Setup Fortran

Set up a Fortran compiler on Ubuntu, macOS and Windows runners.

• Usage
• Options
• Outputs
• Environment variables
• Runner compatibility
• License

Usage

jobs:
  test:
    runs-on: ${{ matrix.os }}
    strategy:
      fail-fast: false
      matrix:
        os: [ubuntu-latest, macos-latest, windows-latest]
        toolchain:
          - {compiler: gcc, version: 'latest'}
          - {compiler: intel, version: '2025.0'}
          - {compiler: intel-classic, version: '2021.10'}
          - {compiler: nvidia-hpc, version: 'latest'}
          - {compiler: lfortran, version: '0.45.0'}
          - {compiler: aocc, version: '5.1.0'}
        exclude:
          - os: macos-latest
            toolchain: {compiler: intel}
          - os: macos-latest
            toolchain: {compiler: intel-classic}
          - os: macos-latest
            toolchain: {compiler: nvidia-hpc}
          - os: windows-latest
            toolchain: {compiler: nvidia-hpc}
          - os: macos-latest
            toolchain: {compiler: aocc}
          - os: windows-latest
            toolchain: {compiler: aocc}

    steps:
      - uses: fortran-lang/setup-fortran@v1
        id: setup-fortran
        with:
          compiler: ${{ matrix.toolchain.compiler }}
          version: ${{ matrix.toolchain.version }}

      - run: |
          ${{ env.FC }} ... # environment vars FC, CC, and CXX are set
          ${{ steps.setup-fortran.outputs.fc }} ... # outputs work too

Options

• compiler: Compiler toolchain to setup, available options are
  • gcc for gfortran
  • intel for ifx
  • intel-classic for ifort
  • lfortran for lfortran
  • nvidia-hpc for nvfortran
  • aocc for flang (AMD Optimizing C/C++ and Fortran Compilers)
• version: Version of the compiler toolchain. See runner compatibility charts below.
• update-environment: Whether to set environment variables (FC etc, defaults true).

Outputs

The action sets the following outputs:

• fc: Fortran compiler executable, e.g. gfortran
• cc: C compiler executable, e.g. gcc
• cxx: C++ compiler executable, e.g. g++

C/C++ compilers of the same toolchain/version are provided where available. If a standalone Fortran compiler is selected, the action will attempt to configure compatible C/C++ compilers (typically GCC, or MSVC on Windows), but this is not guaranteed — use at your own risk.

Environment variables

The same values are also set as environment variables:

• FC
• CC
• CXX

Corresponding FPM environment variables are also set:

• FPM_FC
• FPM_CC
• FPM_CXX

These are made available to subsequent workflow steps via the GITHUB_ENV environment file mechanism.

Runner compatibility

Toolchain support varies across GitHub-hosted runner images.

runner	aocc 5.1.0	aocc 5.2.0	gcc 13	gcc 14	gcc 15	intel 2021.1	intel 2021.1.2	intel 2021.2	intel 2021.4	intel 2022.0	intel 2022.1	intel 2022.2	intel 2022.2.1	intel 2023.0	intel 2023.1	intel 2023.2	intel 2024.0	intel 2024.1	intel 2025.0	intel 2025.2	intel 2025.3	intel 2026.0	intel 2026.1	intel-classic 2021.1	intel-classic 2021.1.2	intel-classic 2021.2	intel-classic 2021.3	intel-classic 2021.4	intel-classic 2021.5	intel-classic 2021.6	intel-classic 2021.7.1	intel-classic 2021.8	intel-classic 2021.9	intel-classic 2021.10	intel-classic 2021.11	intel-classic 2021.12	lfortran 0.57.0	lfortran 0.58.0	nvidia-hpc 23.3	nvidia-hpc 23.5	nvidia-hpc 23.7	nvidia-hpc 23.9	nvidia-hpc 23.11	nvidia-hpc 24.1	nvidia-hpc 24.3	nvidia-hpc 24.5	nvidia-hpc 25.1	nvidia-hpc 25.3	nvidia-hpc 25.5	nvidia-hpc 25.7	nvidia-hpc 25.9	nvidia-hpc 26.1
macos-14			✓	✓	✓																			✓		✓	✓		✓	✓		✓	✓	✓			✓	✓
macos-15			✓	✓	✓																			✓		✓	✓		✓	✓		✓	✓	✓			✓	✓
macos-15-intel			✓	✓	✓	✓		✓																✓		✓	✓		✓	✓		✓	✓	✓			✓	✓
macos-26			✓	✓	✓																			✓		✓	✓		✓	✓		✓	✓	✓			✓	✓
macos-26-intel			✓	✓	✓	✓		✓																✓		✓	✓		✓	✓		✓	✓	✓			✓	✓
ubuntu-22.04			✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓		✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
ubuntu-24.04	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓		✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓								✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
windows-2022			✓	✓	✓						✓	✓			✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓							✓			✓	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
windows-2025			✓	✓	✓																✓	✓	✓														✓	✓
windows-2025-vs2026			✓	✓	✓																✓	✓	✓														✓	✓

Note: Intel’s ifx compiler is not supported on macOS, so the intel option redirects to intel-classic (ifort).

Note: LFortran is currently only discoverable by name with bash on Windows, see here for context.

License

Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the “License”); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

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