The option to compile for Linux was added in 2005 and the integrated development environment (IDE) was ported to Windows and as a free public beta for Linux platforms. Prior to version 2, the Java target was dropped and later replaced with a Windows target and database support. The CrossBasic name was trademarked by another company, so the product was renamed REALbasic. A public beta was released in April 1996.
CrossBasic got its name from its ability to compile the same programming code for the classic Mac OS and the Java virtual machine (although the integrated development environment was Mac only). In 1996 FYI Software, founded by Geoff Perlman, bought CrossBasic, which had been marketed by its author Andrew Barry as a shareware product. Xojo uses a proprietary object-oriented language. of Austin, Texas for software development targeting macOS, Microsoft Windows, Linux, iOS, the Web and Raspberry Pi. The Xojo programming environment and programming language is developed and commercially marketed by Xojo, Inc.
