Nim (programming language) Alternatives

Nim (programming language) is described as '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' and is a programming language in the development category. There are more than 50 alternatives to Nim (programming language) for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Windows, Mac, BSD and Web-based apps. The best Nim (programming language) alternative is Python, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Nim (programming language) are Java, C (programming language), Rust and C++.

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  1. A community fork of a language named after a plant fungus. All of the memory-safe features you love, now with 100% less bureaucracy.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Self-Hosted
     
  2. P icon
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    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

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Amazon Web Services
    • Ubuntu
     
  3. Pike is a dynamic programming language with a syntax similar to Java and C. It is simple to learn, does not require long compilation passes and has powerful built-in data types allowing simple and really fast data manipulation.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  4. Stackless Python is an enhanced version of the Python programming language. It allows programmers to reap the benefits of thread-based programming without the performance and complexity problems associated with conventional threads.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Python
     
  5. HolyC icon
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    HolyC is very similar to regular C, so it's a very simple but powerful language. It was used to make all of TempleOS, so it definitely works to make programs.

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    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
     
  6. Wolfram Language is a symbolic language, deliberately designed with the breadth and unity needed to develop powerful programs quickly. By integrating high-level forms—like Image, GeoPolygon or Molecule—along with advanced superfunctions—such as ImageIdentify or...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary (MIT)

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • BSD
    • openSUSE
    • FreeBSD
    • OpenSolaris
    • 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

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    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  8. Factor icon
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    The Factor programming language combines powerful language features with a full-featured library. The implementation is fully compiled for performance, while still supporting interactive development. Factor applications are portable between all common platforms.

    Cost / License

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  9. Squirrel is a high level imperative, object-oriented programming language, designed to be a light-weight scripting language that fits in the size, memory bandwidth, and real-time requirements of applications like video games.

    59 Squirrel (programming language) alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • FreeBSD
     
  10. Io is a prototype-based programming language inspired by Smalltalk (all values are objects, all messages are dynamic), Self (prototype-based), NewtonScript (differential inheritance), Act1 (actors and futures for concurrency), LISP (code is a runtime inspectable/modifiable tree)...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Raspberry Pi
     
  11. Luau icon
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    Luau (lowercase u, /'lu.a?/) is a fast, small, safe, gradually typed embeddable scripting language derived from Lua.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Application type

    Platforms

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

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

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