| GNOME Builder | |
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 GNOME Builder 46.1 screenshot | |
| Original author | Christian Hergert |
| Initial release | March 24, 2015; 10 years ago (2015-03-24) |
| Stable release | |
| Written in | C |
| Operating system | Unix-like |
| Predecessor | Anjuta |
| Available in | Multilingual |
| Type | Integrated development environment |
| License | GPL-3.0-or-later[2][3] |
| Website | apps |
| Repository | |
GNOME Builder is a general purposeintegrated development environment (IDE) for theGNOME platform, primarily designed to aid in writing GNOME-based applications.[4] It was initially released on March 24, 2015, replacingAnjuta.[5] The application's tagline is "A toolsmith for GNOME-based applications".[4]
AtGUADEC 2016 Christian Hergert provided ademo on YouTube of an upcoming version of GNOME Builder. More features will be integrated onceGTK Scene Graph Kit will have been merged intoGTK. sysprof was forked and its version number bumped from 1.2.0 to 3.20[9] and was integrated in version 3.22.[10]
GNOME Builder uses GNOME Code Assistance to provide code diagnostics forCSS,HTML, JavaScript,JSON, Python,Ruby,SCSS,shell script andXML. Jedi is used for code completion for Python.Clang is used for code assistance for the C-like languages. Rust diagnostics are provided by using theLanguage Server Protocol to communicate with the Rust Language Server.
Most of the interface is dedicated to the centrally positioned code editor. The editor automatically recognizes most programming languages and will highlight the text accordingly. When aversion control system is used, colored bars next to the line numbers indicate changes to those lines. For supported languages, additional symbols highlight lines that contain errors or poorly formatted code.
Builder can switch between Builder's own,Vim-like andEmacs-like keyboard bindings.
Around the code-editor, additional panels can be toggled into view. These include a project-tree, a terminal-window, and a help-browser. The project tree allows the user to perform file and folder operations.
The development of GNOME Builder wascrowdfunded in January 2015 on theIndiegogo platform. The campaign reached 187% ($56,245) of its $30,000 funding goal.[11]
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| Version Number | Release Date | Notes |
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| 3.16.0 | 24 March 2015 | Initial "preview" release[5] |
| 3.16.1 | 13 April 2015 | Included improvements to the user interface, file management and syntax highlighting.[12][13] |
| 3.16.2 | 16 April 2015 | Brought mostly bug fixes and some improvements to project management.[14][15][16][17] |
| 3.16.3 | 18 May 2015 | Included a source-overview-map for scrolling and updates to the preference-dialogs.[18] |
| 3.18.0 | 23 September 2015 | Was released with the rest of GNOME 3.18.[19] |
| 3.18.1 | 15 October 2015 | Brought improvements to Vala code completion and error-hinting. The Jedi-plugin for Python code-completion was improved as well.[20] |
| 3.20 | 23 March 2016 | Was released with GNOME 3.20.[21] |
| 3.20.4 | 6 May 2016 | Included stability and performance improvements,[22] including re-implementation of support for opening remote files.[23] |
| 3.22.2 | 2 November 2016 | Introduced preliminary support forRust and its GTK bindings.[24] |
| 3.22.4 | 22 December 2016 | Included various build system improvements and better support for buildingFlatpak packages[25] |
| 3.32.0 | 3 March 2019 | Major refactoring of the application's code.[26] Included improvedGDB integration and an initialGlade integration.[27] |
| 3.32.2 | 6 May 2019 | Improvements to building apps and bug fixes.[28] |
| 3.32.3 | 11 June 2019 | Included localization improvements, and bug fixes.[29] |
| ... | ||
| 48.0 | 16 Mar 2025 | Improvements to manuals, bug fixes and translations.[30] |
A tool to help you write and contribute to great GNOME-based applications.
As some of you know, I've just made our initial "preview" release, 3.16.0!
[…] GNOME Builder — an IDE that will focus purely on GNOME applications, with a goal of making it "Dead Simple".
We support writing plugins in a variety of languages. Currently, C, Vala, and Python 3 are all supported in Builder.
I need your support so that I can work on Builder full time. I'm asking for $30,000 to cover my costs […]
3.22.2 also includes a technology preview for Rust support
That's right, we're talking about GNOME Builder 3.22.4, […]. Notable changes include various build system improvements, better support for building Flatpak packages, […]
We just landed the largest refactor to Builder since its inception. Somewhere around 100,000 lines of code where touched […]
Some of the Builder 3.32 changes as part of this huge code refactoring include: […] Improved debugger integration with GDB. Initial Glade integration.
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