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<h1>Overview</h1>
<div class="text-j"><p>
  Harbour is the open/free software implementation of a cross-platform,
  multi-threading, object-oriented, scriptable programming language, backwards
  compatible with xBase languages. Harbour consists of a compiler and runtime
  libraries with multiple UI, database and I/O backends, its own build system
  and a collection of libraries and bindings for popular APIs.
  With Harbour, you can build apps running on GNU/Linux, Windows, macOS, iOS,
  Android, *BSD, *nix, and more.
  <a href="{{ site.baseurl }}/about{{ site.ilink_suffix }}" class="readmore">Learn more</a>
</div>

{%- if site.fork %}
<h1 id="this-fork">This Fork</h1>
<div class="text-j"><p>
  This fork contains all <a href="https://harbour.github.io/">mainline</a>
  updates as well as local fixes, additions, extra contribs, better tooling
  and maintenance.
  <a href="{{ site.baseurl }}/forks{{ site.ilink_suffix }}" class="readmore">Learn more</a>
</div>
{%- endif %}

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  <div class="why-items">
    <h1>Why use it?</h1>
    <ul>
      <li>Harbour is <strong>free software</strong>, 100% compatible with Clipper compilers.
      <li>Harbour is proven to be <strong>stable</strong>, <strong>robust</strong> and <strong>efficient</strong>.
      <li>Harbour is <strong>portable</strong> across multiple operating systems with the same code base.
      <li>You can use it to develop either free/open source or nonfree applications.
        <a href="{{ site.baseurl }}/about{{ site.ilink_suffix }}#why-use-it" class="readmore readmore-dark">Learn more</a>
    </ul>
  </div>
  <div class="status-box">
    <h1 id="project-status">Project Status</h1>
    <p>
{%- if site.fork %}
      <a href="https://ci.appveyor.com/project/vsz/hb/branch/main"><img src="https://ci.appveyor.com/api/projects/status/4rd806hk73q83qo4/branch/main?svg=true" height="20" alt="Build Status"></a>
{%- endif %}
      <br>
      Latest stable:&nbsp;
      <strong>3.0.0</strong>&nbsp;(2011-07-17)<br>
{%- if site.fork %}
      Latest development:&nbsp;
      <strong>{{ site.full_version }}</strong><br>
{%- endif %}
      Source snapshot:&nbsp;
      <a href="https://github.com/{{ site.repo_slug }}/archive/{{ site.repo_branch }}.zip"><strong>.zip</strong></a>&nbsp;
      <a href="https://github.com/{{ site.repo_slug }}/archive/{{ site.repo_branch }}.tar.gz"><strong>.tar.gz</strong></a><br>
{%- if site.fork %}
      Binary snapshot (Windows):&nbsp;
      <a href="{{ site.dl_url }}/download/v{{ site.full_version }}/harbour-snapshot-win.zip" tooltip-text="clang / mingw-w64, 64-bit hosted, 32/64-bit targets, bundled with latest curl and TLS/SSL libraries." class="tooltip"><strong>.zip</strong></a>
{%- else %}
      Nightly binary (Win):&nbsp;
      <a href="{{ site.dl_url }}binaries-windows/nightly/harbour-nightly-win.exe/download"><strong>.exe</strong></a><br>
{%- endif %}
    </p>
    <span class="dl-button"><a href="{{ site.dl_url }}" class="readmore-norm">More downloads</a></span>
  </div>
</div>

<div class="feature-box">
  <h1>Features</h1>
  <div>
    <div>
      {% include svg/ri-database-2-line.svg %}
      Native RDDs, SQL, ODBC
    </div>
    <div>
      {% include svg/ri-dashboard-line.svg %}
      <br>Support for modern standards: JSON, SSL, TCP/IP, XML, …
    </div>
    <div>
      {% include svg/ri-smartphone-line.svg %}
      <br>Cross-platform: 64-bit, mobile, Mac, Linux, BSD, ARM, …
    </div>
    <div>
      {% include svg/ri-macbook-line.svg %}
      <br>Console, TUI, GUI, service/daemon, web apps
    </div>
    <div>
      {% include svg/ri-bubble-chart-line.svg %}
      <br>Third-party libs with additional features
    </div>
    <div>
      {% include svg/ri-lightbulb-line.svg %}
      <br>Team of experienced and capable developers
    </div>
  </div>
</div>

<div class="license-box">
  <h1>License</h1>
  <p>Harbour is a free and open-source project. It can be used to make open source
  applications, free or nonfree products.
  <a href="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/{{ site.repo_slug }}/{{ site.repo_branch }}/{{ site.license_file }}" class="readmore readmore-dark">Learn more</a>
</div>

<div class="lower-box">
  <div class="news-box">
    <h1>Development News
      &nbsp;<a href="https://github.com/{{ site.site_slug }}/edit/{{ site.site_branch }}/{{ site.site_root }}_data/news.yml">{% include svg/ri-edit-line.svg %}</a></h1>
    <hr>

    <dl class="news">
{%- assign time_range = 7 | times: 365 | times: 86400 %}
{%- capture limit %}{{ site.time | date: '%s' | minus: time_range | date: '%F' }}{% endcapture %}
{%- for story in site.data.news %}
{%- capture itemd %}{{ story.date | date: '%F' }}{% endcapture %}
{%- if itemd >= limit %}
{%- if story.text %}
      <dt>{{ story.date }}
      <dd><strong>{{ story.title }}</strong>
        <p>{{ story.text }}
{% endif %}
{%- endif %}
{%- endfor %}
      <dd>See the <a href="{{ site.baseurl }}/news{{ site.ilink_suffix }}">news archive</a> for past articles.
    </dl>
  </div>

  <aside class="miniexample-box">
    <h2>Code Examples</h2>
    <hr>
    <dl class="miniexample">
{%- assign selection = "hello|foreach|parseini|tbrowse|onidle" | split: "|" %}
{%- assign examples_sorted = site.example | sort: 'slug' %}
{%- for selected_example in selection %}
{%- for example in examples_sorted %}
{%- if example.slug == selected_example %}
      <dt><a href="{{ site.baseurl }}/example/{{ example.slug }}">{{ example.title_long }}</a>
      <dd>{{ example.description }}
{% endif %}
{%- endfor %}
{%- endfor %}
    </dl>
  </aside>
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