Install fw

Install fw with Homebrew or from a release archive

fw is one program with no dependencies. The R and Python packages work fully without it. fw is a helper for logging in, creating and linking projects, and publishing.

macOS and Linux with Homebrew

brew install frameworktools/tap/fw

Upgrade with brew upgrade fw.

Linux, HPC clusters, and Windows

Download the archive for your platform from Releases and put fw (or fw.exe) in a folder on your PATH. On a cluster without root access, ~/bin or ~/.local/bin works:

tar -xzf fw_0.2.0_linux_amd64.tar.gz fw
mkdir -p ~/.local/bin && mv fw ~/.local/bin/

Each release lists SHA-256 checksums in fw_<version>_checksums.txt.

Check the installation

fw version
fw doctor

fw doctor shows the R, Python, and uv installations fw found, its configuration folders, and the server it would use.

Note

fw runs R and Python only to create and bootstrap projects in those languages. Stata projects need neither.