GCompris
GCompris is a software suite comprising educational entertainment software for children aged 2 to 10. GCompris was originally written in C and Python using the GTK+ widget toolkit, but a rewrite in C++ and QML using the Qt widget toolkit has been undertaken since early 2014. GCompris is free and open-source software and the current version is subject to the requirements of the AGPL-3.0-only license. It has been part of the GNU project.
| Original author(s) | Bruno Coudoin |
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| Developer(s) | KDE, Timothée Giet and Johnny Jazeix (maintainers) |
| Initial release | 2000 |
| Stable release | |
| Repository | invent |
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| Operating system | Android, BSD, Linux, macOS, Microsoft Windows |
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| Available in | more than 50 languages |
| Type | Educational entertainment, Educational software |
| License | New (Qt Quick): Since 1.1: AGPL-3.0-only 0.1 to 1.0: GPL-3.0-or-later Legacy (GTK): 8.5 to 15.10: GPL-3.0-or-later 0.2.4? to 8.3.1: GPL-2.0-or-later |
| Website | gcompris |
The name GCompris is a pun, in the French language is pronounced the same as the phrase "I have understood", J'ai compris [ʒekɔ̃ˈpʁi].
It is available for Linux, BSD, macOS, Windows and Android. While binaries compiled for Microsoft Windows and macOS were initially distributed with a restricted number of activities and a small fee was required to unlock all the activities, since February 2020 the full version is entirely free for all platforms.