look for the most recent faustgen-XXX-win64.zip on: https://github.com/grame-cncm/faust/releases

MacOS

• Look for the most recent faustgen-XXX-macosx.dmg on: https://github.com/grame-cncm/faust/releases

FaustWorks

FaustWorks is an IDE for the Faust compiler. It is not actively maintained and you should use Faust WEB IDE instead. The source code is available from the FaustWorks github repository.