Rexx Free Tools List@RexxInfo.org
Updated and expanded for 2025. Also see the complete List of Topics on this website.
Apache
ARexx (Amiga scripts and tools)
Arrays
Audio / Speech
RxWav -- Audio files from within Rexx @SourceForge
IceREXX -- MP3 feeder for Shoutcast
REXX Speech from Reginald
RxMIDI from Reginald
Batch Rexx
BCPii (Base Control Program internal interface)
BNF4OOo (BNF parser)
BRexx370
BSF4ooRexx (ooRexx to Java bridge)
BSF4Rexx (Rexx to Java bridge)
CCA (Common Cryptographic Architecture)
CGI (Common Gateway Inteface)
CICS -- z/VSE Integration
Clarke's Tools (Frank Clarke)
Compilers
CRC (Cyclic Redundancy Check)
CSM (Copy Services Manager)
CSV files (manage spreadsheet files)
CURL (data transfer protocols)
Curses (terminal control)
Data Access Methods
FileUt from Patrick McPhee's website
IOX -- enhancement/replacement for EXECIO
ODBC from Reginald
ooSQLite from ooRexx at SourceForge
MySQL database interface
Rexx/ISAM from Mark Hessling's website
Rexx/JSON from SourceForge
Rexx/SQL from from Mark Hessling's website
REXXIO for Windows & OS/2 from LesTec Pty Ltd
RXDASD -- Direct access methods for Rexx
RXTAPE -- interface to read/write tape
RXVSAM @SourceForge
Dave's Free Tools
Debugger (for ooRexx)
Direct Data Access (BDAM for Rexx)
Display Managers / GUIs
Also see Graphical User Interfaces (GUIs)
ASKPMAN -- presentation management per CUA standards
FSX - full screen display manager
GUIWIRE -- GUI app to build REXX CMS/GUI apps
DW GUI
Eclipse
Edit Macros
Editors
eXtended Editor Facility @Mark's MVS Utilities
Eclipse Rexx Editor @GitHub
jEdit
Hack Editor (includes Hex editing)
IBM Rexx Editor
SlickEdit (requires license fee)
SPF Editor
SPF Lite
THE Editor
THE Editor Macros
Vim Editor (Rexx-aware)
X2 Programmers Editor (w/ Rexx Macro support)
EEC (Encrypt / Encode / Compress)
Evaluate Expressions
EXECIO
FileUt (I/O enhancements)
FTP
GCI (Generic Call Interface)
gd (graphic images manipulation)
Graphical User Interfaces (GUIs)
OODialog from ooRexx at SourceForge
OODialog Users Guide by Oliver Sims
Pashua Apple binding for Rexx
Rexx/DW from Mark Hessling's website
RexxGTK from ooRexx at SourceForge
Rexx/TK
REXX GUI from Reginald
RxMUI (ARexx GUI interfaces)
Wegina from Patrick McPhee's website
Also see Display Managers
Grim's Tools (Steven Grim)
Hack Editor
Hercules (Mainframe emulator)
HHNS WorkBench
Highlighting Rexx Code
ICF (Integrated Catalog Facility)
IDE's (Integrated Development Environments)
Eclipse IDE for ooRexx
Eclipse IDE for NetRexx
IntelliJ IDE for ooRexx
IntelliJ IDE Rexx Plugin
The Internet/REXX HHNS WorkBench
Rexx Programmers Center (Reginald)
SNU 2D Programming Tools
Visual Studio Rexx PlugIn
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
Also see Downloads
IPCS (dump analysis)
IRC (Internet Relay Chat)
IRRXUTIL
ISPF
Bill LaLonde's Scripts (via the Wayback Machine)
Lionel B. Dyck z/OS Freeware
Service Professional GmbH ISPF Rexx code
Willy Jensen's scripts
Woodworth's LLC
ISPF Edit Macros
Dave's MVS Freeware
David McRitchie's Macro Toolbox
Frank Clarke's Edit Macros
Lionel B. Dyck z/OS Freeware
Mark's MVS Utilities
Norbert Haas's ISPF Macros etc
Service Professional GmbH
ISPF Tables
IUCV (Inter User Communication Vehicle)
Java Interfaces
Java2D (create Java2D graphics and animations)
jEdit Editor
JSON interface
LSP (Language Server Protocol (generic editor interface))
Manmrk Code
Mark's MVS Utilities
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
Bill LaLonde's scripts (via the Wayback Machine)
Dave's MVS Freeware
David McRitchie's Macro Toolbox
EPBCN Rexx Repository of tools
Frank Clarke's Toolbox
Frank Clarke's Tools @ RexxLA repository
Frank-e's tools @GitHub
IBM's VM Download Packages Repository
Les Paton's LPREXX script package from IBM
Lionel B. Dyck z/OS Freeware
Manmrk Code library
Mark's MVS Utilities
Mike Cowlishaw's Programs
REXXG -- EXECs and XEDIT macros
Ruurd Idenburg's tools
Service Professional GmbH
Steven Grim's toolset
Texas Rock scripts
Walter Pachl's Windows utilities
Willy Jensen's scripts
Woodworth's LLC
Mod_Rexx for Apache
MQTT Messaging
Multitasking
MySQL (MySQL database interface)
NetRexx Tools
Bliss -- run NetRexx in Browser
How to Use NetRexx Pipelines
netrexx-mode.el - NetRexx Emacs mode
Netrexx @GitHub
Netrexx @SourceForge
NetRexx Pipelines Overview
NetRexx (downloads webpage)
NetRexxPlugin - jEdit support for NetRexx
Translate Java to NetRexx (javarnrx)
Translate Rexx to NetRexx (rexx2nrx (obsolete))
Several NetRexx tools (NetRexx.org)
SNU IDE for NetRexx
sysutils - Sysutils package
Norbert's Tools
ODBC (data access method)
OMVS (Unix system services)
ooDialog (GUI)
OORexDoc (analyzes & documents Rexx/ooRexx programs)
ooRexx Debugger (for ooRexx)
ooRexx Repositories
oorexx-buildutils (ooRexx build-utilities package for Windows)
oorexxunit (ooTest framework)
ooSQLite (data access method)
orxutils
OS/2 -- eCS -- ArcaOS Tools
Pachl's Windows Tools (by Walter Pachl)
Parsers
Pashua (binding for Mac OS X GUI)
PDF files
PDSE (Partitioned Data Set Extended)
Performance Monitor
PHP (use native Rexx commands inside PHP programs)
Pipelines (NetRexx)
Pipes
Python
RACF Interface
Regina Rexx Tools (for Rexx and ooRexx)
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 Editor
Rexx Highlighter
Rexx Parser
REXX Repositories
Rexx @GitHub
Rexx @SourceForge
RexxLA Repository
RexxLA Repository @GitHub
Also see Repositories of Tools
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
REXXEDIT (XEDIT interface)
REXXIO for Windows and OS/2
RexxRE (regular expressions)
RexxScript (via javax.script package)
REXXTAGS (a Rexx server pages compiler)
REXXTRY (interactively run Rexx statements online)
Download simple REXXTRY script
Download REXXTRY.CMD
NetRexx (includes REXXTRY)
REXXTRY -- execute statements interactively (uses Regina)
rexx2nrx
Rizutto's Tools
RUNEXEC (executes Rexx or Clist code)
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)
SAF (System Authorization Facility)
Service Pro's Tools
SHAREVAR (share variables between execs)
SMF (System Management Facilities)
SMS (Storage Management Subsystem)
SOAP (interface to Simple Object Access Protocol)
Sockets (tcp/ip communications)
Sorting Programs
Several sorting functions (Frank Clarke)
Sorting Programs by Christian Maas
RXSORT -- sorting function for Rexx
SPF Editor
SQL (database access)
Rexx/SQL from from Mark Hessling's website
MySQL database interface
ooSQLite from ooRexx at SourceForge
Stem Variables
See Arrays
SYSREXX
System Management Facilities (SMF)
See SMF
System Utilities
Tables
See Arrays
Tape Access
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
FTPREXX -- FTP support for CMS Pipelines
REXXIUCV -- IUCV interface for Rexx
REXXMQTT -- MQTT messaging support for Rexx
SHAREVAR @GitHub
THE Editor
TK (graphics)
TRACEXEC
Trans (translates Rexx API calls across interpreters)
TUTOR
Unicode
Utilities
Van der Woude's Tools (by Rob Van der Woude)
Variable Management (inside Rexx scripts)
REXXGBLV -- shared global variable storage
REXXSTOR -- I/O to named storage area
REXXVARS -- multifaceted variables utility
Show ISPF and System variable from Rexx
VM Tools
VSAM (VSAM access method support)
VSE Tools (from IBM)
WAIT a script
WAKEUP Servers
Willy Jensen's Free Tools
WMIGen (WMI code generator)
Woodworth's Free Tools
Wrapper (wraps Rexx source or tokens into an executable)
W32funcs (Windows Registry functions)
X2 Editor
XEF (eXtended Editor Facility)
XML Parser
ZCCREXX (CCA Interface)
z/OS Internals
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