swig/swigweb/index.ht

Simplified Wrapper and Interface Generator
<p>
<img src="images/swig12.png" alt="Simplified Wrapper and Interface Generator">

<p>
SWIG is a software development tool that connects programs written in
C, C++, and Objective-C with a variety of high-level programming
languages.  SWIG is primarily used with common scripting languages
such as Perl, Python, Tcl/Tk, Ruby, Guile and MzScheme, however the list of 
<a href="compat.html#SupportedLanguages">supported languages</a> also includes 
non-scripting languages such as Java and Eiffel. SWIG is most
commonly used to create high-level interpreted programming
environments and as a tool for building user interfaces.  SWIG may be
freely used, distributed, and modified for commercial and
noncommercial use.

<ul>
<li> <a href="download.html">Download</a> the latest version.
<li> <a href="doc.html">Documentation, papers, and presentations</a>
<li> <a href="mail.html">Mailing List</a>
<li> <a href="bugs.html">Bug tracking</a>
<li> <a href="http://swig.cs.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/wiki.pl">SwigWiki!</a>
</ul>

<h3>Important Notice</h3>

SWIG is currently in a state of redevelopment in which substantial
parts of the system are being reimplemented.  This work can be found
in the SWIG1.3 series of releases.  If you are concerned about
stability or are a first-time user, you may want to download some
variant of SWIG1.1 instead.  Caveat--SWIG1.1 may not be compatible
with recent releases of certain scripting languages such as Perl 5.6
and Guile. 

<p>
SWIG is an all volunteer effort.  We are always looking for fearless people with 
an abundance of spare time.

<p>
<h3>News</h3>

<p>
<b>2002/02/01</b> <a href="http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/swig/swig-1.3.11.tar.gz">SWIG-1.3.11</a> has been released.   This is a bug-fix release for SWIG-1.3.10.  The release also
includes substantial improvements to the Java and PHP modules.
See the <a href="download.html">download</a> page for release notes and versions for Windows and Macintosh.  

<p>
<b>2001/12/10</b> <a href="http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/swig/swig-1.3.10.tar.gz">SWIG-1.3.10</a> has been
released.   This release features substantial changes to typemaps, exception
handling, and SWIG's internals.   New features also include support for C++ operator
overloading and an experimental PHP module.   Since this is an unstable
release, first time users might want to consider using SWIG-1.3.9 or
SWIG1.1p5 instead.
See the <a href="download.html">download</a> page for release notes and versions for Windows and Macintosh.  


<P>
<b>2001/12/10</b> The <a href="Doc1.3">development documentation</a> for SWIG1.3 has been extensively updated.  Not yet finished, but includes coverage of most
new SWIG features including the redesigned typemap system and
improved exception handling.             

<p>
<b>2001/10/31</b> Announcing <a href="http://swig.cs.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/wiki.pl">SwigWiki</a>.   
Problems with SWIG?  Look here for more information and to contribute.

<p>
<b>2001/09/28</b> <a href="Doc1.3">Development documentation</a> for SWIG1.3 is now online.  This is a work in progress, but many new SWIG features
are described.

<p>
<b>2001/09/23</b> <a href="http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/swig/swig-1.3.9.tar.gz">SWIG-1.3.9</a> has been
released. This is a bug-fix release for 1.3.7 (described below).
See the <a href="download.html">download</a> page for release notes and versions for Windows and Macintosh.  Note: SWIG-1.3.8 had a major parsing problem that
snuck in at the last moment--don't use that version.

<p>
<b>2001/09/03</b> <a href="http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/swig/swig-1.3.7.tar.gz">SWIG-1.3.7</a> has been
released. This is one of the most substantial enhancements to SWIG ever released.  Includes a more
powerful parser, support for C++ templates, simplified wrapping of overloaded methods and more!
This release also includes some updated documentation on the new features. See the <a href="download.html">download</a> page for release notes and versions for Windows and Macintosh.


<p>
<b>2001/08/30</b> A precompiled executable of SWIG-1.3.6 for Windows (<a
href="http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/swig/swigwin-1.3.6.zip">swigwin-1.3.6</a>) is now available.


<p>
<b>2001/07/16</b> A Macintosh port of SWIG-1.3.6 (<a
href="http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/swig/SWIG-1.3.6.sit">macswig-1.3.6</a>)
has been contributed by Luigi Ballabio.

<p>
<b>2001/07/10</b> <a href="http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/swig/swig-1.3.6.tar.gz">SWIG-1.3.6</a> has been released.  This release includes substantial changes
to the language modules and greatly improved support for Guile, Java, and 
Ruby.  Please see the <a href="download.html">download</a> page for further details.

<p>
<b>2000/10/14</b> A Macintosh port of SWIG1.3a5 (<a href="http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/swig/MacSWIG1.3a5.sit.bin">macswig1.3a5</a>) has been contributed by Luigi Ballabio.


<p>
<b>2000/09/22</b> <a
href="http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/swig/swig1.3a5.tar.gz">SWIG1.3a5</a>
has been released.  This release has too many changes to list here,
but it fixes a lot of bugs in SWIG1.3a3 and SWIG1.3a4, includes new language modules
for Ruby and Mzscheme, and has some new examples.  Note: this is a somewhat
unstable release and may not be suitable for first time users.
Download <a href="http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/swig/swig1.1-883.tar.gz">SWIG1.1</a> instead.

<p>
</blockquote>