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[Top] Text Editors

Andys Binary Folding Editor structured binary file browser with limited editing [NEW]
Andys Source Code Folding Editor a language configurable folding source code editor [NEW]
CRiSP a very Brief-like text editor
Edith Professional powerful and user-friendly desktop text editing system from ZFC
Elvis an enhanced clone of vi/ex, the standard Unix editor
fe (Folding Editor) small, light on resources outline editor
FTE a programmers text editor with color synatx highlighting
JED Programmer's Editor freely available text editor for Unix,
MEdit text editor compiled with MGUI for Linux X11.
NEdit a GUI style plain-text editor for X/Motif systems
Red easy to use GUI text editor
SEDIT a Linux port of the SEDIT editor
Simple editor for X (SeX) a basic X text editor
SlickEdit configurable programmers editor from MicroEdge
TCL TextEdit text editor for X, written entirely in Tk/Tcl. [NEW]
Ted a Wordpad-like text editor running under Motif on Unix/Linux systems [NEW]
THE a full-screen character mode text editor based on XEDIT
vche Virtual Console Hex editor which lets you see all 256 characters [NEW]
VIM the "vi improved" editor
Wily editor which provides much of the feel of Acme in the Unix/X environment
Xcoral an advanced text editor for X-window
XEmacs Extended Emacs. It's not an editor, it's a lifestyle
Xenon a simple, small and fast X-based text editor

[Top] Java and Java Tools

BISS-Awt group of classes for implimenting nice GUI's for Java apps
Buildit graphical user interface creator for the JAVA 1.1 components set [NEW]
Castanet for JAVA libraries and altered scripts to enable Castanet to be used with JDK
Chicory a state of the art Java RAD tool with JTAPI/CORBA/DCOM compliance
Critical Mass JVM an application embedable Java virtual machine library [NEW]
Free Builder a free, high quality Java IDE
HORB Object Oriented Request Broker for Java
Java Development Kit version 1.0.2 for Linux
JGL STL style set of containers/algorithms for java [NEW]
Kaffe a JIT virtual machine to run Java(tm) code
Nutmeg portable list management library for Java from Thought
ScriptEase JavaScript compatible interpreter to include in an app or embedded system [NEW]
Toba a complete Java-to-C translation system
Vibe a fully integrated development and deployment environment for building Java apps

[Top] Programming Languages

Absoft FORTRAN 77 a globally optimizing, ANSI X3.9-1978/ISO 1539-1980 compiler
ACUCOBOL-85 ANSI-85 COBOL compiler from ACUCOBOL
APRIL (Agent Process Interaction Language) symbolic language for distributed apps [NEW]
AS31 Assembler cross assembler for the MCS-51(tm) family
awk a special-purpose programming language for data reformatting
BASIC a unix implementation of basic
BETA System o-o language for procedural and functional programming by Mjolner
Bigloo practical Scheme compiler provides a DSSSL support and Unicode encoding
CMU-Lisp for Linux fully featured lisp, with a very good compiler
COBOL Interpreter compact and easy to use COBOL interpreter for Linux
Eiffel an advanced object-oriented programming language
ePerl embedded perl interprets an ASCII file bristled with Perl 5 statements
Fortran 90 ISO and ANSI standard Fortran 90 compiler and libraries by NAG
FPK-PASCAL free 32-bit Pascal compiler mostly compatible with TP7
g++ the GNU c++ compiler
gcc the GNU C compiler
GCC 2.7.1 with Bounds Checking full fine-grained bounds checking using GCC
GOMscript an interpreter for an object-oriented, C++-like, language
Gorby a small, powerful scripting language for linux
Imagine F language, a Fortran 90 subset - obsolescent F77 features omitted [NEW]
 Inlab-Scheme independent implementation of Scheme as defined by R4RS and IEEE
Jacob-Oberon-2 Just A Compiler for OBeron for Linux
KAI C++ includes draft-standard C++ class libraries, support for member templates
Marx a quasi-C interpreter with special extensions to write GUI in X windows
Modula-2 Gardens Point Modula Users Guide and Linux release notes
Modula-3 for Linux very portable implementation of Modula-3
Oberon Gardens Point Oberon Users Guide and Linux release notes
PERL the Practical Extraction and Reporting language
PGcc Workstation optimizing/parallelizing ANSI C compiler from The Portland Group
PGCC Workstation optimizing/parallelizing native C++ compiler from The Portland Group
PGF77 Workstation optimizing/parallelizing FORTRAN 77 compiler from The Portland Group
PGHPF Workstation high performance Fortran compiler from The Portland Group
Python an object-oriented scripting language
Sather an oo language designed to be simple, efficient, safe, flexible and open
Sisal a high performance functional language
Smalltalk/X for Linux
Squeak Smalltalk-80 which runs under Linux
S/REXX a port of IBM's REXX language to Linux
Stepstone Objective C compiler from System Essentials Limited for Linux
Tachyon 390 Cross Assembler develop and maintain 370/390 Assembler programs
Tcl/tk a scripting language and graphical user interface toolkit
VPG programming language for apps using databases, SQL Servers and CGI [NEW]
XBasic 32-bit BASIC compiler and program development environment
Xi interactive C-like language with vector extensions

[Top] Development Tools

Amulet a portable user interface development environment for C++
ANGOSS Smartware PLUS cross-platform application development suite
Binstats a utility for tracking binary types and dynamic library dependencies
Bras a replacement of `make' written in Tcl
BSPlib parallel programming library based on the Bulk Synchronous Parallel (BSP) model
CCCC a freeware tool for measuring software product metrics on C/C++ source code
C-Forge multi-user ide has full project management and edit/compile/debug cycle support [NEW]
CH a language environment designed to be a superset of C
CM3 a cross-platform Modula-3 compiler and runtime for Unix and Windows [NEW]
 Code Crusader a C/C++ code development environment
Code Medic graphical interface to gdb debugger's most important features [NEW]
CodeWizard a comprehensive tool for Code Analysis in C/C++ programs
Converter Pascal to C/C++ converter outputs code compatible with ISO Pascal standard
Ctags (Exuberant) generates an index file of C objects in C source and headers
 cvs2html Perl 5 program transforms the 'cvs log'output to HTML with tables and links
 cvsstat Perl 5 program shows which files are not up to date with the CVS database
Cxref produces docs (in LaTeX or HTML) including xref from C source code
Data Display Debugger (DDD) graphical user interface to GDB and DBX
DIOSS X/Motif app development without X/Motif
DIPC (Distributed IPC) used to build programs that run on multiple computers
Dlgedit GUI dialog editor for the Qt widget library
DOC++ system for generating HTML and LaTeX documentation for C++ programs
Dynace object oriented extension to C from Algorithms Corporation
FELICS licence server for software developers
Flick interface definition language (IDL) compiler supporting RPC and RMI
ForUtil a collection of fortran 77 utilities
GAA (GNU Argument Analyser) utility manages the arguments of your programs [NEW]
GLG Toolkit a cross-platform RAD tool for C/C++ and Java [NEW]
GRASP development tool for Ada95, C, and Java generates Control Structure Diagrams [NEW]
IDEAFIX set of integrated program development tools and utilities
Inferno dev kit for a new network operating system and programming environment
Infodock editor, debugger and visual front-end for command-line tools [NEW]
Insure++ comprehensive tool for error detection in C/C++ programs
ivtools/ivmaps a C++ framework for constructing custom drawing editors
LCLint a lint-like tool for ANSI C
Libero a programmer's tool and code generator
Lint (Thinkage) examines C source code and reports on questionable constructs
LXB an X/Motif interactive graphical user interface builder
mem_test find C program memory leaks
MINOS a rapid GUI designer written in bigFORTH for Linux
MrEd GUI development environment using wxWindows within a Scheme implementation
Nana improved assertion checking and logging for GNU C and C++
ObjectManual tool to automate generation of HTML documentation from C++ programs
OO-Browser a code browser for 8 different object oriented languages [NEW]
OpenGL 2D and 3D graphics apps development environment from MetroLink
OpenGL for Linux from Evans and Sutherland
perldbgui a GUI for the Perl debugger [NEW]
Plumber tool used during development to identify memory leaks
PowerRPC tool for multiplatform RPC development
PRCS Project Revision Control System
 ptui Python editor/interpreter programmed entirely in Python
PyXForms a marriage between python and Xforms for GUI app building
QT Architect a versatile screen architect for the Qt widget set. [NEW]
Reactor development environment for client-server and distributed applications
RSM portable tool for C and C++ code analysis, metrics and complexity
Schemacode Schema based knowledge editor for program implementation
SNiFF+ an ide for C, C++, Java, Fortran, CORBA IDL by TakeFive Software
SNiFF+ for EIFFEL a compiler independent Eiffel programming environment
SpecTcl a Tcl/tk programming IDE for building graphical interfaces
STk R4RS Scheme interpreter which can access the Tk graphical package
 swig development tool makes it easy to build script interfaces to C/C++ programs
TkfPW a GUI "Fortran Programmer's Workshop" for Unix/X11
tkxcd a free diff front end withs a look and feel similar to xcleardiff
TowerEIFFEL oo software development system
TWIN (Willows Tookit) develop and/or deploy Windows API apps cross platforms
Visual Tcl Tcl/tk based application development environment for UNIX
V a freeware portable C++ GUI framework for Windows and X
VBIX run Visual Basic(tm) programs on Unix with Motif look
VCG Visualization of Compiler Graphs reads specification and visualizes graph
VDX a Motif Interface Builder made for Linux generates C and C++ source code
View Designer/X a Motif Interface Builder for Linux from BREDEX GmbH
Visualization Toolkit (vtk) software system for 3D Computer graphics and visualization
WINTERP 2.0 a rapid prototyping environment for GUI-based apps
WipeOut an integrated development environment for C++ and Java
wxPython write portable Python programs with a GUI, good for rapid prototyping
wxWindows toolkit for developing multi-platform, graphical applications
Xanthe app server enables one to distribute demo or special license versions of software [NEW]
XForms a GUI toolkit based on Xlib for X Window Systems
Xref package for browsing C and Java sources includes Emacs and Vedit macros [NEW]
xTech Development System (XDS) portable,featuring Modula-2 and Oberon-2
Xterminal OO UI with client-server architecture for building text-based apps
xwb (X Window Workbench) edit source files of any languages or text processors
xwpe X-based windowed programming environment
YADE extensible and configurable program for editing diagrams

[Top] Libraries

AA-lib a portable ascii art GFX library [NEW]
Adaptive Communication Environment (ACE) o-o network programming toolkit in C++
Alias library of C structures and functions allow apps to associate token sequences [NEW]
Bzip a lossless statistical data compressor, uses Burrows-Wheeler
C/Database Toolchest programming library for programs that manage large amounts of data [NEW]
cgihtml C library for writing Common Gateway Interface (CGI) programs
Charting and Table Widgets INT's table and charting tools, EditTable and ChartObject
 Counterpoint mechanism for comm/synch among elements of a parallel program
DLD a library package of C functions that performs "dynamic link editing"
DISLIN graphics library for displaying data as curves, bar graphs, pie charts, etc.
EZWGL Motif-like widgets and OpenGL-like graphics library for X window system
FFTW fast C FFT library (includes multidimensional, real, and parallel transforms) [NEW]
Fresco CORBA standard development library supports graphical embedding [NEW]
GGI the Linux General Graphics Interface drivers and libraries
GLE Tubing and Extrusion Library OpenGL based graphics API library
GNUstep Database Library Objective-C classes for developing database applications.
hfloat library package for calcs with fp numbers of extreme precision
JX a C++ application framework and GUI class library for X Windows
Karma a general purpose programmers toolkit library
Kunf Library a library to store and access configuration data
LAPACK and BLAS for Linux (ELF, g77) FORTRAN library that does linear algebra operations
LessTif Hungry Programmers' version of OSF/Motif
Lib3d high performance 3d library for X windows
Libc 2 (GNU) the GNU C library and Linux
LInteger C++ library performs arithmetic on objects representing integers
LinuxThreads Library an implementation of the Posix 1003.1c thread package for Linux
LZO data compression library suitable for data de-/compression in real-time
MAT Matlab Compatible C++ Matrix Class Library for scientific C++ code
Mesa 3-D Graphics Library 3-D graphics library with an API very similar to OpenGL
MET++ Multimedia Application Framework a reusable multimedia framework library
Microline Widget Library widget library used to build UNIX Netscape free for Linux
MIME++ C++ class library for parsing, creating, or modifying MIME messages
MGUI cross-platform GUI library with a designing tool
Motif 2.0.0 for Linux commercial Motif libraries from MetroLink
MPI a message passing interface for parallel programming
neXtaw a N*XTSTEP look replacement library for Xaw (the Athena widget set)
Object Access re-usable library routines
omniORB2 free CORBA 2 implementation by Olivetti and Oracle research labs
OpenClient CT-Library Open Client/C for LINUX from Sybase
POSIX and DCE Threads multithreading libraries based on POSIX.1c
Qplot C graphics library for drawing color plots, displays the window in X
 Quarks library can take a network of computers and turn them into a single computer
Qt high-performance C++ class library provides GUI API across Win95, NT, UNIX/X
Red Hat Motif 2.0 full 0SF/Motif 2.0 development system from Red Hat
Seal a mod/s3m/mtm/xm sound library API
SmartFiles library for building object-oriented data files
SpriteField Class Set library for moving graphics with Qt (C++, X11)
SPUNK a cross-platform C++ class library for writing textmode applications
SpunkCross API (SCAPI) C++ cross-platform framework for GUI development
Standard Template Library HP's version of the C++ STL for use with g++
SWiM OSF/Motif 2.0 from GUI Corporation
 t1lib a library for generating Bitmaps from Adobe Type 1 Fonts
Tix a set of widget extensions for Tcl/Tk
 tksh version of Tcl C library written on top of the library for KornShell
Ubiqx Trees binary, AVL height balanced and splay trees, lists and more
WM_MOTIF Lite MS Windows API user interface functions on Motif
 Xarm a C++ Wrapper library for Motif and Xmext library
Xaw-Xpm an improved version of Xaw(3d), the standard Athena Widget set.
 Xforms4Perl an extension to Perl that provides access to the xforms library
XPM Format and Library C library and ASCII image format for X Pixmaps
XRT Widgets family of widgets for Motif developers
YACL Yet Another (C++) Class Library
Ygl emulates SGI's GL routines under X11
Zlibc allows executables to uncompress their datafiles on the fly

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