The GNU toolchain is a broad collection of programming tools produced by the GNU Project. These tools form a toolchain (a suite of tools used in a serial manner) used for developing software applications and operating systems.

The GNU toolchain plays a vital role in development of Linux, some BSD systems, and software for embedded systems. Parts of the GNU toolchain are also directly used with or ported to other platforms such as Solaris, macOS, Microsoft Windows (via Cygwin and MinGW/MSYS/WSL2), Sony PlayStation Portable (used by PSP modding scene) and Sony PlayStation 3.

Components

Projects in the GNU toolchain are:

  • GNU
  • GNU

See also

References

  • GCC, the GNU Compiler Collection
  • Building and Installing under Linux
  • Prebuilt Win32 GNU Toolchains for various embedded platforms