# Haxe is an open source toolkit that allows you to easily build cross-platform tools and applications that target many mainstream platforms. The Haxe toolkit includes: * **The Haxe programming language**, a modern, high-level, strictly-typed programming language * **The Haxe cross-compiler**, a state-of-the-art, lightning-speed compiler for many targets * **The Haxe standard library**, a complete, cross-platform library of common functionality Haxe allows you to compile for the following targets: * JavaScript * C++ * JVM * Lua * PHP 7 * Python 3 * [HashLink](https://hashlink.haxe.org/) * [NekoVM](https://nekovm.org/) * Flash (SWF Bytecode) * And its own [interpreter](https://haxe.org/blog/eval/) You can try Haxe directly from your browser at [try.haxe.org](https://try.haxe.org)! For more information about Haxe, head to the [official Haxe website](https://haxe.org). ## License The Haxe project has several licenses, covering different parts of the projects. * The Haxe compiler is released under the GNU General Public License version 2 or any later version. * The Haxe standard library is released under the MIT license. * The Neko virtual machine is released under the MIT license. Its bundled runtime libraries (ndll) and tools are released under open source licenses as described in https://github.com/HaxeFoundation/neko/blob/master/LICENSE For the complete Haxe licenses, please see https://haxe.org/foundation/open-source.html or [extra/LICENSE.txt](extra/LICENSE.txt). ## Installing Haxe The latest stable release is available at [https://haxe.org/download/](https://haxe.org/download/). Pre-built binaries are available for your platform: * **[Windows installer](https://haxe.org/download/file/latest/haxe-latest-win.exe/)** * **[Windows binaries](https://haxe.org/download/file/latest/haxe-latest-win.zip/)** * **[OSX installer](https://haxe.org/download/file/latest/haxe-latest-osx-installer.pkg/)** * **[OSX binaries](https://haxe.org/download/file/latest/haxe-latest-osx.tar.gz/)** * **[Linux Software Packages](https://haxe.org/download/linux/)** * **[Linux 32-bit binaries](https://haxe.org/download/file/latest/haxe-latest-linux32.tar.gz/)** * **[Linux 64-bit binaries](https://haxe.org/download/file/latest/haxe-latest-linux64.tar.gz/)** Automated development builds are available from [build.haxe.org](http://build.haxe.org). ## Building from source See [extra/BUILDING.md](extra/BUILDING.md). ## Using Haxe For information on using Haxe, consult the [Haxe documentation](https://haxe.org/documentation/): * [Haxe Introduction](https://haxe.org/documentation/introduction/), an introduction to the Haxe toolkit * [The Haxe Manual](https://haxe.org/manual/), the reference manual for the Haxe language * [Haxe Code Cookbook](https://code.haxe.org), code snippets / learning resource * [Haxe API](https://api.haxe.org), documentation for the Haxe standard and native APIs * [Haxelib](https://lib.haxe.org), Haxelib is the package manager for the Haxe Toolkit. ## Community You can get help and talk with fellow Haxers from around the world via: * [Haxe Community Forum](http://community.haxe.org) * [Haxe on Stack Overflow](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/tagged/haxe) * [Haxe Gitter chatroom](https://gitter.im/HaxeFoundation/haxe/) * [Haxe Discord server](https://discordapp.com/invite/0uEuWH3spjck73Lo) :+1: Get notified of the latest Haxe news, don't forget to read the [Haxe roundups](https://haxe.io/). ## Version compatibility Haxe | Neko | SWF | Python | HL | PHP | Lua | --------------- | ----- | ----- | ------ | ---- | ---- | --- | 2.* | 1.* | 8-10 | - | - | - | - | 3.0.0 | 2.0.0 | | - | - | 5.1+ | - | 3.2.0 | | 12-14 | 3.2+ | - | | - | 3.3.0 | 2.1.0 | 21 | | - | | 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, LuaJIT 2.0, 2.1 | 3.4.0 | | | | 1.1 | 5.4+ and 7.0+ (with `-D php7`) | | 4.0.0 | 2.3.0 | | | 1.11 | 7.0+ | | ## Contributing See [CONTRIBUTING.md](CONTRIBUTING.md) for more. Thank you!