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The best Compiler alternative to JavaScript is TypeScript, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to JavaScript and 11 are Compilers so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Compiler alternatives to JavaScript are Kotlin, Swift (programming language), Scala and Crystal (programming language).

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  1. TypeScript icon
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    TypeScript is a language for application-scale JavaScript development. It is a typed superset of JavaScript that compiles to plain JavaScript in any browser, any host, any OS and it is Open Source.

    15 TypeScript alternatives

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    • Linux
    • BSD
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    • JavaScript
    • Node.JS
     
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    Its actually Javascript, but better and worse in some ways

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    • TypeScript is Free and Open SourceJavaScript is also Free and Open Source
  2. 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...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
     
  3. 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
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Apple Swift
    • Visual Studio Code
    • Xcode
     
  4. 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.

    74 Scala alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
     
  5. Clojure icon
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    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 scripting language with an efficient and robust infrastructure for...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
     
  6. RapydScript icon
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    RapydScript is a pre-compiler for JavaScript, similar to CoffeeScript, but with cleaner, more readable syntax. The syntax is very similar to Python, but allows JavaScript as well. It's not another Python-in-a-browser clone, it's actually JavaScript with more Pythonic...

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
     
  7.  4 likes

    Wyvern is a new programming language designed to help developers be highly productive when writing high-assurance applications. The first major innovation in Wyvern is type-specific languages, a feature that allows programmers to create literals of a given type (e.g.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  8. Pyjs icon
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    pyjs is a Rich Internet Application (RIA) Development Platform for both Web and Desktop. With pyjs you can write your JavaScript-powered web applications entirely in Python.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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    The core tools for Blade rich client development. Contribute to blade development by creating an account on GitHub.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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