hIDE is an integrated development environment for C++, C and Java applications programming. It integrates GCC and JDK command-line tools into a GUI environment. Other command-line tools that operate on files can be easily integrated into the hIDE environment as well. It also automates several common programming tasks, in turn speeding up the development cycle.

The end goal of hIDE is to provide a consistent development environment for several platforms. It is an open-source development project which is being hosted by SourceForge.net and will *always* be available as free software.

Because this is an open-source project, C++ developers can extend and\or improve its functionality if they wish.