Michel's Haiku apps, ports and resources

Things I have programmed, ported, compiled or just packaged for the Haiku Operating System. These are compiled and packaged for x86_64, except for Java apps and a few scripts, which should run, but have not been tested, on a 32-bit system.

Most of these are quick-n-dirty, proof-of-concept compilations. If it compiles, runs and doesn't destroy my system, it's in. The idea is that if I can get it to compile, people with greater skills certainly can too, and no doubt do a better job.

If you are a developer and you see something here that could be further developed and refined in the Haiku context, please go ahead with my blessings. I won't complain about being "sherlocked". In fact, let me know when your version is up on the repos and I'll take it down here.

Java Ports

Java once held out the promise "Write once, run everywhere". It didn't quite work out like that, but there are still a number of Java apps that can be made to run on Haiku.

QT4 Ports

Version 4 of the QT framework is now obsolete, but with the appropriate library these apps can still work. Ideally, they should be ported to a more recent version of QT.

QT5/6 Ports

More recent applications that use the latest QT versions we have available.

GTK Ports

Of course Haiku has GTK too - how else would we run the GIMP? Having said that, GTK is not as cleanly integrated into Haiku as QT.

SDL Ports

Simple Direct Layer (SDL for short) is a framework most commonly used for games. The apps made with SDL may not look like Haiku programs, but they do work!

FLTK Ports

FLTK (the Fast Light Toolkit) is the most recent framework to have become available on Haiku, although it seems we've had Dillo for ages ...

TCL/TK Ports

TCL/TK is another framework that can be made to work on Haiku. The tclsh interface seems broken, but wish works well enough, which is why these apps float in a blue "desktop" of their own.

Yab & other BASIC programs

Yab is a version of BASIC that can create real GUI programs for Haiku. This is where you'll find a lot of my own stuff. I generally keep my source code on Codeberg these days.

Programming languages

There is life beyond C++! Here you will find some oddball programming languages that I've managed to compile for Haiku. Please note that these will not be listed in Recent additions, below.

CLI applications and CLI scripts & utilities

What's the difference? CLI utilities are run from the command-line, do their thing and exit. CLI applications take up the whole Terminal until the user closes them down. Please note that these will not be listed in Recent additions, below.

Web Apps

Haiku browsers are now getting good enough that web applications can be run in them, so why miss out on the fun? These packages will install Deskbar menu items that launch directly into a browser window. Please note that these will not be listed in Recent additions, below.

Miscellaneous

Bits and pieces that don't fit into the main groups. Some of the most interesting stuff I have is here, both in terms of native compilations of old BeOS applications, old DOS programs for the Terminal, and non-program HPKGs.

Other resources

I never want you to leave this site! But let's face it, there is a bigger Haiku-verse out there. Come back soon, OK?

Haiku development docs

Huge collections of e-books and documents relevant to programming for Haiku

Direct links to my Sourceforge repositories

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