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Features

Necessary

  • Run in a single window (i.e. no toolbars in separate windows like in Brainfuck Developer)
  • Save to a file
  • Execute programs inside the IDE
  • Debug step through

Optional (but nice)

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  • Debug step through = step-by-step execution?
    – Franck Dernoncourt
    Commented Apr 28, 2014 at 3:30
  • Is it even possible to have syntax highlighting for BF? Wouldn't that just be different colors for each symbol?
    – Nzall
    Commented Apr 28, 2014 at 10:51
  • @NateKerkhofs That's exactly what it would mean. Or possibly different colors for different functions, e.x. < and > would be the same color; + and - would be the same color; [ and ] would be the same color.
    – rootmeanclaire
    Commented Jun 12, 2014 at 3:45
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    It's not really "production ready", but thanks for giving me some feature-requests to my open source Brainfuck IDE - Brainduck
    – Simon Forsberg
    Commented Nov 24, 2015 at 19:01
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    @FracturedRetina slightly inspired by a project named Rubberduck. Once the IDE is more functional (has most of the features you request), I will post an answer to your question.
    – Simon Forsberg
    Commented Nov 24, 2015 at 20:03

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You can use Visual brainfuck:

  • free
  • Windows 7
  • Run in a single window (i.e. no toolbars in separate windows)
  • Save to a file
  • Execute programs inside the IDE
  • Debugger with step-by-step execution
  • Compile to .exe

No syntax highlighting, no support for brainfuck derivatives.

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You can use Brainfuck Machine:

  • free
  • Windows
  • Run in a single window (i.e. no toolbars in separate windows)
  • Save to a file
  • Execute programs inside the IDE
  • Debugger with step-by-step execution
  • Compile to .exe

No syntax highlighting, no support for brainfuck derivatives.

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Brainduck

Download latest version on https://github.com/Zomis/Brainduck/releases

  • Runs in a single window
  • Can load and save to files
  • Supports drag & drop of files into the IDE
  • Execute programs inside the IDE
  • Several options for debug step through:
    • Step by step
    • Run until next loop starts
    • "Step out" of current loop
    • "Step continue" which will go to the next iteration of the current loop, or to the end of it
  • Some support for syntax highlighting
  • Free, and open source!
  • No support for derivatives, but does support embedding code with Groovy
  • Support for some Groovy commands that allows you to mark memory cells with a name, and assert that you are on a specific cell. See this Fibbonaci number generator as an example
  • Supports analysis of your Brainfuck code:
    • Count the number of times your loops has been executed
    • Suggests simplification of code, for example ++>++<-> can become +>++>
    • Count the number of times your memory cells are being read or written
    • Memory to code mapping, and code to memory mapping

You want another feature? Create an issue in the Github repository, or submit a Pull Request :)

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