Open Source Windows Build Tools
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View 29 business solutionsBrowse free open source Build Tools and projects for Windows below. Use the toggles on the left to filter open source Build Tools by OS, license, language, programming language, and project status.
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MinGW - Minimalist GNU for Windows
A native Windows port of the GNU Compiler Collection (GCC)
MinGW: A native Windows port of the GNU Compiler Collection (GCC), with freely distributable import libraries and header files for building native Windows applications; includes extensions to the MSVC runtime to support C99 functionality. All of MinGW's software will execute on the 64bit Windows platforms. -
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Code::Blocks
A free C, C++ and Fortran IDE
Code::Blocks is a free, open-source, cross-platform C, C++ and Fortran IDE built to meet the most demanding needs of its users. It is designed to be very extensible and fully configurable. Finally, an IDE with all the features you need, having a consistent look, feel and operation across platforms. Built around a plugin framework, Code::Blocks can be extended with plugins. Any kind of functionality can be added by installing/coding a plugin. For instance, compiling and debugging functionality is already provided by plugins! We hope you enjoy using Code::Blocks! The Code::Blocks Team -
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GnuWin
Provides native Win32 open source ports and utilities
GnuWin provides Win32-versions of GNU tools, or tools with a similar open source licence. The ports are native ports, relying only on libraries provided with any modern 32-bits MS-Windows operating system, such as 2000 / XP / Vista / 7 -
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Lazarus
Rapid applications development tool and libraries for FPC
The Lazarus IDE is a stable and feature rich visual programming environment for the FreePascal Compiler. It supports the creation of self-standing graphical and console applications and runs on Linux, FreeBSD, MacOSX and Windows. -
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NSIS: Nullsoft Scriptable Install System
Windows installer development tool
NSIS (Nullsoft Scriptable Install System) is a professional open source system to create Windows installers. It is designed to be as small and flexible as possible and is therefore very suitable for internet distribution. Being a user's first experience with your product, a stable and reliable installer is an important component of succesful software. With NSIS you can create such installers that are capable of doing everything that is needed to setup your software. NSIS is script-based and allows you to create the logic to handle even the most complex installation tasks. Many plug-ins and scripts are already available: you can create web installers, communicate with Windows and other software components, install or update shared components and more. -
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gcc-win64
x64 build of GCC for Windows
x64 C/C++ compiler for Windows using (unofficial build): - gmp - mpfr - mpc - isl - cloog - mingw-w64 - gcc - seh You need at least core2 command set support to run this application. Note that every version with bundled gdb needs at least Windows 7. -
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Cross-platform Java executable wrapper for creating lightweight Windows native EXEs. Provides advanced JRE search, application startup configuration and better user experience.
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WinAVR (tm) is a suite of executable, open source software development tools for the Atmel AVR series of RISC microprocessors hosted on the Windows platform. Includes the GNU GCC compiler for C and C++.
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DEPRECATED > GNU ARM Eclipse
A family of Eclipse CDT extensions and tools for GNU ARM development.
These plug-ins provide build and debug extensions for Eclipse CDT (C/C++ Development Tools) for 32/64-bits GNU ARM toolchains like GNU Tools for Embedded, Linaro, etc, ready to run STM32Fx project templates and full integration for advanced J-Link JTAG/SWD probes, including SWO tracing console and peripheral registers view. -
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CLISP is a portable ANSI Common Lisp implementation and development environment by Bruno Haible. Interpreter, compiler, debugger, CLOS, MOP, FFI, Unicode, sockets, CLX. UI in English, German, French, Spanish, Dutch, Russian, and Danish.
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A distutils extension to create standalone windows programs from python scripts.
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GnuWin32
Free GNUWin32 utility packages
Maintaining a GnuWin32.sourceforge.net package archive: Automatic download and installation of the newest binary and documentation GnuWin32 packages. -
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This is NASM - the famous Netwide Assembler. THIS PAGE IS OUT OF DATE; we no longer use any Sourceforge services other than mailing lists. Get the current versions from http://www.nasm.us/.
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Report Manager
Reporting tool, libraries and designer
Report Manager is both a print scheme designer (report) and a high level printing (reporting) engine. Also a TCP Report Server and a Web Report Server (PDF on the fly), supports Windows and Linux. Connectivity to almost all databases is provided. -
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ProGuard Java Optimizer and Obfuscator
Java class file shrinker, optimizer, obfuscator, and preverifier
ProGuard has moved to Github now: https://github.com/Guardsquare/proguard ProGuard is a free Java class file shrinker, optimizer, obfuscator, and preverifier. It detects and removes unused classes, fields, methods, and attributes. It optimizes bytecode and removes unused instructions. It renames the remaining classes, fields, and methods using short meaningless names. ProGuard is useful for making code more compact and more efficient, on the desktop, on tablets, on smartphones, and on embedded devices. It also makes code more difficult to reverse engineer. -
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Hex2bin
Intel Hex or Motorola Hex file converter
Converts Motorola and Intel hex files to binary. Executables for windows included. A similar project also does hex <-> binary conversions, supports many formats and other features: see: srecord (http://srecord.sourceforge.net/) -
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Windows port of Glade 3. The latest version includes a stand-alone installer with bundled GTK+ 2.16.0 and libxml 2.7.3. Extra installers or zip files are not required. No changes to the Glade source were required to compile under mingw.
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HM NIS Edit is the best Editor/IDE for Nullsoft Scriptable Install System (NSIS). Its useful for experts and beginner in the creation of Setup programs with the NSIS.
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Premake
On GitHub now!
We moved to GitHub. Please look at the new homepage for an accurate description of the project. -
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JSmooth creates standard Windows executable files (.exe) that smartly launch java applications. It makes java deployment much smoother and user-friendly, as it is able to find and run Java VMs by itself, or help the user get one if none are available.
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CruiseControl.NET
An automated continuous integration server for the .NET platform
CruiseControl.NET is an automated continuous integration server for the .NET platform. It is a C# port of CruiseControl for Java. -
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Command-line/Ant-task/embeddable text file preprocessor. Macros, flow control, expressions. Recursive directory processing. Extensible in Java to display data from any data sources (as database). Can generate complete homepages (tree of HTML-s, images, etc.)
