Solvers on the Web

These sites provide Nonogram-solving programs in one form or another (binaries or source to download; Java applets). Platforms and languages include:

C
C++
C#
CGI
Eclipse
Java
JavaScript
PalmPilot
Perl
PROLOG
Python
Scheme
VBA
Windows

See a comparison of many of these solvers by Jan Wolter.

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DANCHAN original programs(Eng) — A collection of Freeware DOS & Windows programs, including a Nonogram solver
http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~KU5M-FJI/dansofte.htm
Steve Gutteridge - Home Page — Info about a solver for PCs
http://www.sallyandsteve.dsl.pipex.com/steve/
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PictureLogic — A solver and helper for a PalmPilot, and puzzle collections
http://www.trefoilknot.com/
Activity Workshop - Nonograms — Good tutorial plus Java helper and solver
http://activityworkshop.net/puzzlesgames/nonograms/index.html
Online Tsunami — Rachel Benn's Javascript-based helper/solver and puzzle collection
http://www.playtsunami.com/
Griddler Solver by Martin barrell — A Java applet to solve the Sunday Telegraph "Griddler" puzzle
http://www.martinbarrell.com/Griddler1/index.html
nono.ecl.txt — A Prolog solver? In fact, Eclipse
http://87.230.22.228/examples/nono.ecl.txt
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Mosaic — Solver and helper for Windows.
http://web.telia.com/~u40144247/mosaic/mosaica.htm
Griddlers solver, nonogram solver — A solver by Czechs Petr Olšák and Mirek Olšák (does colours too!) — portable GPL C source and Windows binary
http://www.olsak.net/grid.html
World of CryptoPics - The ultimate Nonograms/Griddlers site and software! — “The ultimate Nonograms/Griddlers software” — A solver and creator for Windows, by Yariv Hastilow
http://www.yarivh.com/cryptopics/
nonogram website — A POSIX-compatible solver in C, under GPL — Not yet investigated.
http://jw209508.hopto.org/nonogram/
OddThinking » The No-Nos and Yes-Yeses of the Nonogram solution — A blog(?) talking about a solver in Python
http://www.somethinkodd.com/oddthinking/2005/06/12/the-no-nos-and-yes-yeses-of-the-nonogram-solution/
T&O Japanese Puzzles - program with lots of nice picture-puzzles. — A Windows helper/solver; Dutch and English
http://www.japansepuzzels.nl/jpindexuk.htm
nonogram — An index of software
http://www.1000files.com/free/nonogram.html
NetLogo User Community Models: Nonogram — A Java solver using simulated annealing
http://ccl.northwestern.edu/netlogo/models/community/Nonogram
User:RichWareham/Nonograms - GASP — A solver in C#
http://www-sigproc.eng.cam.ac.uk/ga/index.php?title=User:RichWareham/Nonograms
Solving Paint-by-numbers puzzles in C# - The Code Project - C# Programming — It's a solver!
http://www.codeproject.com/useritems/hanjie.asp
Web Paint-by-Numbers — A community site with a JavaScript helper
http://webpbn.com/
Paint-by-numbers puzzles and IP — A solver using Integer Programming
http://www.oberlin.edu/math/faculty/bosch/pbn-page.html
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Index of /plt/collects/games/paint-by-numbers — A solver in Scheme? Some puzzles too.
http://pre.plt-scheme.org/plt/collects/games/paint-by-numbers/
네모네모로직퍼즐-LOGICHOME ver6.1 — A site for Korean fans to share puzzles, by 김경래 (Kyungrae Kim); includes a Java helper
http://www.logichome.org/
Nonogram Solver — A Nonogram Solver using CSP
http://perso.orange.fr/colin.barker/lpa/nono_csp.htm
Diary, March 2006 — A solver in C++, mentioned in a diary by Frans Faase
http://www.iwriteiam.nl/D0603.html#2.2
Paint By Numbers Solver — A solving applet
http://www.nimisis.com/projects/paint_by_numbers.php
Griddlers Solver - Editor and advanced auto-solver for favourite puzzles. — A solver for Windows, by Juraj Simlovic
http://jsimlo.sk/griddlers/
Gecode: Nonogram Class Reference — A Nonogram-solving part of a constraint library in C++
http://www.gecode.org/doc-latest/reference/classNonogram.html
Kenichi Ishigaki / Games-Nonogram-0.01 - search.cpan.org — A Perl library for solving Nonograms
http://search.cpan.org/~ishigaki/Games-Nonogram-0.01/
QNonograms. Crossplatform nonogram solver & editor — An open-source solver and editor in C++
http://qnonograms.sourceforge.net/
The pbnsolve Paint-by-Number Puzzle Solver — A solver in C from Jan Wolter
http://webpbn.com/pbnsolve.html
Griddlers, Nonograms — A Windows program
http://www.puzzlehome.com/
Free nonogram, griddler, sudoku, wordoku puzzles and solvers! — A random puzzle each day, and a CGI solver
http://www.griddler.co.uk/
Downloads. Snel tijd besparen met MS Office? Access/Excel expert nodig? Delegate: automatiseringsspecialist — A solver in VBA from Emiel Nijhuis — See Japanse puzzel-oplosser (nonogram solver); requires registration; in Dutch
http://www.delegate.nl/downloads.php
Nonogram - HaskellWiki — Three solvers in Haskell
http://www.haskell.org/haskellwiki/Nonogram
My Constraint Programming Blog: At last, a Nonogram solver using regular constraint in MiniZinc — A solver in MiniZinc
http://www.hakank.org/constraint_programming_blog/2009/09/at_last_a_nonogram_solver_usin.html
Nonogram Solver — A multicolour solver in ASP.NET for Windows, by Sebastian Groeneveld
http://venstraat.hopto.org/nonogram/

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