Rexx Free Tools List@RexxInfo.org
Updated and expanded for 2025.
Look also in the mainframe tools index for tools written and tested specifically on mainframes.
ARexx (Amiga scripts and tools)
Audio / Speech
RxWav -- Audio files from within Rexx @SourceForge
IceREXX -- MP3 feeder for Shoutcast
REXX Speech from Reginald
RxMIDI from Reginald
BNF4OOo (BNF parser)
BSF4ooRexx (ooRexx to Java bridge)
BSF4Rexx (Rexx to Java bridge)
CRC (Cyclic Redundancy Check)
CGI (Common Gateway Inteface)
CSV files (manage spreadsheet files)
CURL (data transfer protocols)
Curses (terminal control)
Data Access Methods
Rexx/SQL from from Mark Hessling's website
ooSQLite from ooRexx at SourceForge
MySQL database interface
Rexx/JSON from SourceForge
Rexx/ISAM from Mark Hessling's website
FileUt from Patrick McPhee's website
ODBC from Reginald
REXXIO for Windows & OS/2 from LesTec Pty Ltd
Debugger (for ooRexx)
DW GUI
EEC (Encrypt / Encode / Compress)
Eclipse
Editors
THE Editor
THE Editor Macros
jEdit
Hack Editor (includes Hex editing)
Eclipse Rexx Editor @GitHub
SPF Editor
SPF Lite
X2 Programmers Editor (w/ Rexx Macro support)
Vim Editor (Rexx-aware)
FileUt (I/O enhancements)
GCI (Generic Call Interface)
gd (graphic images manipulation)
Graphical User Interfaces (GUIs)
Rexx/DW from Mark Hessling's website
RexxGTK from ooRexx at SourceForge
Rexx/TK
OODialog from ooRexx at SourceForge
Pashua Apple binding for Rexx
Wegina from Patrick McPhee's website
REXX GUI from Reginald
Grim's Tools (Steven Grim)
Hack Editor
Hercules (Mainframe emulator)
HHNS WorkBench
IDE's (Integrated Development Environments)
The Internet/REXX HHNS WorkBench
IntelliJ IDE Rexx Plugin
SNU 2D Programming Tools
Eclipse IDE for ooRexx
Eclipse IDE for NetRexx
Visual Studio Rexx PlugIn
Rexx Programmers Center (Reginald)
Idenburg's Tools (Ruurd Idenburg)
Image Manipulation
gd -- Manage images formats like PNG, JPEG and GIF
RxTwain -- Get images from cameras etc (Reginald)
IntelliJ IDE (Rexx Plugin)
Interpreters
Regina
Open Object Rexx
ooRexx for Android
NetRexx
BRexx
BRexx370
Rexx/imc
Rexxoid (for Android)
Reginald Rexx (no longer supported)
R4 (no longer supported)
Roo (no longer supported)
List of many Interpreters with Links
IRC (Internet Relay Chat)
Java Interfaces
Java2D (create Java2D graphics and animations)
jEdit Editor
JSON interface
LSP (Language Server Protocol (generic editor interface))
Mainframe-specific Tools
Manmrk Code
Math Libraries
Rexx Math Pack from Patrick McPhee's website
Math algorithms from Dr Zabrodsky's website
More Math algorithms from Dr Zabrodsky's website
Transcendental Math from Reginald
Rosetta Code Math Function Library
Miscellaneous Tools & Scripts
Michael Cowlishaw's utilities
Walter Pachl's Windows utilities
Steven Grim's toolset
Ruurd Idenburg's tools
Frank-e's tools @GitHub
Manmrk Code library
Mod_Rexx for Apache
MySQL (MySQL database interface)
NetRexx Tools
Bliss -- run NetRexx in Browser
netrexx-mode.el - NetRexx Emacs mode
Netrexx @GitHub
Netrexx @SourceForge
NetRexxPlugin - jEdit support for NetRexx
Translate Java to NetRexx (javarnrx)
Translate Rexx to NetRexx (rexx2nrx)
Several NetRexx tools (NetRexx.org)
SNU IDE for NetRexx
sysutils - Sysutils package
ODBC (data access method)
ooDialog (GUI)
ooRexx Debugger (for ooRexx)
ooRexx Repositories
ooSQLite (data access method)
oorexx-buildutils (ooRexx build-utilities package for Windows)
oorexxunit (ooTest framework)
OORexDoc (analyzes & documents Rexx/ooRexx programs)
orxutils
OS/2 -- eCS -- ArcaOS Tools
Pachl's Windows Tools (by Walter Pachl)
Pashua (binding for Mac OS X GUI)
PDF files
PHP (use native Rexx commands inside PHP programs)
Regina Rexx Tools (for Rexx and ooRexx)
Python
Regular Expressions
RegUtil, RexxUtil (System-related functions originally native in OS/2)
Repositories of Tools
Regina Tools @SourceForge
ooRexx Tools @SourceForge
RexxLA repository
RexxLA repository @GitHub
IBM's VM Download Packages Repository
PLEAC project Rexx scripts & utilities
Hobbes Archive
OS2 Site repository
Aminet -- ARexx Repository
NetRexx.org Tools
Reginald Rexx Tools (no longer supported)
Search for "Rexx" @GitHub
Search for "Rexx" @SourceForge
Search for "ooRexx" @GitHub
Search for "ooRexx" @SourceForge
Search for "NetRexx" @GitHub
Search for "NetRexx" @SourceForge
REXX Repositories
REXX Speech (speech synthesis)
Rexx/CSV (spreadsheet files)
See CSV Files
Rexx/EEC (encryption etc)
See EEC
Rexx/JSON interface
See JSON
Rexx/PDF
See PDF
Rexx/SQL
rexx2nrx
REXXIO for Windows and OS/2
RexxLA Repositories
RexxRE (regular expressions)
RexxScript (via javax.script package)
REXXTAGS (a Rexx server pages compiler)
REXXTRY (interactively run Rexx statements online)
RxComm (serial port access)
RxIni (read INI files in OS/2)
RxMIDI and RxMidiIo (the MIDI musical interface)
RxSock (sockets)
See Sockets
RxTwain (gets images from cameras etc)
RxWav (manage audio files)
RxZip and RxUnzip (manipulate ZIP files)
SOAP (interface to Simple Object Access Protocol)
Sockets (tcp/ip communications)
Sorting Programs
SPF Editor
SQL (database access)
Rexx/SQL from from Mark Hessling's website
MySQL database interface
ooSQLite from ooRexx at SourceForge
Telecommunications
Rexx/CURL from Mark Hessling's website
Rexx/Curses from Mark Hessling's website
RxSock from from Mark Hessling's website
Rxcomm from Reginald
RexxSock from Reginald
Mod_Rexx interface to Apache
IRC Class for ooRexx
THE Editor
TK (graphics)
Trans (translates Rexx API calls across interpreters)
Van der Woude's Tools (by Rob Van der Woude)
WMIGen (WMI code generator)
Wrapper (wraps Rexx source or tokens into an executable)
W32funcs (Windows Registry functions)
X2 Editor
XML Parser
YARN/2
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