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# Download Swift for Windows
- URL: https://developerinsider.co/download-swift-for-windows/
- Published: 2016-05-01T18:24:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-01-10T15:33:40.000Z
- Author: Vineet Choudhary
- Tags: Swift, Windows, #archive-discontinued

Swift is a general-purpose, multi-paradigm, compiled programming language created for iOS, OS X, watchOS, tvOS and Linux development by Apple Inc.

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**Update - 22 SEPTEMBER 2020**  
From 22 September 2020, the Swift project introduced new downloadable [Swift toolchain images for Windows](https://swift.org/blog/swift-on-windows/?ref=developerinsider.co). These images contain development components needed to build and run the Swift code on Windows. You can download latest Swift toolchain images for Windows from [Swift latest release page](https://swift.org/download/?ref=developerinsider.co). This [demo calculator](https://github.com/compnerd/swift-win32/blob/ed4993f7cbb284a83ee77fcecdc2570cf24355e4/Examples/Calculator/Calculator.swift?ref=developerinsider.co) is written entirely in Swift -

![](https://github.com/developerinsider/developer-insider-content/blob/master/POST/SwiftOnWindows/swift-calculator.gif?raw=true)

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**Update - 2 August 2016**

Checkout step-vise guide to install Swift 3.0 or above on Windows 10 Anniversary Update - [Install Apple Swift on Windows 10 Subsystem for Linux (WSL) ](https://developerinsider.co/install-apple-swift-on-windows-10-subsystem-for-linux-wsl/)

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"[Swift for Windows](https://github.com/vineetchoudhary/swiftforwindows?ref=developerinsider.co)" is a free, open source tool that provide runtime environment for swift programming language to compile and run on Windows OS with graphical interface.

## Download

[Download Swift for Windows](https://developerinsider.co/downloading/?download=https://github.com/SwiftForWindows/SwiftForWindows/releases/download/v1.9.1/SwiftForWindows-1.9.1.exe?raw=true&after=https://developerinsider.co/ios-insider/)

## How to use "Swift for Windows"

**Step 1:** Create a basic swift language program in you favorite editor.  
![](https://github.com/vineetchoudhary/swiftforwindows/blob/master/screenshot/sfw.png?raw=true)

**Step 2:** Open "Swift for Windows" and follow these steps  
![](https://github.com/vineetchoudhary/swiftforwindows/blob/master/screenshot/sfw.gif?raw=true)

## Install Swift 3.0 or later on Windows 10 Anniversary Update (using Bash on Ubuntu on Windows)

Checkout step-vise guide to install Swift 3.0 on Windows 10 Anniversary Update - [Install Apple Swift on Windows 10 Subsystem for Linux (WSL) ](https://developerinsider.co/install-apple-swift-on-windows-10-subsystem-for-linux-wsl/)

## System Requirement

- This archive is for TEST only under Windows 10 64bit.