Stan Documentation
Version 2.36
This is the official documentation for Stan.
The Stan User’s Guide (pdf) provides example models and programming techniques for coding statistical models in Stan.
The Stan Reference Manual (pdf) specifies the Stan programming language and inference algorithms.
The Stan Functions Reference (pdf) specifies the functions built into the Stan programming language.
There are also separate installation and getting started guides for CmdStan (pdf), the command-line interface to the Stan inference engine, and the R, Python, and Julia interfaces.
Older Versions
This documentation is for Stan 2.36. Older versions of each of the documents linked above can be found in the table below:
| Version | Stan Reference Manual | Stan Users Guide | CmdStan Guide | Stan Functions Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.36 | html pdf | html pdf | html pdf | html pdf |
| 2.35 | html pdf | html pdf | html pdf | html pdf |
| 2.34 | html pdf | html pdf | html pdf | html pdf |
| 2.33 | html pdf | html pdf | html pdf | html pdf |
| 2.32 | html pdf | html pdf | html pdf | html pdf |
| 2.31 | html pdf | html pdf | html pdf | html pdf |
| 2.30 | html pdf | html pdf | html pdf | html pdf |
| 2.29 | html pdf | html pdf | html pdf | html pdf |
| 2.28 | html pdf | html pdf | html pdf | html pdf |
| 2.27 | html pdf | html pdf | html pdf | html pdf |
| 2.26 | html pdf | html pdf | html pdf | html pdf |
| 2.25 | html pdf | html pdf | html pdf | html pdf |
| 2.24 | html pdf | html pdf | html pdf | html pdf |
| 2.23 | html pdf | html pdf | html pdf | html pdf |
| 2.22 | html pdf | html pdf | html pdf | |
| 2.21 | html pdf | html pdf | html pdf | |
| 2.20 | html pdf | html pdf | html pdf | |
| 2.19 | html pdf | html pdf | html pdf | |
| 2.18 | html pdf | html pdf | html pdf |
Prior to version 2.18, all documentation was part of a single document called the Stan User’s Guide and Reference Manual. These versions are still available for download as PDFs:
| Version | Stan User’s Guide and Reference Manual |
|---|---|
| 2.17 | |
| 2.16 | |
| 2.15 | |
| 2.14 | |
| 2.13 | |
| 2.12 | |
| 2.11 | |
| 2.10 | |
| 2.9 | |
| 2.8 | |
| 2.7 | |
| 2.6 | |
| 2.5 | |
| 2.4 | |
| 2.3 | |
| 2.2 | |
| 2.1 | |
| 2.0 | |
| 1.3 | |
| 1.2 | |
| 1.1 | |
| 1.0 |
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