Visual Studio 2017 or newer is needed to build Swift on Windows. The free Community edition is sufficient to build Swift.
The commands below (with the exception of installing Visual Studio) must be entered in the "x64 Native Tools Command Prompt for VS2017" (or VS2019, VS2019 Preview depending on the Visual Studio that you are using) in the Start Menu. This sets environment variables to select the correct target platform.
An easy way to get most of the tools to build Swift is using the Visual Studio installer. This command installs all needed Visual Studio components as well as Python and Git:
vs_community ^
--add Component.CPython2.x86 ^
--add Component.CPython3.x64 ^
--add Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.Git ^
--add Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.VC.ATL ^
--add Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.VC.CMake.Project ^
--add Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.VC.Tools.x86.x64 ^
--add Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.Windows10SDK ^
--add Microsoft.VisualStudio.Component.Windows10SDK.17763
If you prefer you can install everything by hand, but make sure to include "Programming Languages|Visual C++" and "Windows and Web Development|Universal Windows App Development|Windows SDK" in your installation. The components listed above are required.
The following link helps in finding the component name given its ID for Visual Studio 2019.
The command above already installs Python 2 and 3. Alternatively, in the Visual Studio installation program, under Individual Components
-
Install Python 2, either the 32-bit version (C:\Python27\) or the 64-bit version (C:\Python27amd64\)
Note: If you install the 64-bit version only, you will need to adjust
PYTHON_EXECUTABLE
below toC:\Python27amd64\python.exe
-
Install Python 3 64 bits (3.7.x)
If you are building a debug version of Swift, you should also install the Python debug binaries.
- In the Windows settings, go to Add and Remove Programs
- Select the Python 3.7.x (64-bit) entry
- Click Modify, then Yes, then Modify again and then Next
- Select Download debug binaries (requires VS 2015 or later)
- Click Install
From the settings application, go to Update & Security
. In the For developers
tab, select Developer Mode
for Use Developer Features
. This is required to enable the creation of symbolic links.
- Clone
apple/llvm-project
into a directory for the toolchain - Clone
apple/swift-cmark
,apple/swift
,apple/swift-corelibs-libdispatch
,apple/swift-corelibs-foundation
,apple/swift-corelibs-xctest
,apple/swift-llbuild
,apple/swift-package-manager
into the toolchain directory - Clone
compnerd/swift-build
as a peer of the toolchain directory
- Currently, other repositories in the Swift project have not been tested and may not be supported.
This guide assumes your sources live at the root of S:
. If your sources live elsewhere, you can create a substitution for this:
subst S: <path to sources>
S:
git clone https://github.com/apple/llvm-project --branch swift/master toolchain
git clone -c core.autocrlf=input -c core.symlinks=true https://github.com/apple/swift toolchain/swift
git clone https://github.com/apple/swift-cmark toolchain/cmark
git clone https://github.com/apple/swift-corelibs-libdispatch swift-corelibs-libdispatch
git clone https://github.com/apple/swift-corelibs-foundation swift-corelibs-foundation
git clone https://github.com/apple/swift-corelibs-xctest swift-corelibs-xctest
git clone https://github.com/apple/swift-llbuild llbuild
git clone https://github.com/apple/swift-tools-support-core swift-tools-support-core
git clone -c core.autocrlf=input https://github.com/apple/swift-package-manager swiftpm
git clone https://github.com/compnerd/swift-build swift-build
Go to compnerd's swift-build azure page and open Pipelines where you'll see bots (hopefully green) for:
Download each of the zip files and copy their contents into S:/Library. The directory structure should resemble:
/Library
┝ icu-64
│ ┕ usr/...
├ libcurl-development
│ ┕ usr/...
├ libxml2-development
│ ┕ usr/...
├ sqlite-3.28.0
│ ┕ usr/...
┕ zlib-1.2.11
┕ usr/...
Set up the ucrt
, visualc
, and WinSDK
modules by:
- copying
ucrt.modulemap
located atswift/stdlib/public/Platform/ucrt.modulemap
into${UniversalCRTSdkDir}/Include/${UCRTVersion}/ucrt
asmodule.modulemap
- copying
visualc.modulemap
located atswift/stdlib/public/Platform/visualc.modulemap
into${VCToolsInstallDir}/include
asmodule.modulemap
- copying
winsdk.modulemap
located atswift/stdlib/public/Platform/winsdk.modulemap
into${UniversalCRTSdkDir}/Include/${UCRTVersion}/um
- and setup the
visualc.apinotes
located atswift/stdlib/public/Platform/visualc.apinotes
into${VCToolsInstallDir}/include
asvisualc.apinotes
mklink "%UniversalCRTSdkDir%\Include\%UCRTVersion%\ucrt\module.modulemap" S:\toolchain\swift\stdlib\public\Platform\ucrt.modulemap
mklink "%UniversalCRTSdkDir%\Include\%UCRTVersion%\um\module.modulemap" S:\toolchain\swift\stdlib\public\Platform\winsdk.modulemap
mklink "%VCToolsInstallDir%\include\module.modulemap" S:\toolchain\swift\stdlib\public\Platform\visualc.modulemap
mklink "%VCToolsInstallDir%\include\visualc.apinotes" S:\toolchain\swift\stdlib\public\Platform\visualc.apinotes
Warning: Creating the above links usually requires administrator privileges. The quick and easy way to do this is to open a second developer prompt by right clicking whatever shortcut you used to open the first one, choosing Run As Administrator, and pasting the above commands into the resulting window. You can then close the privileged prompt; this is the only step which requires elevation.
md "S:\b\toolchain"
cmake -B "S:\b\toolchain" ^
-C S:\swift-build\cmake\caches\windows-x86_64.cmake ^
-C S:\swift-build\cmake\caches\org.compnerd.dt.cmake ^
-D CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release ^
-D LLVM_ENABLE_ASSERTIONS=YES ^
-D LLVM_ENABLE_PROJECTS="clang;clang-tools-extra;cmark;swift;lldb;lld" ^
-D LLVM_EXTERNAL_PROJECTS="cmark;swift" ^
-D SWIFT_PATH_TO_LIBDISPATCH_SOURCE=S:\swift-corelibs-libdispatch ^
-D LLVM_ENABLE_PDB=YES ^
-D LLVM_ENABLE_LIBEDIT=NO ^
-D LLDB_ENABLE_PYTHON=YES ^
-D SWIFT_WINDOWS_x86_64_ICU_UC_INCLUDE="S:/Library/icu-64/usr/include" ^
-D SWIFT_WINDOWS_x86_64_ICU_UC="S:/Library/icu-64/usr/lib/icuuc64.lib" ^
-D SWIFT_WINDOWS_x86_64_ICU_I18N_INCLUDE="S:/Library/icu-64/usr/include" ^
-D SWIFT_WINDOWS_x86_64_ICU_I18N="S:/Library/icu-64/usr/lib/icuin64.lib" ^
-D CMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX="C:\Library\Developer\Toolchains\unknown-Asserts-development.xctoolchain\usr" ^
-D PYTHON_EXECUTABLE=C:\Python27\python.exe ^
-D SWIFT_BUILD_DYNAMIC_STDLIB=YES ^
-D SWIFT_BUILD_DYNAMIC_SDK_OVERLAY=YES ^
-G Ninja ^
-S S:\toolchain\llvm
ninja -C S:\b\toolchain
Note: If you installed only the 64-bit version of Python, you will need to adjust PYTHON_EXECUTABLE
argument to C:\Python27amd64\python.exe
path S:\Library\icu-64\usr\bin;S:\b\toolchain\bin;S:\b\toolchain\tools\swift\libdispatch-prefix\bin;%PATH%;%ProgramFiles%\Git\usr\bin
ninja -C S:\b\toolchain check-swift
cmake -B S:\b\libdispatch -D CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RelWithDebInfo -D CMAKE_C_COMPILER=S:/b/toolchain/bin/clang-cl.exe -D CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=S:/b/toolchain/bin/clang-cl.exe -D CMAKE_Swift_COMPILER=S:/b/toolchain/bin/swiftc.exe -D ENABLE_SWIFT=YES -G Ninja -S S:\swift-corelibs-libdispatch
ninja -C S:\b\libdispatch
ninja -C S:\b\libdispatch check
cmake -B S:\b\foundation -D CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RelWithDebInfo -D CMAKE_C_COMPILER=S:/b/toolchain/bin/clang-cl.exe -D CMAKE_Swift_COMPILER=S:/b/toolchain/bin/swiftc.exe -D CURL_LIBRARY="S:/Library/libcurl-development/usr/lib/libcurl.lib" -D CURL_INCLUDE_DIR="S:/Library/libcurl-development/usr/include" -D ICU_ROOT="S:/Library/icu-64" -D ICU_INCLUDE_DIR=S:/Library/icu-64/usr/include -D LIBXML2_LIBRARY="S:/Library/libxml2-development/usr/lib/libxml2s.lib" -D LIBXML2_INCLUDE_DIR="S:/Library/libxml2-development/usr/include/libxml2" -D ENABLE_TESTING=NO -D dispatch_DIR=S:/b/libdispatch/cmake/modules -G Ninja -S S:\swift-corelibs-foundation
ninja -C S:\b\foundation
- Add Foundation to your path:
path S:\b\foundation\Foundation;%PATH%
cmake -B S:\b\xctest -D CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RelWithDebInfo -D CMAKE_Swift_COMPILER=S:/b/toolchain/bin/swiftc.exe -D dispatch_DIR=S:\b\dispatch\cmake\modules -D Foundation_DIR=S:\b\foundation\cmake\modules -D LIT_COMMAND=S:\toolchain\llvm\utils\lit\lit.py -D PYTHON_EXECUTABLE=C:\Python27\python.exe -G Ninja -S S:\swift-corelibs-xctest
ninja -C S:\b\xctest
- Add XCTest to your path:
path S:\b\xctest;%PATH%
ninja -C S:\b\xctest check-xctest
cmake -B S:\b\foundation -D CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RelWithDebInfo -D CMAKE_C_COMPILER=S:/b/toolchain/bin/clang-cl.exe -D CMAKE_Swift_COMPILER=S:/b/toolchain/bin/swiftc.exe -D CURL_LIBRARY="S:/Library/libcurl-development/usr/lib/libcurl.lib" -D CURL_INCLUDE_DIR="S:/Library/libcurl-development/usr/include" -D ICU_ROOT="S:/Library/icu-64" -D LIBXML2_LIBRARY="S:/Library/libxml2-development/usr/lib/libxml2.lib" -D LIBXML2_INCLUDE_DIR="S:/Library/libxml2-development/usr/include" -D ENABLE_TESTING=YES -D dispatch_DIR=S:/b/libdispatch/cmake/modules -D XCTest_DIR=S:/b/xctest/cmake/modules -G Ninja -S S:\swift-corelibs-foundation
ninja -C S:\b\foundation
cmake --build S:\b\foundation
ninja -C S:\b\foundation test
set AR=llvm-ar
cmake -B S:\b\llbuild -D CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RelWithDebInfo -D CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=cl -D CMAKE_Swift_COMPILER=S:/b/toolchain/bin/swiftc.exe -D Foundation_DIR=S:/b/foundation/cmake/modules -D dispatch_DIR=S:/b/libdispatch/cmake/modules -D SQLite3_INCLUDE_DIR=S:\Library\sqlite-3.28.0\usr\include -D SQLite3_LIBRARY=S:\Library\sqlite-3.28.0\usr\lib\sqlite3.lib -D LLBUILD_SUPPORT_BINDINGS=Swift -G Ninja -S S:\llbuild
ninja -C S:\b\llbuild
- Add llbuild to your path:
path S:\b\llbuild\bin;%PATH%
cmake -B S:\b\tsc -D CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RelWithDebInfo -D CMAKE_C_COMPILER=cl -D CMAKE_Swift_COMPILER=S:/b/toolchain/bin/swiftc.exe -D Foundation_DIR=S:/b/foundation/cmake/modules -D dispatch_DIR=S:/b/libdispatch/cmake/modules -G Ninja -S S:\swift-tools-support-core
ninja -C S:\b\tsc
cmake -B S:\b\spm -D CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RelWithDebInfo -D CMAKE_C_COMPILER=S:/b/toolchain/bin/clang-cl.exe -D CMAKE_CXX_COMPILER=S:/b/toolchain/bin/clang-cl.exe -D CMAKE_Swift_COMPILER=S:/b/toolchain/bin/swiftc.exe -D USE_VENDORED_TSC=YES -D Foundation_DIR=S:/b/foundation/cmake/modules -D dispatch_DIR=S:/b/libdispatch/cmake/modules -D LLBuild_DIR=S:/b/llbuild/cmake/modules -G Ninja -S S:\swiftpm
ninja -C S:\b\spm
- Run ninja install:
ninja -C S:\b\toolchain install
- Add the Swift on Windows binaries path (
C:\Library\Developer\Toolchains\unknown-Asserts-development.xctoolchain\usr\bin
) to thePATH
environment variable.