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'''Code::Blocks''' is a [[free software|free]], [[open-source software|open-source]], [[cross-platform]] [[Integrated development environment|IDE]] that supports multiple [[compilers]] including [[GNU Compiler Collection|GCC]], [[Clang]] and [[Microsoft Visual C++|Visual C++]]. It is developed in [[C++]] using [[wxWidgets]] as the [[Graphical user interface|GUI]] toolkit. Using a plugin architecture, its capabilities and features are defined by the provided plugins.

Code::Blocks is being developed for [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]] and [[Linux]] (the latest [[macOS]] version is 13.12 released on 2013/12/26) and has been ported to [[FreeBSD]],<ref name="FreeBSD">[http://www.freshports.org/devel/codeblocks/ Code::Blocks in FreeBSD's ports collection]</ref>, [[OpenBSD]]<ref>[{{Cite web |url=http://openports.se/devel/codeblocks |title=Code::Blocks in OpenBSD's ports collection] |access-date=2014-02-07 |archive-date=2022-07-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220727053826/https://openports.se/devel/codeblocks |url-status=dead }}</ref> and [[Solaris (operating system)|Solaris]].<ref>[http://wiki.codeblocks.org/index.php?title=Installing_Code::Blocks_from_source_on_Solaris Directions to install Code::Blocks from source on Solaris]</ref> The latest binary provided for [[macOS]] 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.

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 [[Ubuntu (operating system)|Ubuntu]], with the major and minor number representing the year and month of the release. Version 1720.1203 is the latest stable release; however for the most up-to-date version the user can download the relatively stable [http://forums.codeblocks.org/index.php?board=20.0 nightly build] or download the source code from [http://svn.code.sf.net/p/codeblocks/code/trunk/ SVN].

Code::Blocks supports multiple compilers, including [[GNU Compiler Collection|GCC]], [[MinGW]], [[Mingw-w64]], [[Digital Mars]], [[Visual C++|Microsoft Visual C++]], [[Borland C++]], [[Clang|LLVM Clang]], [[Watcom C compiler|Watcom]], [[LCC (compiler)|LCC]] and the [[Intel C++ compiler]]. Although the IDE was designed for the C++ language, there is some support for other languages, including [[Fortran]] and [[D (programming language)|D]]. A plug-in system is included to support other programming languages.

As of version 13.12 Code::Blocks comes with a [[GUI]] designer]] called wxSmith. It is a derivative port of wxWidgets version 2.9.4.<ref>[http://www.codeblocks.org/downloads/38 CodeBlocks 13.12 Changelog]</ref> To make a complete wxWidgets application, the appropriate wxWidgets SDK must be installed.