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A comprehensive IDE with debugging, profiling, and rich source code editing features. Complete with intelligent completion and real-time diagnostics.
A whole-system profiler for Linux systems including embedded platforms. Quickly identify and triage performance bottlenecks across your entire system.
A container-oriented terminal for Linux with seamless OCI container integration. Pre-installed on Fedora, Ubuntu, and RHEL for modern development workflows.
The default Text Editor for GNOME. It's the pre-installed text editor for most Linux distributions including Fedora, Debian, Ubuntu®, and Red Hat Enterprise Linux®.
An inspector tool to introspect clients and objects on the session or system D-Bus. Call methods, read properties, and explore external buses like the accessibility bus.
Read documentation for the GNOME platform with support for installing documentation from Flathub. Grouped by SDK to find documentation specific to your target platform with easy and quick search.
Create and modify GtkSourceView style schemes for syntax highlighting. Design custom color themes for code editors and applications with an intuitive visual interface.
Open source libraries designed to enhance C development and GTK applications
A library that provides Futures (promises) to C programming with support for await through the use of fibers. Cross-platform support for Linux, macOS, Windows, FreeBSD, Hurd, and Solaris.
Provides the needed bridge between enchant spellcheck libraries and the GTK toolkit so developers can quickly and easily add spellcheck facilities to their GTK applications.
A command-line tool and shared library that provides the fundamentals required to build IDEs. Comprehensive abstractions for debuggers, code completion, linters, build systems, and much more.
A library providing abstractions to write GTK applications which interact with Qemu virtual machines. Features efficient DMA-BUF graphics transfer and multi-touch input support for smooth VM experiences.
GOM is the GObject Data Mapper. It provides a semi-transparent wrapper around SQLite which can dynamically read and write GObjects and collections of GObjects. Focus on your application, not the data storage.
A GLib-based library for JSON-RPC communication with both synchronous and asynchronous support. Features dual serialization with JSON and GVariant formats for optimal performance.
A GTK 4 and libadwaita-based library for creating IDE-like applications with dockable panels, workspaces, and modern GNOME integration. Designed for complex desktop applications.
A text templating engine for generating text-based output from templates and user-defined state. Features GObject Introspection support and works from any GObject-introspectable language.
Comprehensive GNOME IDE
Builder is a powerful integrated development environment designed specifically for GNOME. It provides everything you need to develop, debug, and profile applications with intelligent code completion, real-time diagnostics, and seamless integration with the GNOME platform.
Comprehensive debugging tools with breakpoints, variable inspection, and call stack analysis.
Built-in profiling capabilities to identify performance bottlenecks and optimize your code.
Smart code completion with context-aware suggestions and real-time error detection.
Support for C, C++, Python, JavaScript, Vala, and many other programming languages.
Container-Oriented Terminal
Ptyxis is a modern terminal emulator designed for container-based development workflows. With seamless OCI container integration via Podman, it provides a native terminal experience for containerized applications and development environments.
Seamless integration with OCI containers via Podman for modern containerized development.
Advanced terminal features including tabs, overview at a glance, and a broad range of pre-installed themes.
Pre-installed on major distributions and designed for seamless integration with development workflows.
System-Wide Performance Profiler
Sysprof is a comprehensive profiling tool for Linux systems, including embedded platforms. It helps you identify performance bottlenecks across your entire system with low-overhead monitoring and interactive visualization tools.
Monitor CPU usage, memory allocation, and IO operations across all processes and threads.
Visualize call stacks and performance data with interactive flame graphs for easy analysis.
The GNOME Shell compositor, Mesa 3D, Pango, WebKit, GLib, and GTK all provide rich Sysprof integration.
Minimal performance impact during profiling to ensure accurate measurements of your applications.
Capture and analyze D-Bus communication patterns to trace the root cause of complex system issues and service interactions.
Default GNOME Text Editor
The default text editor for GNOME, pre-installed on most Linux distributions including Fedora, Debian, Ubuntu, and Red Hat Enterprise Linux. It provides a clean, modern interface with essential editing features and seamless GNOME integration.
Modern, distraction-free interface designed for focused writing and coding sessions.
Support for syntax highlighting and spellcheck across multiple programming languages and file types.
Powerful search and replace functionality with regular expression support for advanced text manipulation.
Deep integration with GNOME desktop including native theming, file associations, and workflow optimization.
GNOME Platform Documentation Hub
Manuals is your comprehensive documentation companion for the GNOME platform. Access developer documentation, API references, and guides all in one place, organized by SDK version for precise targeting of your development needs.
Access full GNOME platform documentation including GTK, GLib, GObject, and all major libraries.
Find exactly what you need with fast, context-aware search across all documentation sources.
Documentation grouped by SDK version ensures you're always referencing the right API for your target platform.
Download and access documentation offline, perfect for development environments without internet access.
D-Bus Inspector & Debugging Tool
D-Spy is a powerful debugging and inspection tool for the D-Bus inter-process communication system. Whether you're developing GNOME applications, system services, or debugging complex interactions, D-Spy provides the visibility you need into the D-Bus ecosystem.
Explore all available services, objects, and interfaces on session and system buses with real-time updates.
Execute D-Bus methods with custom parameters and see immediate results with detailed error reporting.
Monitor property changes in real-time and track object state transitions across your system.
Connect to accessibility buses and other external D-Bus instances for comprehensive system debugging.
GtkSourceView Style Scheme Designer
Schemes is a powerful visual editor for creating and modifying GtkSourceView style schemes used for syntax highlighting in code editors and text applications. Whether you're customizing existing themes or creating entirely new color schemes, Schemes provides an intuitive interface to design the perfect visual experience for your development environment.
Intuitive visual interface for editing style schemes with real-time preview of your changes.
Full compatibility with GtkSourceView 5.3+ and support for the latest syntax highlighting features.
See your changes instantly with live preview across multiple programming languages and file types.
Create both dark and light mode variants of your style schemes for complete theme coverage.
Export to standard GtkSourceView XML format for use in Builder, Text Editor, and other applications.
Fine-tune every aspect of syntax highlighting including colors, fonts, and text decorations.
Futures and Promises for C
libdex brings modern asynchronous programming patterns to C with Futures (promises) and await support through fibers. This library enables developers to write clean, maintainable asynchronous code in C while maintaining cross-platform compatibility across Linux, macOS, Windows, FreeBSD, Hurd, and Solaris.
Implement modern asynchronous programming patterns in C with full promise/future support.
Write clean, readable asynchronous code using await syntax powered by lightweight fibers.
Support for Linux, macOS, Windows, FreeBSD, Hurd, and Solaris with consistent API.
Minimal overhead and memory footprint designed for performance-critical applications.
Comes with abstractions for common GIO async APIs making it quick and simple to enhance legacy code to be more concurrent.
GTK Spellcheck Integration
libspelling provides a seamless bridge between the enchant spellcheck libraries and the GTK toolkit, making it incredibly easy for developers to add comprehensive spellcheck capabilities to their GTK applications. With support for multiple languages and dictionaries, it's the perfect solution for text-heavy applications.
Seamless integration with enchant spellcheck libraries for robust spellcheck capabilities.
Native GTK integration with proper theming and user interface consistency.
Support for multiple languages and dictionaries with automatic language detection.
Simple API that makes adding spellcheck to GTK applications quick and straightforward.
IDE Development Framework
Foundry is a comprehensive command-line tool and shared library that provides all the fundamental building blocks required to construct modern integrated development environments. From debugger abstractions to language servers, Foundry offers a complete toolkit for IDE developers.
Complete debugger integration with breakpoints, variable inspection, and call stack analysis.
Intelligent code completion, real-time diagnostics, and comprehensive linting support.
Seamless integration with various build systems and compilation toolchains.
Built-in unit testing capabilities with test discovery and execution management.
Comprehensive device management and SDK handling for cross-platform development.
Transparent container integration for modern development workflows and deployment.
Advanced documentation indexing and search capabilities for comprehensive help systems.
Sophisticated dependency resolution and package management for complex projects.
Rich text editing capabilities with syntax highlighting and advanced editing features.
Integrated version control management with support for Git and other VCS systems.
Advanced symbol resolution and navigation for complex codebases and large projects.
Language Server Protocol support for multi-language development environments.
The FoundryGtk library provides a bridge between Foundry and GTK for common needs like text editing.
For GNOME applications, FoundryAdw is provided to bridge Foundry with GNOME design expectations.
Mouse, Keyboard, Screen for GTK & Qemu
LibMKS provides essential abstractions for writing GTK applications that interact with Qemu virtual machines. With efficient DMA-BUF graphics transfer and multi-touch input support, it delivers a smooth and responsive virtual machine experience for both developers and end users.
Seamless mouse input handling with precise cursor tracking and smooth movement across virtual machine boundaries.
Complete keyboard input abstraction with key mapping, modifiers, and special key handling for virtual machines.
Advanced screen handling with resolution management, multi-monitor support, and display configuration.
Efficient graphics transfer using DMA-BUF for hardware-accelerated rendering and smooth visual performance.
Support for multi-touch gestures and input devices to enhance the virtual machine user experience.
Native GTK application integration with first-class support for GPU-based rendering.
Deep integration with Qemu virtual machines for optimal performance and feature compatibility.
Optimized resource utilization to minimize overhead and maximize virtual machine performance.
GObject Data Mapper for SQLite
GOM is a powerful GObject Data Mapper that provides a semi-transparent wrapper around SQLite, enabling dynamic reading and writing of GObjects and collections of GObjects. Focus on your application logic while GOM handles the complexities of data persistence, schema management, and object-relational mapping.
Seamless integration with SQLite databases with automatic schema creation and management for your GObject classes.
Automatic serialization and deserialization of GObject properties to and from database columns with type safety.
Well-performing indexes and optimized queries ensure your application remains responsive even with large datasets.
Automatic schema migration support with versioning to handle database schema changes as your application evolves.
Built-in support for collections of GObjects with efficient querying and relationship management capabilities.
Comprehensive filtering system with support for complex queries, joins, and custom SQL when needed.
Full GObject type system integration ensuring compile-time type checking and runtime type safety.
Support for one-to-many and many-to-many relationships between GObject classes with automatic foreign key handling.
Intuitive query builder API for constructing complex database queries without writing raw SQL.
When you need maximum control, GOM allows you to write custom SQL queries while maintaining object mapping.
Full support for asynchronous database operations to keep your UI responsive during data operations.
JSON-RPC Communication Library
jsonrpc-glib is a comprehensive GLib-based library for JSON-RPC communication with both synchronous and asynchronous support. It provides full JSON-RPC 2.0 protocol implementation with the added benefit of GVariant serialization for local communication, making it perfect for inter-process communication and microservice architectures.
Implementation of the JSON-RPC 2.0 specification with client and server components for robust communication.
Both blocking and non-blocking API calls with proper GIO integration for flexible application architectures.
Support for both JSON and GVariant serialization formats, with GVariant optimized for local communication.
Comprehensive error handling with standard JSON-RPC error codes and detailed error reporting.
Built on GIOStream for flexible I/O operations and seamless integration with GLib's async infrastructure.
Full GObject Introspection support for use from any GObject-introspectable language.
IDE-like Application Framework
libpanel is a comprehensive GTK 4 and libadwaita-based library designed for creating IDE-like applications with dockable panels, workspaces, and modern GNOME integration. It provides all the essential UI components needed to build complex desktop applications with professional-grade user interfaces.
Complete dockable panel system with resizable, movable panels that can be arranged according to user preferences.
Multi-workspace support with focus management, allowing users to organize their work across different contexts.
Save and restore application state, layouts, and user preferences across application sessions.
Built on latest GTK 4 and libadwaita for modern GNOME integration and contemporary design patterns.
Advanced tabbed document frames with drag-and-drop support and intelligent tab management.
Plugin-friendly design that makes it easy to add new features and customize the application interface.
Flexible grid-based layout system for organizing content and panels in complex arrangements.
Specialized widgets for IDE features including status bars, progress indicators, and specialized controls.
Text Templating Engine
template-glib is a powerful text templating engine for generating text-based output from templates and user-defined state. With full GObject Introspection support, it works seamlessly from any GObject-introspectable language, making it perfect for code generation, documentation, and dynamic content creation.
Full-featured templating with conditionals, loops, expressions, and includes for complex text generation scenarios.
Direct access to GObject properties and methods via GObject Introspection for seamless data binding.
Works from any GObject-introspectable language including C, Vala, Python, JavaScript, and more.
Formal grammar-based expression evaluation with arithmetic, logical, and string operations.
Support for including other templates with secure template loading and path management.
Hierarchical variable scoping system with inheritance and flexible state management.
Significant contributions to major open source projects that have impacted the broader developer community.
Core Framework
Significant contributions to the GTK toolkit, including performance improvements, GPU rendering facilities, macOS support, text undo stack, widgets, accessibility, and more.
Core Library
Core contributions to GLib, the foundational library for GNOME applications, including data structure optimizations, serialization improvements, API design, and deep knowledge of time and calendaring systems.
Foundational Database
Core contributions to the MongoDB eco-system as the author of the core serialization library libbson and the driver library libmongoc.
Created the core counter design used to record statistics in the database engine and access them remotely over shared memory. This solved some longstanding performance issues around status monitoring.
GNOME Module Maintenance
Maintainer of key GNOME development library libpeas, a versatile plugin engine supporting plugins in C, C++, Rust, Vala, Lua, Python, and JavaScript.
Also maintainer of GtkSourceView, a powerful code editing widget with syntax highlighting for hundreds of languages, auto-completion, hover tooltips, search, snippets, and auto-indentation.
Projects currently under development. These are experimental and not ready for production use.
A framework UI designer framework for GTK, enabling rapid prototyping and design of user interfaces with modern design tools and intuitive workflows.
An IRC v3 library implementation for GLib, providing modern IRC client capabilities with support for the latest IRC protocol features and enhanced security.
An implementation of trigram search similar to Google Code Search. Allows for indexing a project and quickly finding files/lines that match a search query by only looking at files which have known trigram matches.
A daemon that can run on devices to allow remote development. Applications use libdeviced to connect to devices and manage SDKs, run in-development applications, and debug remotely. Works with Builder for remote device tooling.
A daemon and shared-library for providing and consuming personal cloud-like services. Designed for GNOME desktop users with multiple devices who want their content kept in sync. Includes file storage and plans for mail, calendar, photos, and more.
An implementation of the mi2 protocol for GDB, providing a modern interface for debugging applications with enhanced capabilities and better integration with development tools.