Go (Programming Language) Alternatives

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   Elixir

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   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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   D (Programming Language)

    61 likes

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

   74 D (Programming Language) alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source

   Application type

   • Programming Language

   Origin

   • United States

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Windows
   • Linux
   • BSD

   • United States

   

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   Erlang

    33 likes

   Concurrent functional language with built-in support for fault tolerance, distribution, and hot swapping, designed for scalable real-time systems in telecom, banking, e-commerce, and instant messaging. Features garbage collection and dynamic typing.

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source (Apache-2.0)

   Application type

   • Programming Language

   Origin

   • Sweden
   • EU

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Windows
   • Linux
   • BSD

   • Sweden
   • EU

   

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   Haskell

    72 likes

   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

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source

   Application type

   • Programming Language

   Origin

   • United States

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Windows
   • Linux
   • BSD

   • United States

   

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   Crystal (programming language)

    13 likes

   Programming language with Ruby-like syntax that compiles to efficient native code.

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source (Apache-2.0)

   Application typeApplication types

   • Programming Language
   • Compiler

   Origin

   • Argentina

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Linux

   • Argentina

   

   

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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.

   77 Scala alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source

   Application typeApplication types

   • Programming Language
   • Compiler

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Windows
   • Linux
   • BSD

   

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   V (programming language)

    12 likes

   V is a statically typed compiled programming language designed for building maintainable software.

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source (MIT)

   Application typeApplication types

   • Programming Language
   • Compiler

   Origin

   • Lithuania
   • EU

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Windows
   • Linux
   • BSD
   • Self-Hosted

   • Lithuania
   • EU

   

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   Positive comment by Guest · May 9, 2025

   V is the best and nearest alternative to Go. Switching or using both would be easier to do in comparison to other languages. V adds features that many say are missing from Go, such as: sumtypes, enums, friendlier C interoperability, greater safety...

   Positive comment by Wa Jinn · Feb 8, 2021

   Easy to understand, like the cross compilation ability, more maintainable, speed on par with C/C++. No Class based OOP, but smarter use of Objects instead.

   Positive comment by Guest · Nov 9, 2020

   It's similar to Go and has a lot of opportunity for growth.

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    GDScript

     12 likes

    GDScript is a high-level, dynamically typed programming language used to create content. It uses a syntax similar to Python.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application typeApplication types

    • Programming Language
    • Compiler

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Android
    • Online
    • Godot Engine

    

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    Racket

     21 likes

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

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    • Programming Language

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD

    

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    Clojure

     31 likes

    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...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application typeApplication types

    • Programming Language
    • Compiler

    Origin

    • United States

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD

    • United States

    

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    F# (programming language)

     27 likes

    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

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    • Programming Language

    Origin

    • United States

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD

    • United States

    

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    Haxe

     47 likes

    Haxe is an open source toolkit based on a modern high level strictly typed programming language, a state-of-the-art light-speed cross-compiler, a complete cross-platform standard library, and ways to access to each platform's native capabilities.

    81 Haxe alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    • Programming Language

    Origin

    • United States

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Raspberry Pi

    • United States

    

    

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