Code::Blocks

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Code::Blocks

Code::Blocks 16.01
Developer(s)	The Code::Blocks team
Initial release	2005; 19 years ago (2005)
Stable release	20.03-r11983 / March 29, 2020; 4 years ago (2020-03-29)
Preview release	20.03-r13107 / December 10, 2022; 21 months ago (2022-12-10)
Repository	svn.code.sf.net/p/codeblocks/code/trunk
Written in	C++ (wxWidgets)
Operating system	Cross-platform
Type	IDE
License	GPL-3.0-only[1]
Website	www.codeblocks.org

Code::Blocks is a free, open-source, cross-platform IDE that supports multiple compilers including GCC, Clang and Visual C++. It is developed in C++ using wxWidgets as the GUI toolkit. Using a plugin architecture, its capabilities and features are defined by the provided plugins. Currently, Code::Blocks is oriented towards C, C++, and Fortran. It has a custom build system and optional Make support.

Code::Blocks is being developed for Windows and Linux and has been ported to FreeBSD,^[2] OpenBSD^[3] and Solaris.^[4] The latest binary provided for macOS version is 13.12 released on 2013/12/26 (compatible with Mac OS X 10.6 and later), but more recent versions can be compiled and MacPorts supplies version 17.12.