CodeLite

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CodeLite is a free and open-source IDE for the C, C++, PHP, and JavaScript (Node.js) programming languages.[4][5]

DeveloperEran Ifrah
Stable release
18.2.0[1] Edit this on Wikidata / 26 October 2025; 4 months ago (26 October 2025)
Written inC++
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CodeLite
DeveloperEran Ifrah
Stable release
18.2.0[1] Edit this on Wikidata / 26 October 2025; 4 months ago (26 October 2025)
Written inC++
Operating systemWindows, macOS, Linux
PlatformIA-32, x64
TypeIDE
LicenseGPL-2.0-or-later[a][2][3]
Websitecodelite.org
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History

In August 2006, Eran Ifrah started an autocomplete project named CodeLite. The idea was to create a code completion library based on ctags, SQLite (hence, CodeLite), and a Yacc based parser that could be used by other IDEs. Later Clang became an optional parser for code completion, greatly improving its functionality.

LiteEditor, a demo application, was developed for demonstrating CodeLite's functionalities. Eventually, LiteEditor evolved into the CodeLite IDE.

General

CodeLite is a free, open-source, cross-platform IDE for the C/C++ programming languages using the wxWidgets toolkit. To comply with CodeLite's open-source spirit, the program itself is compiled and debugged using only free tools (MinGW and GDB) for Mac OS X, Windows, Linux and FreeBSD, though CodeLite can execute any third-party compiler or tool that has a command-line interface. CodeLite also supports PHP and JavaScript development (including Node.js support).

CodeLite features project management (workspace/projects), code completion, code refactoring, source browsing, syntax highlighting, Subversion integration, cscope integration, UnitTest++ integration, an interactive debugger built over gdb and a source code editor (based on Scintilla).[6][7][8]

CodeLite is distributed under the GNU General Public License v2 or Later. It is being developed and debugged using itself as the development platform with daily updates available through its Git repository.

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Notes

  1. With an exception for plugins.

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