Version 8 of Tcl Extension Archive

Updated 2007-10-10 15:24:29 by dkf

The Tcl Extension Archive is a repository of Tcl extensions hosted by ActiveState. Both pure-Tcl and compiled extensions are included, for Windows, *nix and MacOS X platforms. The URL of the archive is http://teapot.activestate.com/

Client- and server-side software are available. The TEAcup client is distributed with ActiveTcl. The TEApot server is distributed with the Tcl Dev Kit.

  • ActiveTcl Package Management documentation [L1 ]

Suggested extensions for the Tcl Extension Archive.

The packages available via the Tcl Extension Archive are listed here. Note, however, that not all packages are available on all platforms.


The Classic Tcl Archive

Long before Teapot, Tcl software, extensions, applications, etc. were kept at various locations around the 'net. From the Tcl FAQ part1 [L2 ] :

        Another bit of Tcl trivia has to do with sites where you find
  Tcl and user contributed software.  In the beginning, John created the
  heavens and the earth... no, that's not right.  In the beginning, the
  Tcl and later the Tk source were available on an ftp site at Berkeley.
  As user contributed software began to appear, some kind people at Purdue
  graciously volunteered some disk space.  Later, when John left Berkeley
  for Sun, the core Tcl and Tk software (source code, etc.) moved from
  Berkeley to Sun.  Then, when Purdue no longer had resources to support the
  archive, it moved to Alcatel.  Eventually, that archive was moved to Neosoft's
  http://www.neosoft.com/tcl/ archive.  Now that Neosoft has retired,
  the archive can be found at ftp://ftp.procplace.com/pub/tcl/.

As of 21 May 2007, it seems that the classic archive at ProcPlace has also eased into retirement. Fortunately, there are some mirrors that have the all or some parts of the classic archive:

Feel free to add to this list if you come across other mirrors.


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