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The QB64 Phoenix Edition Wiki

QB64 is a modern extended BASIC programming language that retains QBasic/QuickBASIC 4.5 compatibility and compiles native binaries for Windows, Linux, and macOS.

QB64's IDE running on macOS Catalina	Getting started Grab the latest version of QB64 Phoenix Edition from our active GitHub repository. FAQ Frequently asked questions about QB64 Get in touch QB64 Phoenix Edition Forum Discord invitation

Keywords

• Keyword Reference - Alphabetical
• Keyword Reference - By usage

Known issues

• Legacy keywords not supported by QB64
• Keywords not supported in Linux or macOS versions

Articles and Tutorials

• Terry Ritchie's QB64 Game Programming
• Scratchpixel - Comuter graphics math explained (C/C++ knowledge advantageous for examples)
• School Freeware series on QB64 (YouTube)
• Arrays
• ASCII Character Codes
• Binary Numbers
• Boolean Operations
• Clipboard
• Converting Bytes to Bits
• Console Window
• Controller Devices (Keyboard, Mouse, Joystick, Gamepad)
• Downloading Files (TCP/IP)
• Environment (Windows Registry)
• Hardware images
• Image file procedures
• Keyboard Scan Codes
• Libraries (C++, Windows, DLL)
• Mathematical Operations
• PDS (7.1) Procedures
• Port Access Libraries
• QB 4.5 Library Ports For QB64
• Relational Operations
• Line numbers
• Removing line numbers
• Resource Table extraction (Icon Extraction)
• Screen Memory
• Text, Fonts and Unicode Using Graphics
• Variable Types