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`!Code::Blocks`! is a `F33f`_`[free`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Free_software]`_`f, `F33f`_`[open-source`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Open-source_software]`_`f, `F33f`_`[cross-platform`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Cross-platform]`_`f `F33f`_`[IDE`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Integrated_development_environment]`_`f that supports multiple `F33f`_`[compilers`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Compilers]`_`f including `F33f`_`[GCC`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=GNU_Compiler_Collection]`_`f, `F33f`_`[Clang`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Clang]`_`f and `F33f`_`[Visual C++`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Microsoft_Visual_C++]`_`f. It is developed in `F33f`_`[C++`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=C++]`_`f using `F33f`_`[wxWidgets`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=WxWidgets]`_`f as the `F33f`_`[GUI`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Graphical_user_interface]`_`f toolkit. Using a plugin architecture, its capabilities and features are defined by the provided plugins. Currently, Code::Blocks is oriented towards `F33f`_`[C`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=C_(programming_language)]`_`f, `F33f`_`[C++`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=C++]`_`f, and `F33f`_`[Fortran`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Fortran]`_`f. It has a custom `F33f`_`[build system`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Build_automation]`_`f and optional `F33f`_`[Make`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Make_(software)]`_`f support.

Code::Blocks is being developed for `F33f`_`[Windows`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Microsoft_Windows]`_`f and `F33f`_`[Linux`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Linux]`_`f and has been ported to `F33f`_`[FreeBSD`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=FreeBSD]`_`f,`:cite-ref-freebsd-3-0[`F5bf`_`[3`#cite-note-freebsd-3]`_`f] `F33f`_`[OpenBSD`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=OpenBSD]`_`f`:cite-ref-4[`F5bf`_`[4`#cite-note-4]`_`f] and `F33f`_`[Solaris`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Solaris_(operating_system)]`_`f.`:cite-ref-5[`F5bf`_`[5`#cite-note-5]`_`f] The latest binary provided for `F33f`_`[macOS`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=MacOS]`_`f version is 13.12 released on 2013/12/26 (compatible with Mac OS X 10.6 and later), but more recent versions can be compiled and MacPorts supplies version 17.12.

>>Contents

• `F0af`_`[History`#history]`_`f

• `F0af`_`[Features`#features]`_`f

• `F0af`_`[Debugger`#debugger]`_`f

• `F0af`_`[GUI designer`#gui-designer]`_`f

• `F0af`_`[User migration`#user-migration]`_`f

• `F0af`_`[Project files and build system`#project-files-and-build-system]`_`f

• `F0af`_`[See also`#see-also]`_`f

• `F0af`_`[References`#references]`_`f

• `F0af`_`[External links`#external-links]`_`f

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>>History

After releasing two release candidate versions, 1.0rc1 on July 25, 2005 and 1.0rc2 on October 25, 2005, instead of making a final release, the project developers started adding many new features, with the final release being repeatedly postponed. Instead, there were `F33f`_`[nightly builds`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Neutral_build]`_`f of the latest `F33f`_`[SVN`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Subversion_(software)]`_`f version made available on a daily basis.

The first stable release was on February 28, 2008, with the version number changed to 8.02. The versioning scheme was changed to that of `F33f`_`[Ubuntu`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Ubuntu_(operating_system)]`_`f, with the major and minor number representing the year and month of the release. Version 25.03 is the latest stable release; however for the most up-to-date version the user can download the relatively stable nightly build or download the source code from SVN.

`F33f`_`[Jennic Limited`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Jennic_Limited]`_`f prior to its closure distributed a version of Code::Blocks customized to work with its microcontrollers.`:cite-ref-6[`F5bf`_`[6`#cite-note-6]`_`f]

>>Features

Code::Blocks supports multiple compilers, including `F33f`_`[GCC`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=GNU_Compiler_Collection]`_`f, `F33f`_`[MinGW`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=MinGW]`_`f, `F33f`_`[Mingw-w64`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Mingw-w64]`_`f, `F33f`_`[Digital Mars`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Digital_Mars]`_`f, `F33f`_`[Microsoft Visual C++`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Visual_C++]`_`f, `F33f`_`[Borland C++`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Borland_C++]`_`f, `F33f`_`[LLVM Clang`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Clang]`_`f, `F33f`_`[Watcom`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Watcom_C_compiler]`_`f, and `F33f`_`[LCC`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=LCC_(compiler)]`_`f.

>>>Debugger

The Code::Blocks debugger has full breakpoint support. It also allows the user to debug their program by having access to the local function symbol and argument display, user-defined watches, call stack, `F33f`_`[disassembly`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Disassembly]`_`f, custom memory dump, thread switching, `F33f`_`[CPU`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=CPU]`_`f registers and `F33f`_`[GNU Debugger`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=GNU_Debugger]`_`f Interface.

>>>GUI designer

As of version 13.12 Code::Blocks comes with a `F33f`_`[GUI designer`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=GUI_designer]`_`f called wxSmith. It is a derivative port of wxWidgets version 2.9.4.`:cite-ref-7[`F5bf`_`[7`#cite-note-7]`_`f] To make a complete wxWidgets application, the appropriate wxWidgets SDK must be installed.

>>>User migration

Some of Code::Blocks features are targeted at users migrating from other IDE's - these include `F33f`_`[Dev-C++`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Dev-C++]`_`f, Microsoft Visual C++ project import (MSVC 7 & 10), and Dev-C++ Devpak support.

>>>Project files and build system

Code::Blocks uses a custom build system, which stores its information in XML-based project files. It can optionally use external makefiles, which simplifies interfacing with projects using the GNU or `F33f`_`[qmake`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Qmake]`_`f build systems.

>>See also

• `F33f`_`[Comparison of integrated development environments`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Comparison_of_integrated_development_environments]`_`f

• `F33f`_`[Geany`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=Geany]`_`f

• `F33f`_`[SciTE`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=SciTE]`_`f

• `F33f`_`[CodeLite`:/page/wikibook/entry.mu`zim=wikipedia_en_all_nopic_2025-08.zim|entry_path=CodeLite]`_`f

>>References

`:cite-note-wikidata-5ba89ffcdd787784be8a5063a5d1519f1fef4141-v20-1`!1.`! "Code::Blocks 25.03 is here!". 31 March 2025. Retrieved 4 July 2025.

`:cite-note-2`!2.`! "License". Retrieved 2014-07-21.

`:cite-note-freebsd-3`!3.`! `F0af`_`[↑`#cite-ref-freebsd-3-0]`_`f Code::Blocks in FreeBSD's ports collection

`:cite-note-4`!4.`! `F0af`_`[↑`#cite-ref-4]`_`f "Code::Blocks in OpenBSD's ports collection". Archived from the original on 2022-07-27. Retrieved 2014-02-07.

`:cite-note-5`!5.`! `F0af`_`[↑`#cite-ref-5]`_`f Directions to install Code::Blocks from source on Solaris

`:cite-note-6`!6.`! `F0af`_`[↑`#cite-ref-6]`_`f "JN-UG-3028 Code::Blocks IDE User Guide". Archived from the original on 2017-06-05. Retrieved 2008-05-28.

`:cite-note-7`!7.`! `F0af`_`[↑`#cite-ref-7]`_`f CodeBlocks 13.12 Changelog

>>External links

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