Getting the latest sources or installers

Free Pascal is under continuous development. From time to time, a new set of installers with what are considered stable sources are made: these are the releases. They can be downloaded from the Free Pascal website. The downloads usually contain the sources from which the release is made.

If for some reason, a newer set of files is needed - for instance, because certain bugs that prevent a program from functioning correctly have been fixed, it is possible to download the latest source files and recompile them.

Note that the latest sources may or may not compile: sometimes things get broken, and then the downloaded sources are useless. For the fixes branches (mentioned below) the sources should always compile, so it may be best to use these only.

There are 3 ways to get the latest version.

1. Download via GitAll Free Pascal sources are in gitlab since 2022, and can be downloaded anonymously from the Gitlab server. With a suitable git client, the following locations
2. Downloading a source zipEvery day, a zip is made which contains the sources as they are on this day, they are available from the FTP site: http://ftp.freepascal.org/develop.var This wi
3. Downloading a snapshotSome members of the Free Pascal team also maintain installable snapshots. These are installers, made with the sources of that day. Since the sources are not gua