GPP Alternatives

GPP is described as 'General-purpose preprocessor with customizable syntax, suitable for a wide range of preprocessing tasks. Its independence from any one programming language makes it much more versatile than the C preprocessor (cpp), while its syntax is lighter and more flexible than' and is an app in the development category. There are eight alternatives to GPP for Linux, Windows, Mac and BSD. The best GPP alternative is PP - A generic Preprocessor, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like GPP are GNU M4, GCC C Preprocessor (cpp), Gema and Filepp.

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  1. PP - A generic Preprocessor icon

    PP - A generic Preprocessor

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    P is a text preprocessor designed for Pandoc (and more generally Markdown and reStructuredText). PP implements:

    • macros
    • literate programming
    • GraphViz, PlantUML and ditaa diagrams
    • Bash, Cmd, PowerShell, Python and Haskell scripts

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     

    • PP - A generic Preprocessor is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to GPP.

    • PP - A generic Preprocessor is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to GPP.

    • PP - A generic Preprocessor is Free and Open SourceGPP is also Free and Open Source
  2. GNU M4 icon

    GNU M4

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    GNU M4 is an implementation of the m4 macro preprocessor. Developed by the GNU Project, GNU M4 is designed to avoid many kinds of limits found in traditional m4 implementations, such as maximum line lengths, maximum size of a macro and number of...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  4. GCC C Preprocessor (cpp) icon

    GCC C Preprocessor (cpp)

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    The C preprocessor implements the macro language used to transform C, C++, and Objective-C programs before they are compiled. It can also be useful on its own.

    7 GCC C Preprocessor (cpp) alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  5. Gema icon

    Gema

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    Gema is a general purpose text processing utility based on the concept of pattern matching. In general, it reads an input file and copies it to an output file, while performing certain transformations to the data as specified by a set of patterns defined by the user.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     

  6. Filepp

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    filepp is a generic file preprocessor. It is designed to allow the functionality provided by the C preprocessor to be used with any file type. filepp supports the following keywords, all of which have their usual C preprocessor meanings and usage.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     

  7. preprocess

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    A variation on the C preprocessor that (1) works on multiple languages and (2) encodes preprocessor statements as comments in that language so syntax correctness is not broken.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     

  9. Mozilla Text Preprocessor

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    The build preprocessor is similar to the C preprocessor, meant for processing files which have no built-in preprocessor such as XUL and JavaScript documents.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  10. tproc icon

    tproc

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    A small yet powerful text processor in Python.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
     
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