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An open source, multi-platform object-oriented xBase database compiler that uses a C compiler as a back end to generate binaries. Although it has been forked a couple of times, Harbour is the oldest open source Clipper clone out there (if we ignore old xBase in Clipper DOS tools like nanoBase) and has by far the largest mind share of the xBase compatible toolchains, not the least because they have had a rather conservative attitude towards development and platform support.

Harbour is primarily written in C with a few libraries being written in C++

In addition to xBase compatibility the toolkit supports connection to SQL databases.

Prerequisites

Open Watcom C compiler, used to compile the output of the xHarbour compiler into machine code.
GCC compiler, alternative tool to compile the output of the xHarbour compiler into machine code, available in versions for both the 3.x and 4.x GCC branches.

Note that using as a GCC back end rather than Watcom means that the compiled binary will rely on GCC DLLs.

Foreign libraries with Harbour support

Cairo - 2D graphics library - Open source

Versions

1.0.1 (Sep 2008)
2.0.0 (Dec 2009)
3.0.0 (Jul 2011)

Licence

The bulk of the project is licensed under the GPL v2, the library gets a special exception to allow users to create programs that are not bound by the "viral" part of the GPL licence, it is known as The Harbour Project Library Licence.

Author

Harbour Project
Antonio Linares (Project starter)
Maurilio Longo (OS/2 Port)
Przemyslaw Czerpak (Current Harbour maintainer and OS/2 port author)

Links

Harbour Homepage
Harbour Project Brazil - In both English and Portuguese, some info on this page that is not on the main page, but otherwise outdated
Developers forum
Users forum
Harbour vs. xHarbour - Document that shows the main difference between Harbour and its fork xHarbour

Source code repository

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 An open source, multi-platform object-oriented [[xBase]] database compiler that uses a C compiler as a back end to generate binaries. Although it has been forked a couple of times, Harbour is the oldest open source [[Clipper]] clone out there (if we ignore old xBase in Clipper [[DOS]] tools like [[nanoBase]]) and has by far the largest mind share of the xBase compatible toolchains, not the least because they have had a rather conservative attitude towards development and platform support.
+Harbour is primarily written in [[C]] with a few libraries being written in [[C++]]
 In addition to xBase compatibility the toolkit supports connection to [[SQL]] databases.
+===Prerequisites===
+* [[Open Watcom]] C compiler, used to compile the output of the xHarbour compiler into machine code.
+* [[GCC]] compiler, alternative tool to compile the output of the xHarbour compiler into machine code, available in versions for both the 3.x and 4.x GCC branches.
+:Note that using as a GCC back end rather than Watcom means that the compiled binary will rely on GCC DLLs.
 ===Foreign libraries with Harbour support===
-* [[Cairo]] - 2D graphics library - Open source - Current
+* [[Cairo]] - 2D graphics library - Open source
 ==Versions==
-*'''Latest stable version:''' [http://sourceforge.net/projects/harbour-project/files/ v.3.0.0]
+* 1.0.1 (Sep 2008)
-* Beta version: 3.2.0 dev (2016-06-23) - Currently only supports the [[Watcom]] toolchain or [[GCC]].
+* 2.0.0 (Dec 2009)
+* 3.0.0 (Jul 2011)
-====Prerequisites====
-* [[Open Watcom]] C compiler, used to compile the output of the xHarbour compiler into machine code.
-* [[GCC]] compiler, alternative tool to compile the output of the xHarbour compiler into machine code, available in versions for both the 3.x and 4x GCC Branches.
-:Note that using as a GCC back end rather than Watcom means that the compiled binary will rely on GCC DLL's
-==Links==
-* [https://harbour.github.io Harbour Homepage]
-* [http://www.harbour-project.com.br Harbour Project Brazil] - In both English and Portuguese, some info on this page that is not on the main page, but otherwise outdated
-* [https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/harbour-devel Developers forum]
-* [https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/harbour-users Users forum]
-* [https://code.google.com/p/harbour-and-xharbour-builds/downloads/detail?name=xhb-diff.txt Harbour vs. xHarbour] - Document that shows the main difference between Harbour and its fork [[xHarbour]]
 ==Licence==
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 * Przemyslaw Czerpak (Current Harbour maintainer and OS/2 port author)
-==Source==
+==Links==
-* Harbour is primarily written in [[C]] with a few libraries being written in [[C++]]
+* [https://harbour.github.io Harbour Homepage]
+* [http://www.harbour-project.com.br Harbour Project Brazil] - In both English and Portuguese, some info on this page that is not on the main page, but otherwise outdated
+* [https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/harbour-devel Developers forum]
+* [https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/harbour-users Users forum]
+* [https://code.google.com/p/harbour-and-xharbour-builds/downloads/detail?name=xhb-diff.txt Harbour vs. xHarbour] - Document that shows the main difference between Harbour and its fork [[xHarbour]]
 * [https://github.com/harbour/core/ Source code repository]
 [[Category:xBase]][[Category:Open Source Software]][[Category:Software written in C]][[Category:Software written in C++]]