JavaScript Alternatives and Similar Apps

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Python

Open Source by Python Software Foundation |
Mac, Windows, Linux, Symbian S60, Haiku

Python is an interpreted, interactive, object-oriented, extensible programming language. It provides an extraordinary combination of clarity and versatility, and is free and comprehensively ported.

Development programming, programming-language, object-oriented
+1 more rapid-application-development
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Ruby

Open Source by Yukihiro Matsumoto, et al. |
Mac, Windows, Linux, Haiku

Ruby is a dynamic, reflective, general purpose object-oriented programming language that combines syntax inspired by Perl with Smalltalk-like features. Ruby originated in Japan during the mid-1990s and was...

Development programming, programming-language, interpreter
+1 more object-oriented
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Perl

Open Source by Larry Wall |
Mac, Windows, Linux, Haiku

Perl is a highly capable, feature-rich programming language with over 22 years of development.

Development programming, programming-language, language
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Lua

Open Source |
Mac, Windows, Linux, Haiku

Lua is a powerful, fast, lightweight, embeddable scripting language. Lua combines simple procedural syntax with powerful data description constructs based on associative arrays and extensible semantics. Lua...

Development portable, programming-language, language, scripting
+2 more configuration, scripting-language
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C# (programming language)

Open Source by Microsoft |
Mac, Windows, Linux

C# is a multi-paradigm programming language encompassing strong typing, imperative, declarative, functional, generic, object-oriented (class-based), and component-oriented programming disciplines.

Development development, programming-language
+1 more generic-programming-language
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Dart

Open Source by Google |
Mac, Windows, Linux, Online

Dart (originally called Dash) is a Web programming language developed by Google. It was unveiled at the GOTO conference in Aarhus, 2011 October 10-12. The goal of Dart is "ultimately to replace JavaScript...

Development programming, javascript, programming-language
+2 more virtual-machine, parser
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CoffeeScript

Open Source by Jeremy Ashkenas |
Mac, Windows, Linux, Online

CoffeeScript is a little language that compiles into JavaScript. Underneath all those awkward braces and semicolons, JavaScript has always had a gorgeous object model at its heart. CoffeeScript is an attempt...

Development web-development, programming-language
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Haskell

Open Source |
Mac, Windows, Linux

Haskell is an advanced purely-functional programming language. An open-source product of more than twenty years of cutting-edge research, it allows rapid development of robust, concise, correct software. With...

Development development, programming-language
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Scala

Open Source |
Mac, Windows, Linux

Scala is a modern multi-paradigm programming language based on the Java Virtual Machine (JVM) designed to express common programming patterns in a concise, elegant, and type-safe way.

Development compiler, java-based, object-oriented, concurrent
+1 more functional
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jRuby

Open Source |
Mac, Windows, Linux

JRuby is a 100% Java implementation of the Ruby programming language running on the Java Virtual Machine (JVM).

Development programming, ruby, java-based, interpreter
+2 more object-oriented, jruby
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Objective-C

Commercial |
Mac

The Objective-C language is a simple computer language designed to enable sophisticated object-oriented programming. Objective-C is defined as a small but powerful set of extensions to the standard ANSI C...

Development programming-language, object-oriented-language
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Jython

Open Source |
Mac, Windows, Linux

Jython, successor of JPython, is an implementation of the Python programming language written in Java.

Development programming, python, java, programming-language
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Groovy

Open Source |
Mac, Windows, Linux

Groovy is an agile and dynamic language for the Java Virtual Machine (JVM).

Development java-based, compiler, scripting, interpreter
+3 more object-oriented, groovy, dynamic-language
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Clojure

Open Source by Rich Hickey |
Mac, Windows, Linux

Clojure is a dynamic programming language that targets the Java Virtual Machine (and the CLR ). It is designed to be a general-purpose language, combining the approachability and interactive development of a...

Development programming, programming-language, compiler
+6 more java-based, concurrent, functional, clojure, functional-language, lisp
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Lasso

Freemium by LassoSoft Inc. |
Mac, Windows, Linux

Lasso is one of the most popular programming languages on the web - though it is often overlooked given that it is commercial, not open-source. But for a small fee, a fully supported language (once part of...

Development web-development, developer-tools
+2 more programming-language, website-creator
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IronPython

Open Source by IronPython community |
Mac, Windows, Linux

IronPython is an implementation of the Python programming language running under .NET and Silverlight. It supports an interactive console with fully dynamic compilation. It's well integrated with the rest...

Development net, programming-language, silverlight
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F# (programming language)

Open Source by MS |
Mac, Windows, Linux

F# is a succinct, expressive and efficient functional and object-oriented language for .NET which helps you write simple code to solve complex problems.

Development net, programming-language, scripting-language
+2 more functional-language, object-oriented-language
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Script#

Free |
Mac, Windows, Linux

Script# brings the power and productivity of C# and .NET tools to Ajax development by compiling C# source code into regular JavaScript.

Development web-development, javascript, programming-language
+1 more js-transcompiled
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Kaffeine JS

Open Source |
Mac, Windows, Linux

Kaffeine is a set of extensions to the Javascript syntax that attempt to make it nicer to use. It compiles directly into javascript that is very similar, readable and line for line equivalent to the input (you...

javascript
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Objective-J

Open Source |
Mac, Windows, Linux, Online

Objective-J is a programming language developed as part of the Cappuccino web development framework. Its syntax is nearly identical to the Objective-C syntax and it shares with JavaScript the same...

Development javascript, programming-language
+1 more object-oriented-language