CoffeeScript Alternatives

CoffeeScript is described as 'Little language that compiles into JavaScript. Underneath all those awkward braces and semicolons, JavaScript has always had a gorgeous object model at its heart. CoffeeScript attempt to expose the good parts of JavaScript in a simple way' and is a popular programming language in the development category. There are more than 25 alternatives to CoffeeScript for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, Web-based and BSD apps. The best CoffeeScript alternative is JavaScript, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like CoffeeScript are TypeScript, Dart, Kotlin and Haxe.

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  1. Bublé icon
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    Inspired by Babel, Bublé is an ES2015 compiler that takes your ES2015 JavaScript code and turns it into code that can run in today's environments.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
    • Node.JS
    • GitLab
     
  2. ReasonML icon
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    ReasonML is a new face to OCaml that--when coupled with BuckleScript--makes web development easy, robust, and type-safe. It has a very good Javascript FFI story, and is easy to adopt piece-meal into your existing projects.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  3. ReScript icon
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    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

    Platforms

    • JavaScript
    • Self-Hosted
    • Node.JS
    • Mac
    • Linux
    • Windows
    • BSD
    • Visual Studio Code
     
  4. Temper is a programming language and toolchain for making libraries that can be used natively from any other language.

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    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Mac
    • Linux
     
  5. Elm icon
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    Elm aims to make web development more pleasant. Elm is a type-safe, functional reactive language that compiles to HTML, CSS, and JavaScript.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  6. PureScript was initially designed by Phil Freeman in 2013. He started to work on PureScript since he wasn't satisfied by other attempts to transpile Haskell to JavaScript (e.g. using Fay, Haste, or GHCJS).

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • BSD
    • FreeBSD
    • NetBSD
    • OpenBSD
     
  7. Hack icon
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    Hack is a programming language for HHVM that interoperates seamlessly with PHP. Hack reconciles the fast development cycle of PHP with the discipline provided by static typing, while adding many features commonly found in other modern programming languages.

    47 Hack alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  8. Objective-J icon
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    Objective-J is a programming language developed as part of the Cappuccino web development framework. Its syntax is nearly identical to the Objective-C syntax and it shares with JavaScript the same relationship that Objective-C has with...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
     
  9. Amber is a language (derived from Smalltalk) and environment built for the web. With Amber, client-side web development finally gets the power and productivity that exists in other Smalltalk dialects.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Node.JS
     
  10. Lasso is an easy and secure platform for custom, data-driven sites. It bridges web servers (Apache, IIS) with numerous data sources (MySQL, Oracle, etc.). Because it embraces open standards, you can develop on macOS, Windows, or Linux and deploy on another seamlessly.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  11. MicroPython icon
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    MicroPython aims to implement the Python 3.4 standard (with selected features from later versions) with respect to language syntax, and most of the features of MicroPython are identical to those described by the “Language Reference” documentation at docs.python.org.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • BSD
    • Self-Hosted
    • JavaScript
    • FreeBSD
    • OpenBSD
     
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