List of Free Software and Freeware IDEs
Updated: new section - programmers' text editors
If I have missed out any other Freeware or Free software IDEs, please let me know. Software - OS or Platform supported - Languages supported Free Software/Open Source KDevelop - Linux - Multiple languages Anjuta - Linux - C/C++ eric - Crossplatform - Python MonoDevelop - Linux - Dot Net BoaConstructor - Crossplatform - Python Quanta Plus - Linux - Web dev (PHP/HTML) Eclipse - Crossplatform - Multiple languages Bloodshed Dev-C++ - Windows - C/C++ Netbeans - Crossplatform - Java Code::Blocks IDE - Windows/Linux - C/C++ VIDE - Windows/Linux - C/C++ MinIDE - Windows - C/C++ BVRDE - Windows - C/C++ (crosscompiler) FreeRIDE - Crossplatform - Ruby Geany - Linux and Windows - Multiple languages Radrails - Crossplatform - Ruby Bluefish - Unix - Web dev (PHP/HTML) Emacs - Crossplatform - Multiple languages Xwpe-ALPHA - Unix - C/C++ CodeDragon/wxStudio - Crossplatform - C/C++ Open Perl IDE - Windows - Perl FreePascal IDE - Crossplatform - Pascal Kile - Linux - TeX/LaTeX Spe - Crossplatform - Python PIDA - Linux - Python Lazarus - Crossplatform - Pascal SharpDevelop - Windows - .NET Framework Freeware (License may be restrictive) JCreator - Windows - Java MinGW Developer Studio - Windows - C/C++ Visual Studio Express - Windows - Multiple languages JBuilder Foundation - Crossplatform - Java BlueJ - Crossplatform - Java PerlEdit - Windows/Linux - Perl jGRASP - Crossplatform - Multiple languages JDeveloper - Crossplatform - Java/db/web development Freeware and/or FOSS Programming Editors (Not Full IDEs, but useful nonetheless) jEdit - Crossplatform Crimson Editor - Windows Syn Text Editor - Windows Kate - Unix (KDE) vim - Unix CUTE - Unix (QT) jed - Crossplatform gedit - Unix (Gnome) NoteTab Light - Windows pe - BeOS |
This is a great idea; many people seek information about this subject. (This thread should be sticky on the programming forum.) I have some additions for your list:
Free Software / Open Source FreeRIDE - Crossplatform - http://freeride.rubyforge.org/wiki/wiki.pl (requires Ruby) Geany - Crossplatform - http://geany.uvena.de/ (requires GTK) Radrails - Crossplatform - http://www.radrails.org/ (requires Ruby & Java) Bluefish - Unix - http://bluefish.openoffice.nl/download.html (requires GTK) Also, what about Emacs? Some may not consider it an IDE, but with a little work it can do everything the major IDEs can. :) |
Awesome links. All the IDE's I can think of has already been mentioned. I'm kinda curious about the Visual Studio Express so I'm downloading it. I've been watching some tutorials on MS homepage and it looks pretty neat ^^;;
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Thanks. Added. :)
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This link will be of value here
http://www.thefreecountry.com/compilers/index.shtml |
dmail, thanks for the link. That site literally has *tons* of free stuff. I think we should limit this list to just IDEs or the list will grow unwieldy.
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Great idea, I think that it would be helpful if you could categorise them into the languages that they support, for example quanta & bluefish are html editors, BlueJ is a Java, Eclipse is a Java but supports others through plugins.
And let me add some competition to Quanta & bluefish, NVU, a cross platform HTML editor from http://www.nvu.com/download.php There is also for "non-commercial use" phpedit an windows php IDE http://www.waterproof.fr/products/PH...y-personal.php |
Great job, just a small comment: I'm surprised to see NetBeans in the "Licence may be restrictive" group. NetBeans is both Open Source and Free Software, being released under an OSI approved license (the CDDL), so it should be in the first list.
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xwpe and grasp?
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bluefish is not an IDE. But it is a very nice editor. Edit: I see graemf already said bluefish was an html editor. Actually it's a pretty good all-around editor, and certainly not limited to html. It has syntax coloring for Python, PHP, and a lot of other languages (I think c/c++ also but can't remember.) And it's a good x-over editor for newbies coming from Windows (you don't have to remember alt-ctl-left-shift-&). |
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GNU Emacs from CVS can be built using the GTK+ 2 toolkit, just run configure with the --with-gtk option. I've not had any problems with Emacs version 22.0.50.1 (running under FreeBSD 6-STABLE with GTK 2.8.19). It's very cleanly integrated, too; not that I usually use any the GUI elements. One feature about it that is kind of nice is that you can tear off the menus. |
Sorry about the Netbeans mistake. I will correct it now. + emacs added now to the list.
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Added languages supported. Please correct any mistake if you find it :D
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