Command-line tool

ghc

brew/ghc

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Glorious Glasgow Haskell Compilation System

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At a glance

Type

Command-line tool

Install on

Windows, macOS, Linux

Last checked

25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC

Install it

Windows

scoop install haskell

macOS

brew install ghc

Linux

brew install ghc

Find and compile all modules in the current directory

ghc Main

Compile a single file

ghc path/to/file.hs

Compile using extra optimization

ghc -O path/to/file.hs

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