Quickstart

These instructions will walk you through setting up Lean 4 together with VS Code as an editor for Lean 4. See Setup for supported platforms and other ways to set up Lean 4.

  1. Install VS Code.

  2. Launch VS Code and install the Lean 4 extension by clicking on the 'Extensions' sidebar entry and searching for 'Lean 4'.

    installing the vscode-lean4 extension

  3. Open the Lean 4 setup guide by creating a new text file using 'File > New Text File' (Ctrl+N / Cmd+N), clicking on the ∀-symbol in the top right and selecting 'Documentation… > Docs: Show Setup Guide'.

    show setup guide

  4. Follow the Lean 4 setup guide. It will:

    • walk you through learning resources for Lean,
    • teach you how to set up Lean's dependencies on your platform,
    • install Lean 4 for you at the click of a button,
    • help you set up your first project.

    setup guide