Alternatives to Java for all platforms with any license

Python

Python is an interpreted, interactive, object-oriented, extensible programming language. It provides an extraordinary combination of clarity and versatility, and is free...
- Python is stable, and always works, while programming with java is very complicated for it's errors. if app runs at all, it crashes very often. Guest • May 2020
- In the end, all programming languages are just tools. Just like how you probably could use a screwdriver to hammer a nail, you should probably just use a hammer. Guest • Mar 2020
- High performance, for JavaEE, Python have Django. For Android, Google have Kotlin :D Guest • Jan 2020 • 0 agrees and 1 disagrees
- It's very popular, can do everything Java can and very powerful Guest • Sep 2018 • 2 agrees and 5 disagrees
- Can almost do everything Java can and sometimes a little better. VenHayz • Apr 2017 • 9 agrees and 9 disagrees
Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux S60 BSD ... AROS Haiku AmigaOS OpenSolaris MorphOS
High Level Object-oriented Language Dynamic typing Garbage Collection ... Modular System Object-oriented Language Rad Add a feature

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JavaScript

JavaScript (sometimes shortened to JS) is a lightweight, interpreted, object-oriented language with first-class functions, most known as the scripting language for Web...

Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux Web Android ... iPhone Chrome OS BSD iPad AROS Haiku
Asynchronous Dynamic typing Interpreted language Programmers Documentation ... Prototype-based inheritance Scripting language Web Development Add a feature

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PHP

PHP is a widely-used general-purpose scripting language that is especially suited for Web development and can be embedded into HTML.

Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux BSD PHP
Object-oriented Language Scripting language Web Development Add a feature

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C++

C++ is a statically typed, free-form, multi-paradigm, compiled, general-purpose, powerful programming language. It is regarded as an intermediate-level language, as it...
- Flexibility: Can programm pretty much everything that can be coded at all. Fast execution times. thomaszoschke • Aug 2017 • 3 agrees and 0 disagrees
- Powerful, object-oriented and very very wide usage and possibilities. Guest • May 2017 • 0 agrees and 1 disagrees
- It's general purpose, native, and powerful. Guest • Mar 2017 • 2 agrees and 0 disagrees
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Compiled Language Systems programming Manual memory management Object-oriented Language Add a feature

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C#

C# is a multi-paradigm programming language encompassing strong typing, imperative, declarative, functional, generic, object-oriented (class-based), and...
- C# and Java are almost identical. Besides the fact they're being lead by different companies, they have almost the entirely same performance profile and same syntax. Guest • Mar 2017 • 5 agrees and 2 disagrees
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Compiled Language Object-oriented Language Add a feature

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C (programming language)

C is a general-purpose computer programming language. C is one of the most widely used programming languages of all time.
- It's very low-level, compared to Java. It's not entirely general purpose like Java. Guest • Mar 2017 • 3 agrees and 0 disagrees
- java is a operation oriented language while c and c++ are general purpose languages Guest • Sep 2017 • 0 agrees and 6 disagrees
Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux Android iPhone ... Android Tablet BSD iPad AROS Android Wear Haiku Playstation
Works at kernel level Compiled Language Inline assembly Manual memory management ... Systems programming Add a feature

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Ruby

Ruby is a dynamic, reflective, general purpose object-oriented programming language that combines syntax inspired by Perl with Smalltalk-like features. Ruby originated...

Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux BSD Haiku
Blocks Dynamic typing Package Manager Text processing ... Interpreter Object-oriented Language Add a feature

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Go (Programming Language)

Go is an open source programming language that makes it easy to build simple, reliable, and efficient software.

Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux BSD
Compiled Language Class inheritance Object-oriented Language Performance Monitoring ... Test case management Readability Add a feature

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Rust

A systems programming language that runs blazingly fast, prevents almost all crashes, and eliminates data races. .

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Typesafe Compiler Explanations Package Manager Test case management ... Abstract Data Types Pattern matching Static typing Type inference Add a feature

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OpenJDK

OpenJDK is the free version of the Java development platform. The OpenJDK project consists of a number of components. Principally these are HotSpot (the virtual...

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