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{{Short description|Notable software packages that are nominal IDE}}

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The following tables list notable software packages that are nominal IDEs; standalone tools such as [[source-code editor]]s and [[GUI builder]]s are not included. These IDEs are listed in alphabetic order of the supported language.

== ActionScript ==

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== C/C++ ==

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{{See also|C (programming language)|C++}}

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{| class="wikitable sortable sort-under mw-datatable sticky-header" style="font-size: 85%; text-align: center; width: auto;"

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! [[Integrated development environment|IDE]]

! [[Software license|License]]

! [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]]

! [[Linux]]

! [[macOS]]

! [[Platform (computing)|Other platforms]]

! Written in

! [[Debugger]]

! {{verth|[[GUI builder]]}}

! {{verth|Integrated<br/>[[toolchain]]}}

! [[Profiler (computer science)|Profiler]]

! {{verth|[[Code coverage]]}}

! {{verth|[[Autocomplete]]}}

! [[Static code analysis]]

! {{verth|[[user interface design|GUI-based<br/>design]]}}

! {{verth|[[Class browser]]}}

! Latest stable [[Software release life cycle|release]]

! [[C compiler]]

! [[C++ compiler]]

! [[Refactoring]]

|-

! [[Anjuta]] (abandoned)

| {{yes|[[GPL]]}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| [[FreeBSD]]

| [[C (programming language)|C]]

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| 2016-03

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

|-

! [[AppCode]] ([[IntelliJ IDEA]])

| {{proprietary}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

|

| [[Java (programming language)|Java]]

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}} (Xcode profiler)

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| 2012-12

| {{yes}} (Xcode toolchain)

| {{yes}} (Xcode toolchain)

| {{yes}}

|-

! [[C++Builder]]

| {{proprietary|[[Proprietary software|Proprietary]], [[Freeware software|Freeware]] (Starter edition only)}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}} (Cross compiler planned)

| {{yes}} (Cross compiler)

| cross-compiles for [[Android (operating system)|Android]] and [[iOS]]

| [[C++]] and [[Object Pascal]]

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}} (AQTime Standard in package manager)

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| 2017-03 Tokyo 10.2

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

|-

! [[Code::Blocks]]

| {{yes|[[GPL]]}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| [[FreeBSD]], [[OpenBSD]], [[Oracle Solaris|Solaris]]

| [[C++]]

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{Yes}}<ref>Using the wxSmith plug-in (included in distribution, requires SDK)</ref>

| {{yes}}

| 2020-05<ref>[http://www.codeblocks.org/ codeblocks.org] / Also provides relatively stable "nightly builds", an alternative to the official releases</ref>

| {{yes}} (MinGW + custom)

| {{yes}} (MinGW + custom)

| {{yes}}

|-

! [[CodeLite]]

| {{yes|[[GPL]]}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| [[FreeBSD]]

| [[C++]]

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{Yes}} (As of CodeLite 6.1, integration with [[Valgrind]])

| {{no}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}<ref>Using the wxCrafter plug-in (included in distribution, requires [[wxWidgets]] SDK)</ref>

| {{yes}}

| 2025-01-09

| {{yes}} (GCC, Clang, VC + custom)

| {{yes}} (GCC, Clang, VC + custom)

| {{yes}}

|-

! [[Dev-C++]]

| {{yes|[[GPL]]}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}<ref>A [https://web.archive.org/web/20010806095844] was in the works, but has been abandoned since mid-2002; however, Dev-C++ has been reported to run on [[Wine (software)|Wine]].</ref>

| {{no}}

| [[FreeBSD]]

| [[Object Pascal]]

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| 2021-01-30

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

|-

! [[Eclipse (software)|Eclipse CDT]]

| {{yes|[[Eclipse Public License|EPL]]}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| [[FreeBSD]], [[Java virtual machine|JVM]], [[Oracle Solaris|Solaris]]

| [[C++]], [[Java (programming language)|Java]]

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}<ref name="Eclipse Qt Integration"/>

| {{yes}}<ref name="Eclipse CDT Toolchain">{{cite web |url=http://help.eclipse.org/kepler/index.jsp?topic=%2Forg.eclipse.cdt.doc.isv%2Fguide%2Fcdt_build_system%2Fmigration_guides%2F4.0%2Fmigration_guide_40.html |title=Eclipse CDT Toolchain Documentation |access-date=January 29, 2014}}</ref>

| {{yes}}<ref name="Eclipse Linux Tools Profiling">{{cite web |url=http://wiki.eclipse.org/Linux_Tools_Project/OProfile/User_Guide |title=Eclipse LinuxTools integration of OProfile |access-date=January 29, 2014}}</ref>

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| 2020-06<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.eclipse.org/cdt/ |title=Eclipse CDT webpage}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://download.eclipse.org/eclipse/downloads/ |title=Eclipse Project Downloads}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://wiki.eclipse.org/Simultaneous_Release |title=Simultaneous Release - Eclipsepedia}}</ref>

| {{yes|External}}

| {{yes|External}}

| {{yes}}

|-

! [[Geany]]

| {{yes|[[GPL]]}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| [[FreeBSD]], [[IBM AIX|AIX]], [[OpenBSD]], [[Oracle Solaris|Solaris]], other [[Unix]]

| [[C (programming language)|C]]

| {{yes}} (via a plug-in)

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| 2019-04<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.geany.org/documentation/releasenotes/|title=geany.org|date=2016-03-13|publisher=geany.org|access-date=2018-02-28}}</ref>

| {{yes|External}}

| {{yes|External}}

| {{no}}

|-

! GNAT Programming Studio

| {{yes|[[GPL]]}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| [[DragonFly BSD]], [[FreeBSD]], [[NetBSD]], [[OpenBSD]], [[Oracle Solaris|Solaris]]

| [[Ada (programming language)|Ada]]

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| 2016-06

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

|-

! [[CLion|JetBrains CLion]]

| {{proprietary|[[Proprietary software|Proprietary]]}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

|

| [[Java (programming language)|Java]]

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| 2019-07<ref>

access-date=2019-10-22}}</ref>

| {{yes}} (customizable)

| {{yes}} (customizable)

| {{yes}}

|-

! [[KDevelop]]

| {{yes|[[GPL]]}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| [[FreeBSD]], [[Oracle Solaris|Solaris]]

| [[C (programming language)|C]]/[[C++]]

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| 2022-12-08

| {{yes|External}}

| {{yes|External}}

| {{yes}}

|-

! [[LabWindows/CVI]]

| {{Proprietary}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| cross-compile to [[Linux]], [[Phar Lap (company)|Phar Lap ETS]]

| {{dunno}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{N/A}}

| 2016-12

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

|-

! [[Microsoft Visual Studio]]

| {{proprietary|[[Proprietary software|Proprietary]], [[Freeware software|Freeware]] (Community edition only)}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}} (Cross compiler)<ref name="VisualGDB">Visual Studio supports C/C++ on Linux out of the box from version 2017 or later, but is also available via third-party plugins like VisualGDB</ref>

| {{no}}

| [[Mac OS 7]] (v2.x-v4.x only)

| [[C++]] and [[C Sharp (programming language)|C#]]

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| 2019-04

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}} (also plugin)<ref name="Visual Assist X and Resharper C++">Refactoring for Visual Studio C/C++ is supported natively since https://www.jetbrains.com/resharper-cpp/</ref>

|-

![[Visual Studio Code]]

| {{yes | [[ MIT License| MIT]]}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

|

|[[TypeScript]] [[JavaScript]] [[CSS]]

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{date|{{wikidata|qualifier|preferred|single|Q19841877|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}|ISO}}

| {{yes|External}}

| {{yes|External}}

| {{maybe|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/editor/refactoring|title=Refactoring source code in Visual Studio Code}}</ref>

|-

! [[MonoDevelop]]

| {{yes|[[LGPL]]}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| [[FreeBSD]], [[OpenBSD]], [[Oracle Solaris|Solaris]]

| [[C Sharp (programming language)|C#]]

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| 2016-11

| {{yes}} (GCC + custom)

| {{yes}} (GCC + custom)

| {{yes}}

|-

! [[NetBeans#NetBeans IDE Bundle for C/C++|NetBeans C/C++ pack]]

| {{yes|[[Apache License]]}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| [[OpenBSD]], [[Oracle Solaris|Solaris]]

| [[Java (programming language)|Java]]

| {{yes}}<ref name="netbeansCC++">{{cite web | title=C and C++ Development | publisher=[[Sun Microsystems]] | access-date=June 26, 2009}}</ref>

| {{yes}}<ref name="netbeansCC++" />

| {{no}}<ref name="netbeansCC++" />

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{Latest stable software release/NetBeans}}

| {{yes|External}}

| {{yes|External}}

| {{yes}}

|-

! [[OpenWatcom]]

| {{yes|[[Sybase Open Watcom Public License|OSI Approved]]}}

| {{no}} (32-bit only)

| {{partial}}

| {{no}}

| [[FreeBSD]], [[DOS]]

| [[C (programming language)|C]]/[[C++]]

| {{yes}} (GUI)

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| 2010-06

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

|-

! [[Oracle Solaris Studio]]

| {{proprietary|[[Proprietary software|Proprietary]], [[Freeware software|Freeware]]}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| [[Oracle Solaris|Solaris]]

| {{dunno}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| 2008-11

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

|-

! [[LCC_(compiler)|Pelles C IDE]]

| {{proprietary|[[Proprietary software|Proprietary]], [[Freeware software|Freeware]]}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

|

| [[C (programming language)|C]]

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| {{dunno}}

| May 19, 2023

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{dunno}}

|-

! [[Qt Creator]]

| {{yes|[[GPL]] / [[LGPL]] / [[Proprietary software|Proprietary]]}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| [[FreeBSD]], [[Maemo]], [[OpenBSD]], [[Symbian]]

| [[C++]]

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}} (clang)

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

[[Rational Software Architect|Rational Software Architect (Eclipse IBM)]]

| {{proprietary}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| [[FreeBSD]], [[Java virtual machine|JVM]], [[Oracle Solaris|Solaris]]

| [[Java (programming language)|Java]]

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| 2015-09

| {{yes|External}}

| {{yes|External}}

| {{yes}}

|-

! [[SlickEdit]]

| {{Proprietary}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| [[Oracle Solaris|Solaris]], Solaris [[SPARC]], [[AIX]], [[HP-UX]]

| [[C++]]

| {{Yes}}

| {{No}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{No}}

| {{No}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{No}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{Yes}}

| 2018-12

| {{yes|External}}

| {{yes|External}}

| {{Yes}}

|-

! [[Ultimate++|U++ TheIDE]]

| {{yes|[[BSD]]}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| [[FreeBSD]], [[Oracle Solaris|Solaris]]

| [[C++]]

| {no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| 2022-12

| {{no|External}}

| {no|External}}

| {{no}}

|-

! [[Understand (software)|Understand]]

| {{proprietary}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| [[Oracle Solaris|Solaris]]

| {{dunno}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| 2015-12

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

|-

! [[Xcode|Xcode (Apple)]]

| {{proprietary}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| {{no}}

| cross compiles to [[iOS (Apple)|iOS]]

| [[C (programming language)|C]], [[C++]], [[Objective-C]], [[Objective-C++]]

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| 2016-12

| {{no}}, llvm (llvm-gcc and gcc deprecated)

| {{yes}}, llvm (llvm-gcc and gcc deprecated)

| {{no}}

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| [[Microsoft]]

| {{sort|2019-04-12June 23, 2025|1617.914.47 &nbsp;/&nbsp;AprilJune 1323, 20212025}}

| {{Yes}}

| {{No}}

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== Common Lisp ==

{{See also|Lisp (programming language)|l1=Lisp}}

=== Common Lisp ===

<!-- Please keep the list alphabetized and do not add trivial or obscure features to the table. If in doubt, discuss on the talk page. -->

{{See also|Common Lisp}}

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| {{yes}}

| [[Class browser]], Errors, Symbols

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=== Emacs Lisp ===

{{See also|Emacs Lisp}}

{| class="wikitable sortable sort-under" style="font-size: 85%; text-align: center; width: auto;"

|-

! [[Integrated development environment|IDE]]

! [[Software license|License]]

! [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]]

! [[Linux]]

! [[macOS]]

! [[Platform (computing)|Other platforms]]

! [[text editor|Editor]]

! [[Debugger]]

! [[GUI builder]]

! [[Profiler (computer science)|Profiler]]

! Limitations

|-

! [[GNU Emacs]]

| {{yes|[[GNU General Public License|GPLv3]]}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| [[FreeBSD]], [[OpenBSD]], [[Haiku (operating system)|Haiku]]

| {{yes}} (built-in)

| {{yes}} (Edebug, IELM)

| {{yes}} (via packages like Emacs Widget Library)

| {{yes}} (e.g., elp, profiler.el)

| General-purpose text editor extended into a full IDE via Lisp

|-

|}

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! EE

! Limitations

|-

! [[Android Studio]]

| {{yes|[[Apache License]] (based on [[IntelliJ IDEA]])}}

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| [[ChromeOS]]

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| Not a general-purpose IDE; focused on [[Android app development]]

|-

! [[BlueJ]]

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! [[Wing IDE|Wing]]<!-- IDE -->

| Wingware<!-- Developer -->

| 11.0.13<!-- Latest stable version -->

| 2025-0608-0501<!-- Latest stable date -->

| [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]], [[Linux]], [[macOS]]<!-- Platform -->

| {{yes|[[Python (programming language)|Python]]}}<!-- Written in -->

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== See also ==

* [[Comparison of assemblers]]

* [[Comparison of compilers]]

* Game integrated development environment

* [[Graphical user interface builder]]

* [[Online integrated development environment]]

* [[List of compilers]]

* [[Source-code editor]]

* [[Game integrated development environment]]

== References ==