Together We Build The Best 8bit Compiler

Great Cow BASIC was initially developed in 2007 by Hugh Considine and over the years a growing number of developers have support the Open-Source development of this project.

”What it takes, like all Open-Source projects, is someone's time and resources, but, most importantly passion to make it happen. I do this as my 'give back' to everyone - I have been very fortunate as an engineer and I want to give back to the community = passion. So, Open-Souce needs passion and that passion makes stuff happen.

Feb. 2022

Evan R. VennProject Leader
GC Studio Downloads

22,464

Presence in

132

Updates released per Month

2

Downloads Per Week

300

What they've said about us

“This is a great project. I tried to start programming several times, but due to the complexity of syntax in modern programming languages, I gave up this idea. Thanks to this project, I was able to write the first program after a few days of studying. I ran into a compilation problem, and I wrote about it to the guys on the forum, the guys immediately responded and helped.”

xandor1980

“Great programming language, easy to learn. Came here from another similar but commercial language ( you know which one 😛 ) and I found GCBasic to be the perfect alternative. It has a friendly community and with some minor additions, the potential to beat the big names in the business.”

pman1988

“I absolutely love GCBasic. The software has made it easy for someone like me, a non programmer to enjoy the electronics hobby with minimum frustration. Microcontroller projects can be coded easily and quickly even for beginners like myself. Software is easy to use and does pretty much anything I would ever need. I appreciate everyone's effort who works on GCBasic!”

jokersbox

“First time I had contact to GCB is now 8 years ago. I did multiple projects with GCB. As time went by, it became more and more comfortable and it's a nice complement for doing some works with micro processors. I still love it. Thanks to Evan and his crew! Very excellent jobs done!”

immo65

“A brilliant IDE, very versatile. In a previous life I programmed PIC devices using assembler but with the latest devices (and my age - 79) this is no longer possible so a high level language became necessary. Well done to all concerned.”

cuncler

“Outstanding BASIC compiler for 8bit PICs and AVRs! This compiler is constantly being improved by very proactive developers. You can really take full advantage of the micro's capabilities and there is also an easy to use PPS tool to configure the pins on the newer PICs. This allows you to reassign pins which comes in handy while developing a PCB for your project. GCB is one of my favorite tools for programming, it really has come a long way and creates incredibly efficient asm. Try it... you'll love it!”

jimbomotogeek

Don't miss the fun...

Download for Windows