GNU Bison Alternatives

GNU Bison is described as 'Parser generator supporting LALR(1), canonical LR(1), and IELR(1), processes formal grammar input, enables code integration, detects ambiguities, and outputs C, C++, or Java' and is an app in the development category. There are three alternatives to GNU Bison for Mac, Windows and Linux. The best GNU Bison alternative is ANTLR, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like GNU Bison are textX and Owl parser generator.

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Parser generator supporting LALR(1), canonical LR(1), and IELR(1), processes formal grammar input, enables code...

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GNU Bison alternatives page was last updated May 28, 2025
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    ANTLR

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    ANTLR (ANother Tool for Language Recognition) is a powerful parser generator for reading, processing, executing, or translating structured text or binary files.

    9 ANTLR alternatives

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Country of Origin

    • US flagUnited States

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    ANTLR Features

    1.  Java based
    2.  Code generation

    ANTLR VS GNU Bison

     

    • ANTLR is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to GNU Bison.

    • ANTLR is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to GNU Bison.

    • ANTLR is Free and Open SourceGNU Bison is also Free and Open Source
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    textX

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    textX is a meta-language for building Domain-Specific Languages (DSLs) in Python. It is inspired by Xtext.

    It will help you build your textual language easily. You can invent your own language or build a support for an existing textual language.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    textX VS GNU Bison

     
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    Owl parser generator

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    Owl is a parser generator which targets the class of visibly pushdown languages.

    License model

    • Free • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    Owl parser generator VS GNU Bison

     
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