GCompris

GCompris
Original author(s)Bruno Coudoin
Developer(s)KDE, Timothée Giet and Johnny Jazeix (maintainers)
Initial release2000; 24 years ago (2000)
Stable release
4.2[1] Edit this on Wikidata / 20 September 2024
Repositoryinvent.kde.org/education/gcompris.git
Written in
Operating systemAndroid, BSD, Linux, macOS, Microsoft Windows
Platform
Available inmore than 50 languages
TypeEducational entertainment, Educational software
LicenseNew (Qt Quick):
Since 1.1: AGPL-3.0-only
0.1 to 1.0: GPL-3.0-or-later
Legacy (GTK):
8.5 to 15.10: GPL-3.0-or-later
0.2.4? to 8.3.1: GPL-2.0-or-later
Websitegcompris.net Edit this at Wikidata

GCompris is a software suite comprising educational entertainment software for children aged 2 to 10.[2] GCompris was originally written in C and Python using the GTK+ widget toolkit, but a rewrite in C++ and QML using the Qt widget toolkit has been undertaken since early 2014. GCompris is free and open-source software and the current version is subject to the requirements of the AGPL-3.0-only license. It has been part of the GNU project.[3]

The name GCompris is a pun, in the French language is pronounced the same as the phrase "I have understood", J'ai compris [ʒekɔ̃ˈpʁi].

It is available for Linux, BSD, macOS, Windows and Android. While binaries compiled for Microsoft Windows and macOS were initially distributed with a restricted number of activities and a small fee was required to unlock all the activities, since February 2020 the full version is entirely free for all platforms.[4]

  1. ^ "Release GCompris 4.2". 20 September 2024. Retrieved 25 September 2024.
  2. ^ "Why Free Software makes sense in education". Express Computer. 6 October 2003. Archived from the original on 8 August 2007. Retrieved 25 July 2007.
  3. ^ "GCompris - GNU Project - Free Software Foundation". lists.gnu.org. 20 September 2011.
  4. ^ Giet, Timothée. "GCompris is now Free to install everywhere". gcompris.net. Retrieved 29 April 2020.