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Code::Blocks

Code::Blocks is a code editor, available on Windows and Linux.

Completely free
Windows and Linux
Open source
No account

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Technical details

Pricing: Completely freeconfirmed by Flathub, Winget (Windows Package Manager)
License: GPL-3.0+ — Open source (copyleft)confirmed by Flathub, Winget (Windows Package Manager)
Open source: Yes
Commercial use: Yesconfirmed by Flathub, Official plan pages (pricing, licence, terms), Winget (Windows Package Manager)
Account required: Noconfirmed by Winget (Windows Package Manager)
Credit card required: Noconfirmed by Flathub, Winget (Windows Package Manager)
Watermark: Not applicable
Ads: not documented
Platforms: Windows and LinuxEstablished by Linux: Flathub · Windows: Winget
Publisher: The Code::Blocks team
Latest version: 25.03 (31 March 2025)
Latest activity: 19 October 2026

At a glance

All of Code::Blocks is free: no feature is locked behind a paid plan, and its code is open.

Its licence (GPL-3.0+) is a copyleft open source licence: you may use, study, modify and redistribute it, including commercially; modified versions must keep the same licence.

Strengths

Open source code
No account needed
Commercial use allowed

About

Code::Blocks is a highly extensible Integrated Development Environment (IDE) for the C, C++ and Fortran programming languages. It features support for a wide range of compilers, parallel builds, multi-target projects, and also provides an interface with GNU GDB. Note: Code::Blocks runs in an isolated space from the main system, it has the tools provided by the SDK and its extensions, it also has a plugin that can be installed to add more dependencies. More information at https://github.com/flathub/org.codeblocks.codeblocks.

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Sources and checks

Facts collected from Flathub (credit card, publisher, licence, free status, platforms, commercial use, version) — 9 November 2026
Facts collected from Official plan pages (pricing, licence, terms) (commercial use) — 7 November 2026
Facts collected from Winget (Windows Package Manager) (credit card, account, publisher, licence, free status, platforms, commercial use, version) — 6 November 2026
Last technical check: 6 November 2026
Description from Flathub — AppStream (Flathub)

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