A '''basekit''' is a single-file binary executable into which is bundled a complete [Tcl] interpreter along with a [VFS%|%virtual filesystem] that contains all its standard built-in commands and scripts, and possibly also some collection of other Tcl packages and modules and extensions. This standalone executable acts as a hassle-free runtime for [Starkit]s, but can also be used as a standard [Tcl] interpreter. ** Description ** The bundling technology used by basekits first appeared in [Tclkit], which is defined by its author to contain a specific set of packages. Any other interpreter/VFS bundle is not a tclkit, but simply another basekit. The term '''basekit'' was first used by [ActiveState] to describe their interpreter bundles that did not conform to the [Tclkit] specification. ** Basekits ** [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?]] The following table lists the package version numbers for the basekits above. The version numbers and availability come from the latest version available at the time of writing. Legend: * ''varies'' - Indicates that the value varies depending on the version of some other package (usually the version of Tcl) * ''same'' - Indicates that thet value is the same as the nearest filled in value leftwards * ''(opt)'' - Indicates that this Tclkit is available with and without this package * ''same as Tcl'' - Indicates that the value is the same value as the version of Tcl * ''Win-only'' - Indicates this is only supplied when being built for Microsoft's Windows platform * ''???'' - Indicates that this package looks like it should be available, but is not. %| | ActiveTcl | Tclkit | Tclkit Lite | Tclkit Mobile | Tclkit-X11 | TixTclKit | Dqkit | kbskit(*bi) | KitCreator | Wize |% &| '''Tcl''' | 8.4, 8.5, 8.6, | 8.4, 8.5 | 8.4, 8.5 | | | 8.4 | 8.4, 8.5 | 8.5, 8.6 | 8.4, 8.5, 8.6 | 8.5 |& &| '''Tk''' | ''same as Tcl'' | ''same'' | ''same'' | | | ''same'' | ''same'' | ''same'' | ''same'' | ''same'' |& &| '''http''' | ''varies'' | ''varies'' | ''varies'' | | | ''varies''| ''varies'' | ''varies'' | ''varies'' | ''varies'' |& &| '''msgcat''' | ''varies'' | ''varies'' | ''varies'' | | | ''varies''| ''varies'' | ''varies'' | ''varies'' | ''varies'' |& &| '''opt''' | ''varies'' | ''varies'' | ''varies'' | | | ''varies''| ''varies'' | ''varies'' | ''varies'' | ''varies'' |& &| '''platform''' | ''varies'' | ''varies'' | ''varies'' | | | ''varies''| ''varies'' | ''varies'' | ''varies'' | ''varies'' |& &| '''tcl::tommath'''| ''varies'' | ''varies'' | ''varies'' | | | ''varies''| ''varies'' | ''varies'' | ''varies'' | ''varies'' |& &| '''tcltest''' | ''varies'' | ''varies'' | ''varies'' | | | ''varies''| ''varies'' | ''varies'' | ''varies'' | ''varies'' |& &| '''starkit''' | 1.3.3 | 1.3.1 | | | | 1.2 | 1.3.1 | 1.3.3 | 1.3.2 | 1.3.1 |& &| '''Incr Tcl''' | no | 3.4 | | | | 3.3 | 3.3 | 3.4 | 3.4 | no |& &| '''Metakit''' | 2.4.9.7 | 2.4.9.7 | | | | 2.4.9.2 | 2.4.9.2 | 2.4.9.7 | 2.4.9.7 | no |& &| '''TclVFS''' | 1.4.1 | 1.3 | | | | 1.2 | 1.3 | 1.4.1 | 1.3 | 1.3 |& &| '''Registry''' | ''Win-only'' | ''same'' | ''same'' | ''same'' | no | 1.1.1 | ''Win-only'' | ''same'' | ''same'' | ''same'' |& &| '''DDE''' | ''Win-only'' | ''same'' | ''same'' | ''same'' | no | 1.2.1 | ''Win-only'' | ''same'' | ''same'' | ''same'' |& &| '''PWB (8.4)''' | 1.1 | 1.1 | | | | 1.1 | no | no | 1.1 | no |& &| '''Rechan''' | 1.0 | 1.0 | | | | 1.0 | 1.0 | no | 1.0 | no |& &| '''Zlib''' | 1.0 | 1.1 | | | | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.1 | 1.1 | no |& &| '''Thread''' | 2.6.5 ''(opt)'' | ''Win-only''| | | | no | 2.6.3 ''(opt)''| 2.6.5 | 2.6.5 ''(opt)'' | no |& &| '''Ttrace''' | 2.6.5 ''(opt)'' | ''Win-only''| | | | no | 2.6.3 ''(opt)''| 2.6.5 | 2.6.5 ''(opt)'' | no |& &| '''Tclx''' | no | no | | | | no | ''???'' | (8.4) | no | 8.4 |& &| '''TDBC''' | no | no | | | | no | no | 1.0b1 | no | no |& &| '''BLT''' | no | no | | | | no | 2.4 | no | no | 2.4 |& &| '''Tix''' | no | no | | | | 8.2 | no | no | no | 8.4.3 |& &| '''SQLite''' | no | no | | | | 2.0 | 2.0 | no | no | no |& &| '''SQLite3''' | no | no | | | | no | 3.3.4 | (3.6.20) | no | 3.6.13 |& &| '''tclodbc''' | no | no | | | | 2.3 | no | no | no | no |& &| '''Expect''' | no | no | | | | no | 5.43.0 | no | no | 5.44.1.11 |& &| '''Itk''' | no | no | | | | no | 3.3 | (3.4) | no | no |& &| '''Iwidgets''' | no | no | | | | no | 4.0.2 | (4.0.2) | no | no |& &| '''mysqltcl''' | no | no | | | | no | 2.0 | no | no | no |& &| '''Pgtcl''' | no | no | | | | no | 1.5 | no | no | no |& &| '''tbcload''' | no | no | | | | 1.4 | 1.4 | no | no | 1.4 |& &| '''Tktable''' | no | no | | | | 2.8 | no | (2.10) | no | 2.9 |& &| '''tile''' | no | no | | | | no | 0.7.2 | no | no | no |& &| '''autoscroll''' | no | no | | | | 1.0 | no | no | no | no |& &| '''BWidget''' | no | no | | | | 1.6 | no | (1.8.0) | no | no |& &| '''ctext''' | no | no | | | | 3.1 | no | no | no | no |& &| '''cwind''' | no | no | | | | 1.3.1 | no | no | no | no |& &| '''emu_graph''' | no | no | | | | 1.1 | no | no | no | no |& &| '''ffidl''' | no | no | | | | ''???'' | no | no | no | no |& &| '''gbutton''' | no | no | | | | 0.2 | no | no | no | no |& &| '''iniparse''' | no | no | | | | 1.4 | no | no | no | no |& &| '''mentry''' | no | no | | | | 2.6 | no | (3.3) | no | no |& &| '''mkGeneric''' | no | no | | | | 1.3 | no | no | no | no |& &| '''mkTables''' | no | no | | | | 1.0 | no | no | no | no |& &| '''optcl''' | no | no | | | | 3.0 | no | no | no | no |& &| '''snit''' | no | no | | | | 0.81 | no | no | no | no |& &| '''tablelist''' | no | no | | | | 3.3 | no | (4.12) | no | no |& &| '''tdom''' | no | no | | | | 0.7.8 | no | (0.8.2) | no | no |& &| '''tdomhtml''' | no | no | | | | 0.1.0 | no | no | no | no |& &| '''tkdnd''' | no | no | | | | 1.0 | no | no | no | no |& &| '''tnc''' | no | no | | | | 0.3 | no | no | no | no |& &| '''wcb''' | no | no | | | | 2.8 | no | (3.2) | no | no |& &| '''Wikit''' | no | no | | | | 1.0 | no | no | no | no |& &| '''winutils''' | no | no | | | | 0.8 | no | no | no | no |& &| '''compiler''' | no | no | | | | 1.4 | no | no | no | 1.4 |& &| '''TclCurl''' | no | no | | | | 0.10.5 | no | no | no | no |& &| '''snack''' | no | no | | | | no | no | no | no | 2.2 |& &| '''Img''' | no | no | | | | no | no | (1.4) | no | 1.2.4 |& &| '''vu''' | no | no | | | | no | no | no | no | 2.1.0 |& &| '''treectrl''' | no | no | | | | no | no | (2.2.9) | no | 2.2.8 |& &| '''tkhtml''' | no | no | | | | no | no | no | no | ''???'' |& &| '''Shaped''' | no | no | | | | no | no | no | no | 0.1 |& &| '''Canvas3d''' | no | no | | | | no | no | no | no | 1.0 |& &| '''fileutil::globfile'''|''varies''| | | | | | | | no | no |& &| '''tclkitpath''' | 1.0 | | | | | | | | no | no |& &| '''ActiveTcl''' | ''varies'' | no | | | | no | no | no | no | no |& &| '''trsync''' | 1.0 (8.5.4 ActiveTcl) | no | | | | | | | 1.0 | 1.0 |& <> Glossary | Deployment | Tclkit