diff --git a/.github/workflows/basic.yaml b/.github/workflows/basic.yaml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..845f84c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.github/workflows/basic.yaml
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+# This workflow will run stuff on the basic version of tictactoe
+
+name: Basic
+
+on:
+  push:
+    branches: [main]
+  pull_request:
+    branches: [main]
+
+jobs:
+  build:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    defaults:
+      run:
+        working-directory: ./tictactoe_basic
+    steps:
+      - uses: actions/checkout@v4
+      - name: Install fbc
+        run: |
+          sudo apt-get install libtinfo5
+          wget -O FreeBASIC-1.10.1-linux-x86_64.tar.gz 'http://downloads.sourceforge.net/fbc/FreeBASIC-1.10.1-linux-x86_64.tar.gz?download'
+          ls
+          tar xzf FreeBASIC-1.10.1-linux-x86_64.tar.gz
+          cd FreeBASIC-1.10.1-linux-x86_64
+          sudo ./install.sh -i
+          fbc --version
+      - name: Compile
+        run: fbc tictactoe_basic.bas
+      - name: Run
+        run: ./tictactoe_basic
diff --git a/.pre-commit-config.yaml b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
index 289e364..e954996 100644
--- a/.pre-commit-config.yaml
+++ b/.pre-commit-config.yaml
@@ -296,3 +296,6 @@ repos:
 
   # C# specific
   # None
+
+  # basic specific
+  # None
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 1135227..949a846 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -333,6 +333,16 @@ Run with:
 ./tictactoe_bash.sh
 ```
 
+## TicTacToe-Basic
+
+Version using [Basic](https://www.freebasic.net/).
+
+Compile and run with:
+```bash
+fbc tictactoe_basic.bas
+./tictactoe_basic
+```
+
 ## TicTacToe-scratch
 Very simple two player tictactoe game with Scratch.
 
diff --git a/tictactoe_basic/tictactoe_basic.bas b/tictactoe_basic/tictactoe_basic.bas
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a525bfe
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tictactoe_basic/tictactoe_basic.bas
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+function AddNumbers( a as integer, b as integer ) as integer
+        return a + b
+end function
+
+sub hello( )
+        print "hello"
+end sub
+
+declare sub myprint( num as integer )
+
+'Code outside any procedures is the main part of the program
+hello( )
+print AddNumbers( 1, 1 )
+myprint 5
+
+sub myprint( num as integer )
+        print num
+end sub