FreeBASIC Alternatives

Apps similar to FreeBASIC include Python, which is free and open source. Other options are C++, Lua, C# and Ruby. You're spoiled for choice with Programming Languages like FreeBASIC: we list more than 50 alternatives for Windows, Linux, Mac, Android and the web.

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  1. nCine icon
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    nCine is a cross-platform 2D game engine in C++ for fast and performant game development.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • Emscripten
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  2. HaxeFlixel icon
     5 likes

    HaxeFlixel is a 2D Game Engine that lets you create cross-platform games easier with free, open source technology!

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  3. REBOL icon
     15 likes

    Rebol (historically REBOL) is a cross-platform data exchange language and a multi-paradigm dynamic programming language designed by Carl Sassenrath for network communications and distributed computing. It introduces the concept of dialecting: small, optimized, domain-specific...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  4. MicroPython icon
     1 like

    MicroPython aims to implement the Python 3.4 standard (with selected features from later versions) with respect to language syntax, and most of the features of MicroPython are identical to those described by the “Language Reference” documentation at docs.python.org.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • BSD
    • Self-Hosted
    • JavaScript
    • FreeBSD
    • OpenBSD
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  5. Flixel is and open source game-making library in ActionScript3. Designed for use with free tools Flixel is easy to learn, extend and customize.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  6. OpenFL icon
     6 likes

    Build games and applications for almost every platform imaginable -- Windows, Mac, Linux, iOS, Android, BlackBerry, Firefox OS, Tizen, Flash and even HTML5.

    15 OpenFL alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  7. Amulet icon
     3 likes

    Amulet is a free Lua-based audio/visual toolkit suitable for small games and experimentation. It runs on Windows, Mac, Linux, HTML5 and iOS.

    79 Amulet alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  8. Heaps.io icon
     2 likes

    Heaps is a cross platform graphics engine designed for high performance games. It's designed to leverage modern GPUs that are commonly available on desktop, mobile and consoles.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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  9. WinFBE icon
     2 likes

    The WinFBE Suite package, is an all-in-one package including the latest WinFBE editor, FreeBASIC compiler (32 and 64 bit compilers), Jose Roca's WinFBX library, several Help files and all necessary Include files.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  10. QB64 icon
     4 likes

    QB64 is a self-hosting BASIC compiler for Microsoft Windows, Linux and Mac OS X, designed to be compatible with Microsoft QBasic and QuickBASIC. QB64 is a C++ emitter, which is integrated with a C++ compiler to provide compilation via C++ code and GCC optimization.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
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  11. wxBasic icon
     7 likes

    wxBasic is an Basic interpreter that is:

    • Free
    • Open Source (LGPL)
    • Cross-platform (currently Windows and Linux)

    wxBasic can create stand-alone executables by binding together source code with the interpreter.

    wxBasic is written primarily in C, with some C++ li.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
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  12. GeeXLab icon
     5 likes

    GeeXLab is a cross-platform demotool for 3D programming, demos creation, game development, interactive applications, creative coding and prototyping.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Raspberry Pi
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