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The following is a comparison of integrated development environments and GUI builders.


C/C++

Developer Latest stable release Platform Cost (USD) License
Absoft IDE Absoft 10.0v Linux, Windows, Mac OS X $900 (commercial), $440 (Academic) Proprietary
Anjuta Anjuta team September 2007 Linux Free GPL
BabyDevelop Ulrich Gehring (founder) & others November 2007 Linux, Mac OS X, Windows/Cygwin Free GPL
C++ Builder CodeGear December 2005 Windows $1,090 (Professional); $2,490 (Enterprise) Proprietary
Code::Blocks Code::Blocks team October 2005 Linux, Windows Free GPL
Dev-C++ Bloodshed Software February 2005 Windows Free GPL
Eclipse CDT Eclipse Foundation June 2007 Cross-platform Free EPL
GNAT Programming Studio AdaCore September 2006 Linux, Windows, Solaris Free GPL
KDevelop KDevelop Team May 2007 Linux Free GPL
MinGW Developer Studio Parinya Thipchart July 2005 Cross-platform Free Freeware
NetBeans C/C++ pack Sun Microsystems December 2007 Cross-platform Free CDDL
Rational Software Architect IBM Rational Software 2007 Cross-platform Proprietary
Turbo C++ CodeGear September 2006 Windows Free (Explorer); $399 (Professional) Proprietary
Visual C++ Microsoft November 2007 Windows Free (Express Edition);
With Visual Studio: $299 (Standard); $799 (Professional); $10,939 (Team Suite)[1]
Proprietary
Ultimate++ Ultimate++ team November 2007 Cross-platform Free BSD
wxDev-C++ wxDev-C++ Developers March 2007 Windows Free GPL
Xcode Apple October 2007 Mac OS X Free (included with Mac OS X) Proprietary
SlickEdit SlickEdit Inc. November 2007 Cross-platform $284 (Named User); $429 (Concurrent User) Proprietary

C#

Developer Latest stable release Platform Cost (USD) License
MonoDevelop Novell and the Mono community November 2007 Cross-platform Free GPL
SharpDevelop ICSharpCode Team August 2007 Windows Free LGPL
Visual C# Microsoft November 2007 Windows Free (Express Edition);
With Visual Studio: $299 (Standard); $799 (Professional); $10,939 (Team Suite)
Proprietary

Fortran

Developer Latest stable release Platform Cost (USD) License
GNAT Programming Studio AdaCore 4.0 / September 2006 Linux, Windows, Solaris Free GPL
KDevelop KDevelop Team 5.5.1 (May 5, 2020; 5 years ago (2020-05-05)) [±] Linux Free GPL
Photran University of Illinois, Los Alamos National Laboratory 4.0 beta 1/ June 2007 Linux, Windows, Mac OS X Free EPL
Absoft IDE Absoft 10.0v Linux, Windows, Mac OS X $900 (commercial), $440 (Academic) Proprietary

Java

Developer Based On Latest stable release Platform Cost (USD) License
BEA Workshop for WebLogic BEA Systems - July 2007 Windows, Linux Free Proprietary
BlueJ Dr Michael Kölling and John Rosenberg (founders) & others - April 2006 Java Free BlueJ License
CodeGuide Omnicore Software - December 2004 Cross-platform $399 Proprietary
Eclipse JDT Eclipse Foundation - June 2007 Java Free Eclipse Public License
IntelliJ IDEA JetBrains - December 2007 Cross-platform Free (Classroom or Open Source); $99 (Academic); $249 (Personal); $499 (Commercial) Proprietary
JBuilder CodeGear Eclipse May 2007 Java Free (Foundation); $499 (Developer); $3,500 (Enterprise) Proprietary
JCreator Xinox Software - October 2006 Windows Free (JCreator LE); $69 (JCreator Pro) Proprietary
JDeveloper Oracle - January 2006 Cross-platform Free Proprietary
KDevelop KDevelop Team - October 2007 Linux Free GPL
MyEclipse Genuitec Eclipse August 2007 Cross-platform (not all features) professional: $49.95/year; standard: $29.95/year Proprietary
NetBeans Sun Microsystems - December 2007 Java Free CDDL, GPL2
Rational Application Developer IBM Rational Software Eclipse 2007 Cross-platform Proprietary
X-develop Omnicore Software - 2006 Cross-platform $499 Proprietary
Xcode Apple - October 2007 Mac OS X Free (included with Mac OS X) Proprietary
Servoy Servoy Developer Team - July 2007 Cross-platform $649 Copyright, Servoy License

JavaScript

Developer Latest stable release Platform Cost (USD) License
Aptana Studio Aptana, Inc. October 2007 Cross-platform Free GPL, Aptana Public License
Servoy Servoy Developer Team July 2007 Cross-platform $649 Copyright, Servoy License

Pascal

Developer Latest stable release Platform Cost (USD) License
Delphi CodeGear 2007 Windows Free Explorer version. (commercial Eur 200+) Proprietary
Lazarus Volunteers 0.9.24 Cross-platform Free modified LGPL
Dev-Pascal Bloodshed Software 1.9.1 Windows Free
MIDletPascal Mobile Experts Group 2.02 / January 14, 2006 Mobiles $39 Proprietary
Morfik Morfik Technology Pty Ltd. Windows $ Proprietary
Free Pascal IDE Volunteers 2.2 / September 10, 2007 Cross-platform Free GPL

Perl

Developer Latest stable release Platform Cost (USD) License
Kdevelop KDevelop Team 3.4.1 (2007-05-22) [±] Cross-platform Free GPL
E.P.I.C ? ? Cross-platform Free License

PHP

Developer Latest stable release Platform Cost (USD) License
Aptana Studio with PHP plugin Aptana, Inc. October 2007, Beta Cross-platform Free GPL, Aptana Public License
Delphi for PHP CodeGear 1.0 / February 20, 2007 Windows $299 Proprietary
Eclipse PDT Eclipse Foundation / Zend 0.7 / October 26, 2006 Cross-platform Free EPL
KDevelop KDevelop Team 5.5.1 (May 5, 2020; 5 years ago (2020-05-05)) [±] Linux Free GPL
Geany Team 0.11 Independent (w/ GTK2 support) Free GPL
PHPEclipse www.phpeclipse.net 1.2.0 / September 2007 Cross-platform On Eclipse Free CPL
PHPEdit WaterProof SARL 2.6.1 / September 9, 2006 Windows $113 Proprietary
Quanta Plus KDE Web Dev Team 3.5.8 / October 16, 2007 Linux Free GPL
Zend Studio Zend 5.5 / December 4, 2006 Cross-platform $299 Proprietary

Python

Developer Latest stable release Platform Cost (USD) License
Boa Constructor Team 0.6.1 Independent Free GPL
Dabo Team 0.8.2 Independent Free MIT
Eric Python IDE Detlev Offenbach 4.0.0 Independent Free GPL
Kiwi/Gazpacho Team 0.7.1 Independent Free LGPL
Geany Team 0.11 Independent (w/ GTK2 support) Free GPL
Glade Interface Designer Team 3.2.2 Independent Free GPL
Kexi Team 1.1.2 Independent Free LGPL
Komodo ActiveState 4.1.1 / June, 2007 Cross-platform $249 Proprietary
ReportLab ReportLab 2.0 Independent Free ?
Stani's Python Editor Stani ? Independent Free GPL
TruStudio Foundation Team 1.0.1a MacOS X/X11/Win32 Free QPL
Wing IDE Wingware 3.0.2-1 Windows / Linux / OS X $179 Professional / $35 Personal Commercial/Discount for OpenSource Development
wxGlade Team 0.5 Independent Free MIT

Ruby

Developer Latest stable release Platform Cost (USD) License
Aptana Studio with RadRails plugin Aptana, Inc. November 2007, beta Cross-platform Free GPL, Aptana Public License
IntelliJ IDEA with Ruby Plugin 1.0 JetBrains 7.0 / October, 2007 Cross-platform Plugin is Free. IDEA Free (Classroom or Open Source); $99 (Academic); $299 (Personal); $499 (Commercial) Proprietary
Komodo ActiveState 4.1.1 / June, 2007 Cross-platform $249 Proprietary
Netbeans RubyPack Sun Microsystems 6.0 / December 3, 2007 Cross-platform Free CDDL

Notes

  1. ^ Visual Studio is rarely purchased as a standalone product. The MSDN subscription, which includes Visual Studio and all Microsoft software and documentation, is a much more popular option among corporate customers.

See also