A basekit is another term for [tclkit]-like technology. 
Since the creator of Tclkit asked that developers not add or remove extensions from a tclkit file, 
one might assume that if they call their file a '''basekit''' then they could,
in theory, offer variants.  Perhaps [dqkit] might be called a basekit?
The first use of the term I recall was from [ActiveState].
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'''List of Basekits''' ''(with comparison to Tclkit)''
   * [ActiveTcl] - ActiveTcl includes basekits with each distro release that mirror the core release of the dist
   * [Tclkit] - the original basekit
   * [Tclkit Lite] - like Tclkit, but with fewer extensions included
   * [Tclkit Mobile] - a port of Tclkit + [Tkcon] to certain PDAs
   * Tclkit-X11 (Mac OS X only) - like Tclkit but with Tk/X11 in place of Tk/Aqua; part of the [TclTkAquaBI] distribution for Mac OS X
   * [TixTclKit] (Windows only) - a different set of extensions including [Tix] and Windows-specific tools
   * [Dqkit] - a much larger set of extensions, including [BLT]
   * [kbskit] - build environment creates either tclkit-like or tclkit lite-like executables (slightly different, but intended to be similar)
   * [KitCreator] - a build environment to create a tclkit-like executables
   * [Wize - Wish Integrated Zip Executable] tclkit like with compiler and a lot of goodies.

[[anyone want to build a table that lists what extensions are in each basekit?]]


%|                | ActiveTcl       | Tclkit      | Tclkit Lite | Tclkit Mobile | Tclkit-X11 | TixTclKit | Dqkit       | kbskit      | KitCreator      | Wize     |%
&| '''Tcl'''      | 8.4, 8.5, 8.6,  | 8.4, 8.5    | 8.4, 8.5    |               |            |           | 8.4, 8.5    | 8.5, 8.6    | 8.4, 8.5, 8.6   |          |&
&| '''Tk'''       | ''same as Tcl'' | ''same''    | ''same''    |               |            |           | ''same''    | ''same''    | ''same''        |          |&
&| '''Thread'''   | 2.6.5 ''(opt)'' | no          |             |               |            |           | 2.6.3       | 2.6.5       | 2.6.5 ''(opt)'' |          |&
&| '''Incr Tcl''' | no              | 3.4         |             |               |            |           | 3.3         | 3.4         | 3.4             |          |&
&| '''Metakit'''  | 2.4.9.7         | 2.4.9.7     |             |               |            |           | 2.4.9.2     | 2.4.9.7     | 2.4.9.7         |          |&
&| '''TclVFS'''   | 1.4.1           | 1.3         |             |               |            |           | 1.3         | 1.4.1       | 1.3             |          |&
&| '''Registry''' | ''Windows''     | ''same''    | ''same''    | ''same''      | ''same''   | yes       | ''Windows'' | ''same''    | ''same''        | ''same'' |&
&| '''DDE'''      | ''Windows''     | ''same''    | ''same''    | ''same''      | ''same''   | yes       | ''Windows'' | ''same''    | ''same''        | ''same'' |&
&| '''Tclx'''     | no              | no          |             |               |            |           | ''???''     | no          | no              |          |&
&| '''PWB (8.4)'''| 1.1             | 1.1         |             |               |            |           | no          | no          | 1.1             |          |&
&| '''Rechan'''   | 1.0             | 1.0         |             |               |            |           | 1.0         | no          | 1.0             |          |&
&| '''Zlib'''     | 1.0             | 1.1         |             |               |            |           | 1.1         | no          | 1.1             |          |&
&| '''TDBC'''     | no              | no          |             |               |            |           | no          | 1.0b1       | no              |          |&
&| '''BLT'''      | no              | no          |             |               |            |           | 2.4         | no          | no              |          |&
&| '''Tix'''      | no              | no          |             |               |            |           | no          | no          | no              |          |&
&| '''SQLite'''   | no              | no          |             |               |            |           | 2.0         | no          | no              |          |&
&| '''SQLite3'''  | no              | no          |             |               |            |           | 3.3.4       | no          | no              |          |&
&| '''TclODBC'''  | no              | no          |             |               |            |           | no          | no          | no              |          |&
&| '''Expect'''   | no              | no          |             |               |            |           | 5.43.0      | no          | no              |          |&
&| '''Itk'''      | no              | no          |             |               |            |           | 3.3         | no          | no              |          |&
&| '''Iwidgets''' | no              | no          |             |               |            |           | 4.0.2       | no          | no              |          |&
&| '''mysqltcl''' | no              | no          |             |               |            |           | 2.0         | no          | no              |          |&
&| '''Pgtcl'''    | no              | no          |             |               |            |           | 1.5         | no          | no              |          |&
&| '''tbcload'''  | no              | no          |             |               |            |           | 1.4         | no          | no              |          |&


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%| [Category Glossary] | [Category Deployment] | [Category Tclkit] |%
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