This site hosts both the FBtoC Project and the FutureBasic Freeware downloads. On 1 January 2008, 
Staz Software announced FutureBasic as freeware. Downloads and their executables are freeware, but source 
code and rights of distribution are reserved to the respective authors (the FBtoC team and Staz Software).

FutureBasic 5 builds Mac OS X Carbon applications (32-bit only) and command-line tools (32- and 64-bit).

The FutureBasic 5 IDE consists of a syntax-aware editor, and a translator (FBtoC) that converts FB code into
C code. The translation is then compiled with one of the system compilers (gcc or clang).


Read about: Current status and direction

FutureBasic 5
Download: FutureBasic 5.7.1 [6 MB]  Requires OS X 10.5 or higher

Download: FB 5.7.1 examples [1.7 MB]

Browse:    FB5 documentation  FBtoC documentation

Read about: FBtoC source code

FB and MacOS X 10.7 'Lion'
FB 5.7+ works almost seamlessly in 10.7. 
Universal builds and those targeting 10.4 or 10.5 require an Xcode 3 Developer folder.
Read: Installation and settings

Questions and bug reports:
Please direct questions and bug reports to the  FB mailing list.

Other links
Beginner Resources
Release Notes History

Last updated: 20 January 2012