GNU Dr. Geo - Be a Geometer

GNU Dr. Geo, be a Geometer!

A software to design & to manipulate interactive geometric sketches.
It helps kids to explore geometry. Distributed with its source code it is modify-me-ready.

Dr. Geo demo

Dr. Geo is an educational oriented software. It's an observatory to explore geometry situation in an interactive way in opposition to figure drawn on a sheet of paper. The user interface was designed to be simple but efficient for young users. In spirit, it is a free education tool for schools where freedom and equality matter.

Its second aim is to be an open, easy to study, to modify and to extend interactive geometry software. It is distributed with its source code you can modify while using it. Ten years old kids use Dr. Geo to explore Euclidean geometric sketch, agile kids extend and program it with its embedded dynamic Smalltalk language and user interface.

Just like other interactive geometry software such as Cabri, Cinderella, Geogebra, Carmetal, with Dr. Geo the user creates a geometric sketch and manipulates it according to its constraints. What sets Dr. Geo apart from the other geometry software is the possibility of studying and even modifying/extending its source code while s/he is using it to create a figure. It is the GNU spirit in action!

Downloading Dr. Geo

The latest release 17.07 can be downloaded at http://drgeo.eu/download.

Source code

To build Dr. Geo from its source code, you need:

The Smalltalk source code, then read the instructions there to install.
It is coded with the Pharo Smalltalk programming system, licensed under the MIT license. So you need that system too.
To build, you can use the build script, but it is not mandatory.

But do not forget, the Dr. Geo source code can also be edited from itself while using it, from its integrated source code browser.

Documentation

Documentation and help are found at http://drgeo.eu/help.

How to contact Dr. Geo team

Mailing list

There is a mailing list for all kind of discussions related to Dr. Geo.

Forum

There is also a web based forum at http://forum.drgeo.eu with dedicated topics:

Announcements are made on Dr. Geo news.
Dr. Geo users is used to discuss most aspects from the user perspective.
Translations and documentation to discuss on these topics!
Developers to discuss and to report bugs; to propose patches.

Instant chat

Instant discussion group is drgeo@conference.swissjabber.ch. You need to install a XMPP software to connect. Watch this video to learn how to connect with the Pidgin software.

Getting involved

Development of Dr. Geo, and GNU in general, is a volunteer effort, and you can contribute. For information, please read How to help GNU. If you'd like to get involved, it's a good idea to join the discussion forum.

Use the software!: Learn and use Dr. Geo, you may encounter bug or you may have ideas for new features. Several were developped as user requests.
Contact: forum, email, bug report whatever suit you.
Documentation: We have pretty complete user guides in French and English. Its sources is the Texinfo format -- as requested for any GNU software. Help is welcome for proofreading, formating its contents or contributing chapters.
Documentation
User guides repository
Test releases: Trying the latest test release (when available) is always appreciated. Test releases can be tested from Dr. Geo itself: you install alpha/beta release directly from the Tools>Update Dr. Geo world menu within Dr. Geo.
Development: For development sources, issue trackers, and other information, please see the Dr. Geo project page.
See the open bug tickets
Maintainer: Dr. Geo author is Hilaire Fernandes hilaire AT drgeo.eu, he's still maintaining it.

Licensing

Dr. Geo is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.