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QB64 is a modern extended BASIC programming language that retains QBasic / Quick BASIC 4.5 compatibility and compiles native binaries for Windows, Linux, and macOS.

Getting started

• Grab the latest version of QB64 Phoenix Edition from our active GitHub repo.

FAQ

• [QB64 FAQ](QB64 FAQ)

Get in touch

• Official QB64 Discord Server Invitation

Keywords

• [Keyword Reference - Alphabetical](Keyword Reference - Alphabetical)
• [Keyword Reference - By Usage](Keyword Reference - By usage)

Known issues

• [Keywords currently not supported by QB64](Keywords currently not supported by QB64)

Articles and Tutorials

• Terry Ritchie's QB64 Game Programming
• School Freeware series on QB64 (YouTube)
• Arrays
• ASCII
• Binary
• Boolean
• _CLIPBOARD$
• [Converting Bytes to Bits](Converting Bytes to Bits)
• [Console Window](Console Window)
• [Controller Devices](Controller Devices) (Keyboard, Mouse, Joystick, Gamepad)
• [Downloading Files](Downloading Files) (TCP/IP)
• [Windows Environment](Windows Environment)
• [Hardware images](Hardware images)
• Images
• [Keyboard scancodes](Keyboard scancodes)
• Libraries ([C Libraries](C Libraries), [Windows Libraries](Windows Libraries), [DLL Libraries](DLL Libraries))
• [Mathematical Operations](Mathematical Operations)
• [PDS (7.1) Procedures](PDS (7.1) Procedures)
• [Port Access Libraries](Port Access Libraries)
• [QB 4.5 Library Ports For QB64](QB 4.5 Library Ports For QB64)
• [Relational Operations](Relational Operations)
• [Line numbers](Line numbers)
• [Line number](Line number)
• [Resource Table extraction](Resource Table extraction)
• [Screen Memory](Screen Memory)
• [Text Using Graphics](Text Using Graphics)
• [Variable Types](Variable Types)