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Highest Rated
5 out of 5 stars
I have been using SDCC since early 2010, originally for a TI/Chipcon cc2430 port of the Contiki Operating System. When I started porting Contiki for cc2530s, choosing a toolchain couldn't have been more straightforward...
Thumbs up as a public 'thank you' for all the efforts developing and maintaining SDCC.
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Lowest Rated
1 out of 5 stars
Good and useful software
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alfredska
Posted 2026-11-07
5 out of 5 stars
I really appreciate the work and care that has gone into this compiler! I'd have no other legitimate alternative for 8051 targets.
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hopyee
Posted 2026-03-07
2 out of 5 stars
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hs1386
Posted 2024-12-22
4 out of 5 stars
Good Compiler, I am Using for Developing STM8 Projects, with VS Code Editor and Em-IDE Plugin.
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schoffit
Posted 2023-05-12
5 out of 5 stars
Very nice project. I would like to use it as a replacement for non free toolchains for STM8.
Works already well for medium memory model and almost for large model.
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aoimsx
Posted 2022-08-29
5 out of 5 stars
Sometimes you have to look for information outside the documentation, but apart from that it's a very good tool suite for developing on z80 (the only port I tried so far).
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prosper0
Edited 2022-04-06
4 out of 5 stars
Thank you!
Just a quick note to say 'thanks' for SDCC. Despite having a few warts here and there, it's (in my mind at least) the premiere (and in a few cases, the only) C-compiler for the targets supported.
Thank you for your hard and valuable work.
2 users found this review helpful.
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artrag
Edited 2022-03-16
5 out of 5 stars
The best open source C compiler for Z80 and the last C compiler for z80 still being currently maintained (as all the commercial alternative have been discontinued).
The code generation could improve e.g. by supporting alternate registers, undocumented z80 instructions and by increasing the number of peep hole rules applied in code optimisation. Compared to hand coded ASM the code generated still is slower and bigger, but it is quickly improving and, with the last change in parameter passing, it is starting to outperform the other commercial solutions (20 years older).
The assembler is very bare bone and, due to bugs and its odd opcode notation, is not the best to integrate existing libraries in C projects.
Never the less you will not find anything better among opensource C compilers for z80
1 user found this review helpful.
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tg9541
Posted 2020-01-24
5 out of 5 stars
My favourite C compiler for small µCs.
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quix
Posted 2019-05-17
5 out of 5 stars
excellent option to get hands on code !
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kangalioo
Edited 2018-07-03
5 out of 5 stars
Very nice design. Similar to the Rust programming language, the design decisions feel "perfect", as if a lot of thoughts had gone into them.
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ngohungcuong
Posted 2018-02-26
5 out of 5 stars
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jeniferjen
Posted 2017-05-04
4 out of 5 stars
quando termino de instalar aparece a seguinte caixa de mensagem : this installation package is not supported on this plataform. contact your application vender. (Este pacote de instalação não é suportado nesta plataforma. Entre em contato com o revendedor da sua aplicação). como proceder nesse caso? ajuda alguem
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slavaza
Edited 2017-04-05
5 out of 5 stars
I am satisfied. Useful thing.
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jwzumwalt1
Posted 2015-01-11
5 out of 5 stars
It's free and you get back more than you paid for it :)
1 user found this review helpful.
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snooc
Posted 2014-06-13
5 out of 5 stars
Thank you for your great work!
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jucole
Posted 2014-03-22
5 out of 5 stars
I've almost finished a project with a PIC 18F2520 and after 1600 lines of code, interrupts (both high / low) 9 ADC's channels and 3 internal timers. all I can say is the SDCC worked perfectly !!
To everyone on the dev team - you guys rock!!
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ersafap
Posted 2013-07-07
5 out of 5 stars
Guys, it is very strange, you say nothing about supporting stm8. It is very sad! old z80 and others, but nothing about stm8?
4 users found this review helpful.
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williamdanis
Posted 2013-06-06
5 out of 5 stars
1 user found this review helpful.
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ashleydean
Posted 2013-05-31
5 out of 5 stars
1 user found this review helpful.
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a11922256
Posted 2013-02-13
1 out of 5 stars
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imenplan
Posted 2012-10-24
5 out of 5 stars
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madenexsde
Posted 2012-06-15
5 out of 5 stars
It is really good program. Must have!!!)))
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dimitciecon
Posted 2012-06-15
5 out of 5 stars
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larogece
Posted 2012-06-13
5 out of 5 stars
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riomanpata
Posted 2012-06-13
5 out of 5 stars
a great software,love it,very useful
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