Lua Alternatives

Apps similar to Lua include Python, which is free and open source. Other options are JavaScript, PHP, C (programming language) and C#. Programming Languages like Lua are a crowded field, with more than 50 alternatives for Linux, Windows, Mac, the web and self-hosting.

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

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

    77 Elixir alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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  3. Haskell icon
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    Haskell is an advanced purely-functional programming language. An open-source product of more than twenty years of cutting-edge research, it allows rapid development of robust, concise, correct software.

    77 Haskell alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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  4. Luau icon
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    Luau (lowercase u, /'lu.a?/) is a fast, small, safe, gradually typed embeddable scripting language derived from Lua.

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    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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  5. Racket icon
     21 likes

    Racket is a general-purpose programming language as well as the world’s first ecosystem for language-oriented programming.

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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  6. Squirrel is a high level imperative, object-oriented programming language, designed to be a light-weight scripting language that fits in the size, memory bandwidth, and real-time requirements of applications like video games.

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
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    • FreeBSD
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  7. 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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    • Free
    • Open Source

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  8. 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...

    78 Clojure alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
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  9. Functional-first language for .NET with static typing, succinct and expressive code, advanced pattern matching, object-oriented features, interop with .NET languages, async programming, type providers, cross-platform support, tooling, and immutable data.

    76 F# (programming language) alternatives

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    • Free
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  10. Wren icon
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    Wren is a small, fast, class-based concurrent scripting language. Think Smalltalk in a Lua sized package with a dash of Erlang and wrapped up in a familiar, modern syntax.

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    • Free
    • Proprietary (MIT)

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    • Discontinued

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
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