Apache Groovy AlternativesProgramming Languages & Compilers like Apache Groovy

Apps similar to Apache Groovy include Python, which is free and open source. Other options are JavaScript, Java, Lua and C#. You're spoiled for choice with Programming Languages like Apache Groovy: we list more than 50 alternatives for Windows, Linux, Mac, the web and self-hosting.

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  1. Python icon
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    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.

    101 Python alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
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    • Symbian S60
    • BSD
    • AROS
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    • Haiku
    • AmigaOS
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  2. JavaScript icon
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    JavaScript (sometimes shortened to JS) is a lightweight, interpreted, object-oriented language with first-class functions, most known as the scripting language for Web pages, but also used in many non-browser environments.

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
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    • Online
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    • iPhone
    • Chrome OS
    • BSD
    • iPad
    • AROS
    • Haiku
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  3. Java icon
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    Java is a general-purpose computer programming language that is concurrent, class-based, object-oriented, and specifically designed to have as few implementation dependencies as possible.

    78 Java alternatives

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    • Free Personal
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    • Online
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    • HP webOS
    • Blackberry
    • Android Tablet
    • BSD
    • Blackberry 10
    • Kindle Fire
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  4. Lua icon
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    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 is dynamically typed, runs by interpreting bytecode for a register-based.

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
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    • Android
    • iPhone
    • Android Tablet
    • BSD
    • iPad
    • Android Wear
    • Haiku
    • AmigaOS
    • Playstation
    • MorphOS
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  5. C# icon
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    C# is a multi-paradigm programming language encompassing strong typing, imperative, declarative, functional, generic, object-oriented (class-based), and component-oriented programming disciplines.

    85 C# alternatives

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  6. Ruby icon
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    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 initially developed and designed by Yukihiro "Matz" Matsumoto.

    85 Ruby alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
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    • BSD
    • Haiku
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  7. Kotlin icon
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    Kotlin is a cross-platform, statically typed, general-purpose programming language with type inference. Kotlin is designed to interoperate fully with Java, and the JVM version of its standard library depends on the Java Class Library, but type inference allows its syntax to be...

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Online
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  8. Dart icon
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    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 as the lingua franca of web development on the open web platform.

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  9. Nim is a statically typed, imperative programming language with a powerful macro system that tries to give the programmer ultimate power without compromises on runtime efficiency.

    97 Nim (programming language) alternatives

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    • Free
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  10. Open-source programming language for developing iOS, macOS, watchOS, tvOS, and visionOS apps, featuring safety, speed, type inference, generics, native-code compilation, protocol-oriented design, memory management, Playgrounds, package manager, and Objective-C interoperability.

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    • Mac
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    • Xcode
    • Apple Swift
    • Visual Studio Code
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  11. Scala icon
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    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.

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  12. D is a language with C-like syntax and static typing. It pragmatically combines efficiency, control, and modeling power, with safety and programmer productivity.

    74 D (Programming Language) alternatives

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