Kotlin AlternativesProgramming Languages & Compilers like Kotlin

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   Python

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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

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source

   Application type

   • Programming Language

   Origin

   • United States

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Windows
   • Linux
   • Symbian S60
   • BSD
   • AROS
   • Linux Mobile
   • Haiku
   • AmigaOS
   • OpenSolaris
   • MorphOS

   • United States

   

   

   

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   JavaScript

    654 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.

   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

   • United States

   

   

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   Java

    680 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.

   78 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

   • United States

   

   

   

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5. 

   

   C#

    236 likes

   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

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source

   Application type

   • Programming Language

   Origin

   • United States

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Windows
   • Linux
   • BSD

   • United States

   

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6. 

   

   Lua

    194 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.

   89 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

   • Brazil

   

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8. 

   

   TypeScript

    75 likes

   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.

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source (Apache-2.0)

   Application type

   • Programming Language

   Origin

   • United States

   Platforms

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

   • United States

   

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   Dart

    84 likes

   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.

   70 Dart alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source

   Application type

   • Programming Language

   Origin

   • United States

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Windows
   • Linux
   • Online

   • United States

   

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    Scala

     67 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 typeApplication types

    • Programming Language
    • Compiler

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD

    

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    Nim (programming language)

     42 likes

    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

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application typeApplication types

    • Programming Language
    • Compiler

    Origin

    • Germany
    • EU

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD

    • Germany
    • EU

    

    

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    Elixir

     18 likes

    Elixir is a dynamic, functional language designed for building scalable and maintainable applications.

    77 Elixir alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    • Programming Language

    Origin

    • Brazil

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • FreeBSD
    • DragonFly BSD

    • Brazil

    

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    Swift (programming language)

     42 likes

    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.

    81 Swift (programming language) alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (Apache-2.0)

    Application typeApplication types

    • Programming Language
    • Compiler

    Origin

    • United States

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Xcode
    • Apple Swift
    • Visual Studio Code

    • United States

    

    

    

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    Positive comment by nineninesevenfour · May 9, 2021

    The syntax of Swift is extremely similair to the one of Kotlin like these two programming languages are siblings who live in separate worlds. They are of different temper but cannot deny their common roots. ;) --> Who writes the first Swift / Kotlin cross-compiler? :)

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    • Swift (programming language) is Free and Open SourceKotlin is also Free and Open Source
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    Apache Groovy

     31 likes

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

    53 Apache Groovy alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (Apache-2.0)

    Application typeApplication types

    • Programming Language
    • Compiler

    Origin

    • United States

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    

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