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<p>MonoDevelop (also known as Xamarin Studio) is a discontinued <a href="/facts/Open-source_software/HzTaB8E9">open-source</a> <a href="/facts/Integrated_development_environment/jbEINSQf">integrated development environment</a> for <a href="/facts/Linux/9FvCKSTq">Linux</a>, <a href="/facts/MacOS/Y93vVpTm">macOS</a>, and <a href="/facts/Windows/bwhAhuSL">Windows</a>. Its primary focus is development of projects that use <a href="/facts/Mono_(software)/PlyeJxRS">Mono</a> and <a href="/facts/.NET_Framework/J6QDAUhP">.NET Framework</a>. MonoDevelop integrates features similar to those of <a href="/facts/NetBeans/9kqvIVFG">NetBeans</a> and Microsoft <a href="/facts/Visual_Studio/omNe6Lej">Visual Studio</a>, such as <a href="/facts/Autocomplete/eLNAGYlS">automatic code completion</a>, <a href="/facts/Revision_control/pxCmFXqK">source control</a>, a <a href="/facts/Graphical_user_interface/wBlQFWDP">graphical user interface</a> (GUI), and <a href="/facts/HTML_editor/Tf82QUku">Web designer</a>. MonoDevelop integrates a <a href="/facts/Gtk_Sharp/oLpVm9pp">Gtk#</a> GUI designer called Stetic. It supports <a href="/facts/Boo_(programming_language)/CB2lRUwl">Boo</a>, <a href="/facts/C_(programming_language)/Ky2No763">C</a>, <a href="/facts/C%2B%2B/Et0F2qn9">C++</a>, <a href="/facts/C_Sharp_(programming_language)/UC2gxeyb">C#</a>, <a href="/facts/Common_Intermediate_Language/sBIaMXyW">CIL</a>, <a href="/facts/D_(programming_language)/4qIzRjkF">D</a>, <a href="/facts/F_Sharp_(programming_language)/jdXHnYz5">F#</a>, <a href="/facts/Java_(programming_language)/9ScgFyAL">Java</a>, <a href="/facts/Oxygene_(programming_language)/Q1yHwpR1">Oxygene</a>, <a href="/facts/Vala_(programming_language)/VnSxeM1b">Vala</a>, <a href="/facts/JavaScript/XhhIIEsl">JavaScript</a>, <a href="/facts/TypeScript/W9J27V1N">TypeScript</a>, and <a href="/facts/Visual_Basic.NET/09mPEo4q">Visual Basic.NET</a>. Although there is no word from the developers that it has been discontinued, nonetheless, it hasn't been updated in 4 years and is no longer installable on major operating systems, such as <a href="/facts/Ubuntu/0WDd7hkb">Ubuntu</a> 22.04 and above. </p><p>MonoDevelop can be used on <a href="/facts/Microsoft_Windows/bwhAhuSL">Windows</a>, <a href="/facts/MacOS/Y93vVpTm">macOS</a>, and <a href="/facts/Linux/9FvCKSTq">Linux</a>. Officially supported Linux distributions include <a href="/facts/CentOS/FGGc2cIx">CentOS</a>, <a href="/facts/Debian/cBd93qfJ">Debian</a>, <a href="/facts/Fedora_(operating_system)/LJ2ocge5">Fedora</a>, <a href="/facts/OpenSUSE/mFzGMY3z">openSUSE</a>, <a href="/facts/SUSE_Linux_Enterprise/Fqf31h9R">SUSE Linux Enterprise</a>, <a href="/facts/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/6Cekx2ed">Red Hat Enterprise Linux</a>, and <a href="/facts/Ubuntu_(operating_system)/0WDd7hkb">Ubuntu</a>, with many other distributions providing their own unofficial builds of MonoDevelop in their <a href="/facts/Software_repository/TlX4RM8Y">repositories</a>. macOS and Windows have been officially supported since version 2.2. </p><p>MonoDevelop has included a C# compiler (an alternative to <a href="/facts/MSBuild/mm7VTkk2">MSBuild</a> and CSC) since its earliest versions. It currently includes a compiler that supports <a href="/facts/C_Sharp_(programming_language)/UC2gxeyb">C#</a> 1.0, C# 2.0, C# 3.0, C# 4.0, C# 5.0, and C# 6.0. </p><p>A customized version of MonoDevelop formerly shipped with Windows and Mac versions of <a href="/facts/Unity_(game_engine)/GsM1fEUG">Unity</a>, the game engine by <a href="/facts/Unity_Technologies/XYuT93af">Unity Technologies</a>. It enabled advanced C# scripting, which was used to compile cross-platform video games by the Unity compiler. It has since been replaced by <a href="/facts/Visual_Studio_Community/omNe6Lej">Visual Studio Community</a>, except on Linux versions. </p>