Lua Alternatives

Alternatives list

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   ReScript

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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

   • Programming Language

   Origin

   • International

   Platforms

   • JavaScript
   • Self-Hosted
   • Node.JS
   • Mac
   • Linux
   • Windows
   • BSD
   • Visual Studio Code

   • Global

   

   

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2. 

   

   Arturo

    1 like

   Simple, expressive & portable programming language for efficient scripting.

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source (MIT)

   Application type

   • Programming Language

   Platforms

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

   

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4. O

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   Object Pascal

    6 likes

   Object Pascal is a multi-paradigm, object-oriented, component-based general purpose programming language.

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source

   Application type

   • Programming Language

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Windows
   • Linux
   • Android
   • iPhone
   • BSD
   • AROS
   • Haiku
   • AmigaOS
   • MorphOS

   O

   

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5. H

   H

   Huginn Programming Language

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   Programming language with no quirks, so simple every child can master it.

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source

   Application type

   • Programming Language

   Origin

   • Poland
   • EU

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Windows
   • Linux
   • BSD
   • Solaris

   H

   

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   P

    1 like

   P is a programming language for asynchronous event-driven programming and the IoT that was developed by Microsoft and University of California, Berkeley.

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source (MIT)

   Application type

   • Programming Language

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Windows
   • Linux
   • Online
   • Amazon Web Services
   • Ubuntu

   

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8. W

   W

   Wyvern

    4 likes

   Wyvern is a new programming language designed to help developers be highly productive when writing high-assurance applications. The first major innovation in Wyvern is type-specific languages, a feature that allows programmers to create literals of a given type (e.g.

   53 Wyvern alternatives

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source

   Application typeApplication types

   • Programming Language
   • Compiler

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Windows
   • Linux

   W

   

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9. J

   J

   Jim Tcl — The Jim Interpreter

    2 likes

   Jim is an opensource small-footprint implementation of the Tcl programming language. It implements a large subset of Tcl and adds new features like references with garbage collection, closures, built-in Object Oriented Programming system, Functional Programming commands...

   Cost / License

   • Free
   • Open Source

   Application type

   • Programming Language

   Platforms

   • Mac
   • Windows
   • Linux
   • BSD

   J

   

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10. 

    

    Ponyc

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    Pony is an open-source, object-oriented, actor-model, capabilities-secure, high-performance programming language.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (BSD-2-Clause)

    Application type

    • Programming Language

    Origin

    • United States

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • Linux Mint
    • Ubuntu
    • FreeBSD
    • Alpine Linux

    

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11. 

    

    Chibi Scheme

     2 likes

    Chibi-Scheme is a very small library with no external dependencies intended for use as an extension and scripting language in C programs. In addition to support for lightweight VM-based threads, each VM itself runs in an isolated heap allowing multiple VMs to run simultaneously...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    • Programming Language

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Cygwin

    

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12. S

    S

    Smalltalk

     1 like

    Smalltalk is an object-oriented programming (OOP) language. It is objects all the way down. Smalltalk’s purity and clarity in this regard made it the archetype for nearly all other OOP languages.

    68 Smalltalk alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    • Programming Language

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Android
    • iPhone

    S

    

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13. 

    

    Odin

     4 likes

    The Odin programming language is fast, concise, readable, pragmatic and open sourced. It is designed with the intent of replacing C with the following goals:

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (Zlib)

    Application type

    • Programming Language

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD

    

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14. 

    

    Quorum

     3 likes

    Quorum is a general purpose tool that we call an "evidence-based" programming language. It started as an interpreted language originally designed to be easier to hear through screen readers for blind or visually impaired users.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    • Programming Language

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux

    

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