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Stand alone programs that aid in development using C language.

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• ASTREE

  http://www.astree.ens.fr/
  A static analyzer analyzes reactive, critical, real-time programs written in the C programming language and looks for runtime errors.

• C Module Viewer (CMV)

  http://www.ezer.de/
  A small and smart programming tool that supports software engineering under C in the subjects modularity, overview and navigation (for Windows 9x/NT/2000). By Ezer Programmings.

• CC Shell

  http://ccsh.sourceforge.net/
  Allows C source files to be directly executed as scripts (using #!), speeding development and simplifying maintenance.

• ccache

  http://ccache.samba.org/
  Acts as a caching pre-processor to C/C++ compilers, which often results in a 5 to 10 times speedup in common compilations. [Open Source, GPL]

• Compilercache

  http://www.erikyyy.de/compilercache/
  Caches compiled object files to dramaticly speed up compiles. More convenient than make, and speeds up builds (like RPM builds) that make doesn't. Obsoleted by ccache.

• Crystal C/C++ Suite

  http://www.sgvsarc.com/
  A suite of C/C++ review, visualization and editing tools: Flowcharts, Tokens Panel, Comment Generator, and Auto-Formatting in real time, call/caller/file graphs.

• Cscope

  http://cscope.sourceforge.net/
  Cscope is a developer's tool for browsing C programming code.

• Cxref

  http://www.gedanken.org.uk/software/cxref/
  Cxref is a C source code cross referencing and documenting program for UNIX, written by Andrew M. Bishop. Cxref makes both html and latex style document.

• Development Assistant for C

  http://www.ristancase.com/
  Supports a wide range of software development activities, from easy editing to controlling source quality, from detailed reviewing to documenting. By RistanCASE.

• Exuberant Ctags

  http://ctags.sourceforge.net/
  Generates an index (or tag) file of C language objects found in C source and header files that allows these items to be quickly and easily located by a text editor or other utility. [Open Source, GPL]

• GNU cflow

  http://www.gnu.org/software/cflow/
  GNU cflow analyzes a collection of C source files and prints a graph, charting control flow within the program. [Open source, GPL]

• GNU GLOBAL

  http://www.gnu.org/software/global/
  GNU GLOBAL is a source code tag system that works the same way across diverse environments. [Open source, GPL]

• GNU Source-highlight

  http://www.gnu.org/software/src-highlite/
  Source-highlight, given a source file, produces a document with syntax highlighting. [Open source, GPL]

• Indent

  http://www.gnu.org/software/indent/indent.html
  A tool for formatting C code. [Open source, GPL]

• Insure++

  http://www.parasoft.com/jsp/products/home.jsp?product=Insure&/index.htm
  An error detection tool for C/C++ that automatically finds hidden errors at the source code level.

• KScope

  http://sourceforge.net/projects/kscope/
  KScope is a KDE front-end to Cscope. It provides a source-editing environment for large C projects, such as the Linux kernel. [Open source, GPL]

• LCLint

  http://lclint.cs.virginia.edu/
  Tool for statically checking C programs. [Open source, GPL]

• Lint Plus

  http://www.cleanscape.net/products/lintplus/
  Source code analyzer, detects problems compilers cannot catch, by Cleanscape Software.

• Splint

  http://www.splint.org/
  Splint is a tool for statically checking C programs for security vulnerabilities and coding mistakes.

• The Codist

  http://members.tripod.com/codist/
  Check this site for a survey of source code comprehension tools (these show flow and/or relationships of function within the program in a graphical and/or text manner). Both free and commercial products are listed.

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