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The open source, cross platform, free C++ IDE for Mac OS X.

Code::Blocks for Mac OS X is a free C++ 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!

Features

Highlights:

* Open Source! GPLv3, no hidden costs.
* Cross-platform. Runs on Linux, Mac, Windows (uses wxWidgets).
* Written in C++. No interpreted languages or proprietary libs needed.
* Extensible through plugins

Compiler:

* Multiple compiler support:
o GCC (MingW / GNU GCC)
o MSVC++
o Digital Mars
o Borland C++ 5.5
o Open Watcom
o ...and more
* Very fast custom build system (no makefiles needed)
* Support for parallel builds (utilizing your CPU's extra cores)
* Multi-target projects
* Workspaces to combine multiple projects
* Inter-project dependencies inside workspace
* Imports MSVC projects and workspaces (NOTE: assembly code not supported yet)
* Imports Dev-C++ projects

Debugger:

* Interfaces GNU GDB
* Also supports MS CDB (not fully featured)
* Full breakpoints support:
o Code breakpoints
o Data breakpoints (read, write and read/write)
o Breakpoint conditions (break only when an expression is true)
o Breakpoint ignore counts (break only after certain number of hits)
* Display local function symbols and arguments
* User-defined watches (support for watching user-defined types through scripting)
* Call stack
* Disassembly
* Custom memory dump
* Switch between threads
* View CPU registers

Interface:

* Syntax highlighting, customizable and extensible
* Code folding for C++ and XML files.
* Tabbed interface
* Code completion
* Class Browser
* Smart indent
* One-key swap between .h and .c/.cpp files
* Open files list for quick switching between files (optional)
* External customizable "Tools"
* To-do list management with different users

And many more features provided through plugins!