Comparison of integrated development environments
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The following is a comparison of integrated development environments and GUI builders.
C/C++
C#
Developer | Latest stable release | Platform | Cost (USD) | License | |
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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 | |
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GNAT Programming Studio | AdaCore | 4.0 / September 2006 | Linux, Windows, Solaris | Free | GPL |
KDevelop | KDevelop Team | 5.5.1 (May 5, 2020[±] | )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
JavaScript
Developer | Latest stable release | Platform | Cost (USD) | License | |
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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 | |
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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 | |
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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 | |
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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[±] | )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 | |
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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 | |
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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 |