jRuby Alternatives

Alternatives list

1. 

   

   Java

    663 likes

   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.

   73 Java alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Free Personal
   • Open Source

   Application type

   • Programming Language

   Origin

   • United States

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Windows
   • Linux
   • Online
   • Android
   • Java Mobile
   • Symbian S60
   • HP webOS
   • Blackberry
   • Android Tablet
   • BSD
   • Blackberry 10
   • Kindle Fire

   

   

   

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   • Java is the most popular Web-based, Windows, Android & Mac alternative to jRuby.

   • Java is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to jRuby.

   • Java is Free Personal and Open SourcejRuby is Free and Open Source
2. 

   

   JavaScript

    629 likes

   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.

   60 JavaScript alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source

   Application type

   • Programming Language

   Origin

   • United States

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Windows
   • Linux
   • Online
   • Android
   • iPhone
   • Chrome OS
   • BSD
   • iPad
   • AROS
   • Haiku

   

   

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   • JavaScript is the most popular iPhone & iPad alternative to jRuby.

   • JavaScript is Free and Open SourcejRuby is also Free and Open Source
   • JavaScript is LightweightjRuby is not according to our users
4. 

   

   Lua

    184 likes

   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.

   84 Lua alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source

   Application type

   • Programming Language

   Origin

   • Brazil

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Windows
   • Linux
   • Android
   • iPhone
   • Android Tablet
   • BSD
   • iPad
   • Android Wear
   • Haiku
   • AmigaOS
   • Playstation
   • MorphOS

   

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5. 

   

   Ruby

    269 likes

   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.

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source

   Application type

   • Programming Language

   Origin

   • Japan

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Windows
   • Linux
   • BSD
   • Haiku

   

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6. 

   

   Kotlin

    39 likes

   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...

   51 Kotlin alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source

   Application types

   • Programming Language
   • Compiler

   Origin

   • Czechia
   • EU

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Windows
   • Linux
   • Online

   

   

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   Crystal (programming language)

    11 likes

   Programming language with Ruby-like syntax that compiles to efficient native code.

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source

   Application types

   • Programming Language
   • Compiler

   Origin

   • Argentina

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Linux

   

   

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9. 

   

   Apache Groovy

    30 likes

   Groovy is an agile and dynamic language for the Java Virtual Machine (JVM).

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source

   Application types

   • Programming Language
   • Compiler

   Origin

   • United States

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Windows
   • Linux

   

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10. 

    

    Scala

     65 likes

    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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    • Programming Language
    • Compiler

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD

    

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    Roc Programming Language

     1 like

    A fast, friendly, functional language.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    • Programming Language

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Rust

    

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    ReScript

     2 likes

    ReScript is a robustly typed language that compiles to efficient and human-readable JavaScript. It comes with a lightning fast compiler toolchain that scales to any codebase size.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    • Programming Language

    Origin

    • International

    Platforms

    • JavaScript
    • Self-Hosted
    • Node.JS
    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Windows
    • BSD
    • Visual Studio Code

    

    

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    • ReScript is the most popular Self-Hosted alternative to jRuby.

    • ReScript is Free and Open SourcejRuby is also Free and Open Source
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    Bosque

     3 likes

    The Bosque programming language is an experiment in regularized design for a machine assisted rapid and reliable software development lifecycle.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    • Programming Language

    Origin

    • United States

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone
    • BSD

    

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    FreeBASIC

     25 likes

    FreeBASIC is a completely free, open-source, 32-bit BASIC compiler, with syntax similar to MS-QuickBASIC, that adds new features such as pointers, unsigned data types, inline assembly, object orientation, and many others.

    62 FreeBASIC alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    • Programming Language
    • Compiler

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux

    

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