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ACL2 vs F*

ACL2

acl2.org

F*

fstar-lang.org

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FigureACL2F*
Price from—Free
Free plan—Yes
Free trial——
Open source——
WindowsYesYes
macOSYesYes
LinuxYesYes
Self-hostedYesYes
Plans published01
Spec score · Formal Verification Tools7.8 (#14)8.0 (#11)
Community supportThe acl2, acl2-help, and acl2-books mailing lists serve general discussion, user help, and discussion of developments in ACL2 and its Community Books.The project directs questions to GitHub Discussions and a public Zulip forum, and lists a low-traffic mailing list and maintainer contact email.
InstallationUnix-like installation instructions cover Linux, macOS with Intel or ARM processors, and FreeBSD; Windows has separate installation instructions.The project offers binaries for Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X, and installation through OPAM, Docker, Nix, or source builds.
PurposeACL2 combines a Lisp-based programming language for formal models with a reasoning engine that can prove properties about those models.F* is a general-purpose proof-oriented programming language for purely functional and effectful programming.

Plans

ACL2

No plans published.

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F*

  • F*Free

F* pricing →

In their own words

ACL2

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F*

F* has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.

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