Comparison of parser generators

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This is an incompilete list of compiler-compilers.

Product Type Output Languages Grammar/code Lexer CC platform IDE License
[1] CLR Delphi Mixed Mixed Win XP no Public ___domain
AnaGram LALR ANSI C, C++ ? ? Win32 yes Proprietary
ACCENT GLR C Mixed External (Lex) All (ANSI C) no Open source (GPL)
ANTLR LL(k) C++, C#, Java, Python Mixed Generated All (Java) no Open source (BSD)
Beaver LALR Java Mixed External All (Java) no Open source (BSD)
Bison LALR, GLR C, C++ Mixed External (Flex) GNU/Linux, Unix, Win32 no Open source (GPL)
BYACC LALR C Mixed External Unix, Win32 no Public ___domain
BYACC/J LALR C, Java Mixed External (JFlex) Irix, Linux, Solaris, Win32 no Public ___domain
Coco/R LL(k) C++, C#, Java Mixed Generated All (Java), .NET, Linux no Open source (GPL)
CppCC LL(k) C++ ? ? ? no Open source (GPL)
CSTools LALR C# Mixed Generated .NET no Open source
CUP LALR Java Mixed External (JLex) All (Java) no Open source (GPL)
Elkhound GLR C++, Ocaml Mixed External Unix, Win32 no Open source (BSD)
GOLD LALR ANSI C, C#, Delphi, Java, Python, Visual Basic, Visual C++ Separated ? Win32 yes Open source (zlib/libpng)
Grammatica LL(k) C#, Java Separated Generated All (Java) no Open source (GPL)
jacc LALR Java Mixed ? All (Java) no Open source (BSD)
JavaCC LL(k) Java ? Generated All (Java) no Open source (BSD)
jay LALR Java ? ? Unix no ?
LEMON LALR C ? ? ? no Public ___domain
LRgen LALR C++, Any (if you rewrite the skeleton) Separated Generated Win32 no Proprietary
Parser Objects LL(k) Java Mixed ? All (Java) no Open source (ZLib/LibPNG)
PRECC LL(k) C ? ? Dos, Unix no ?
Rats! Packrat Java Mixed Generated All (Java) no Open source (LGPL)
SableCC LALR Java (and, with "altgen" engine, C, C++, C#, OCAML and Python) Separated Generated All (Java & various) no Open source (LGPL)
SLK LL(k) C, C++, C#, Java Separated External Win32, Linux no Proprietary
Spirit LL(k) C++ Mixed ?  - no Open source (Boost)
TextTransformer LL(k) C++ Mixed Generated Win32 yes Proprietary (free version)
Visual Parse++ LALR C++,C++, C#, Java Separated Generated Win32 yes Proprietary
Yacc (AT&T) LALR C (other languages available) Mixed External Unix no Open source (various)
YooParse LR C++ ? External (YooLex) ? no Open source (MIT)