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Nim (programming language)

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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.

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License model

  • Free • Open Source

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Country of Origin

  • DE flagGermany
  • European Union flagEU

Platforms

  • Mac
  • Windows
  • Linux
  • BSD
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Properties

  1.  Lightweight

Features

  1.  Compiled Language
  2.  Imperative Language
  3.  Systems programming
  4.  Static typing
  5.  Portable
  6.  Ad-free
  7.  Support for scripting
  8.  Object-oriented Language
  9.  Lisp-like

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  • programming
  • significant-indentation
  • python-like
  • development

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Nim (programming language) information

  • Developed by

    DE flagAndreas Rumpf & Contributors

  • Licensing

    Open Source and Free product.

  • Written in

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  • Supported Languages

    • English

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  •  17,187 Stars
  •  1,492 Forks
  •  2084 Open Issues
  •   Updated Jul 16, 2025 
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Our users have written 1 comments and reviews about Nim (programming language), and it has gotten 39 likes

Nim (programming language) was added to AlternativeTo by dbohdan on May 25, 2014 and this page was last updated Jan 27, 2021. Nim (programming language) is sometimes referred to as Nim.

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As readable and powerful as Python but as fast as C, with no reliance on a VM. The language is a beautiful beast.

What is Nim (programming language)?

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.

FEATURES

  • High-performance garbage-collected language
  • Python-like readability with indent-based syntax
  • Compiles to C, C++ or JavaScript
  • Dependency-free binaries
  • Runs on Windows, macOS, Linux, and more

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