SmallBASIC Alternatives

SmallBASIC is described as 'Fast and easy to learn BASIC language interpreter ideal for everyday calculations, scripts and prototypes' and is an app in the development category. There are more than 10 alternatives to SmallBASIC for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, Web-based and Android apps. The best SmallBASIC alternative is PureBasic, which is free. Other great apps like SmallBASIC are FreeBASIC, Xojo, Lobster and React Studio.

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  1. PureBasic icon
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    PureBasic is a native 32 bit and 64 bit programming language based on established BASIC rules. The key features of PureBasic are portability (Windows, Linux, macOS and AmigaOS are currently supported), the production of very fast and highly optimized executables and, of course...

    19 PureBasic alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • AmigaOS
     
    • PureBasic is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to SmallBASIC.

    • PureBasic is the most popular free alternative to SmallBASIC.

    • PureBasic is Freemium and ProprietarySmallBASIC is Free and Open Source
  2. FreeBASIC icon
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    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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     
    • FreeBASIC is the most popular Open Source alternative to SmallBASIC.

    • FreeBASIC is Free and Open SourceSmallBASIC is also Free and Open Source
  3. Xojo icon
     18 likes

    Real Software and Real Studio are now Xojo. Create your own apps, like commercial or in house apps, games, utilities and more with Xojo! This object-oriented multi-platform development tool enables ordinary people to create extraordinary apps for the Desktop, Web, Console, and...

    38 Xojo alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
    • Xojo is the most popular commercial alternative to SmallBASIC.

    • Xojo is Paid and ProprietarySmallBASIC is Free and Open Source
  4. Lobster icon
     8 likes

    Lobster is a game programming language. It was developed to make it easier for people who are already programmers to prototype and make games.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  5. React Studio icon
     5 likes

    React Studio lets you create components either visually or in code, then use them interchangeably in your designs.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  6. Very fast BASIC like programming language for console and gui applications, automate process, automate data exchange, connect to databases, send mails, ftp, rest api, parsing, tokenizing, files, OpenGl, graphics, sound, printing ... much more.

    82 thinBasic Programming Language alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  7. B4J icon
     4 likes

    B4J is a 100% free development tool, similar to B4A that generates desktop, server and web applications.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Arduino IDE
    • Java
     
  8. QB64 icon
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    QB64 is a self-hosting BASIC compiler for Microsoft Windows, Linux and Mac OS X, designed to be compatible with Microsoft QBasic and QuickBASIC. QB64 is a C++ emitter, which is integrated with a C++ compiler to provide compilation via C++ code and GCC optimization.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
     
    • QB64 is the most popular Android alternative to SmallBASIC.

    • QB64 is Free and Open SourceSmallBASIC is also Free and Open Source
  9. wxBasic icon
     7 likes

    wxBasic is an Basic interpreter that is:

    • Free
    • Open Source (LGPL)
    • Cross-platform (currently Windows and Linux)

    wxBasic can create stand-alone executables by binding together source code with the interpreter.

    wxBasic is written primarily in C, with some C++ li.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  10. PowerBASIC icon
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    PowerBASIC, formerly Turbo Basic, is the brand of several commercial compilers by PowerBASIC Inc. that compile a dialect of the BASIC programming language. There are both MS-DOS and Windows versions, and two kinds of the latter: Console and Windows.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • MS-DOS
     
  11. KBasic icon
     2 likes

    KBasic is a powerful programming language, which is simply intuitive and easy to learn. It is a new programming language, a further BASIC dialect and is related to VB.NET™, Visual Basic®, Visual Basic for Application® and Java™.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Microsoft Visual Studio
     
  12. IWBasic is a 32-bit BASIC compiler from Ionic Wind Software featuring an integrated development environment with syntax similar to the BASIC programming language. Creates small and fast programs that support all Windows versions.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
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