Haxe Manager

Easily download and switch haxe versions (currently tested on ubuntu-latest, macos-latest and windows-latest via github actions).

Run install.sh (install.bat on Windows) and update PATH / HAXE_STD_PATH as requested.

Note for windows users: how to set your PATH environment variable

Select a version

Run hx to display the haxe version switch (using a Haxe port of fzf picker).

You can also skip the version picker by using directly hx 4.3.0 or hx select 4.3.0 (or any other version/alias you have installed).

Installing / updating versions

Use hx download tool to download haxe versions:

Usage: hx download <VERSION> [AS_NAME]
       Download official release VERSION (e.g., 4.3.0)
       Save as AS_NAME if provided or use version number

   or: hx download latest [AS_NAME]
       Download latest nightly
       Save as AS_NAME if provided or use version number (with revision)

   or: hx download nightly <VERSION> [AS_NAME]
   or: hx download aws <VERSION> [AS_NAME]
       Download specific nightly VERSION (e.g., 2023-01-22_development_dd5e467)
       Save as AS_NAME if provided or use version number (with revision)
       Note: short hash VERSION is also supported for development nightlies (e.g. dd5e467)

Installing archive

If you already have an archive available (a nightly from a branch other than development, for example), you can install it with:

hx install my_haxe_release.tar.gz [AS_NAME]

List available versions

Use hx list to get a list of all haxe versions available throught your (local) haxe-manager.

Display currently selected version

Use hx current to display currently selected Haxe version string (equivalent to running haxe --version).

On Unix, you can also run:

• hx current --name to get the name under which that version is installed
• hx current --full to get both name and version string ([NAME] ([VERSION]))

List all Haxe modules for current hxml

Prints a list of all .hx files in all your classpath, to be passed to fzf or other tools.

Usage: hx list-modules [compile.hxml] (will default to build.hxml)

Included haxelib version

If you need to run commands from haxelib nightlies, but you currently selected Haxe version is bundling an older haxelib, you can access Haxe Manager's bundled version of haxelib through hxlib:

Usage: hxlib state load install.hxml / hxlib state save install.hxml

lix related tooling

Switch to Haxe version specified in .haxerc with hx rc. Alternatively, one-off operations can be done with hx with rc [haxe compiler args] without altering currently selected Haxe version.

haxe_libraries

Install libraries as defined in lix's haxe_libraries folder: hx lix-libs

Alternatively, generate a install.hxml file (to be used with haxelib state load install.hxml) by running hx lix-to-install install.hxml