PowerBASIC Alternatives

PowerBASIC is described as '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' and is an app. There are more than 10 alternatives to PowerBASIC for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, Android and Android Tablet apps. The best PowerBASIC alternative is PureBasic, which is free. Other great apps like PowerBASIC are FreeBASIC, SmallBASIC, Xojo and thinBasic Programming Language.

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    PureBasic

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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
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    PureBasic is a programming language with syntax that will be easy for a PowerBasic programmer to learn. It supports both 32-bit and 64-bit executables. It can also be compiled to support Windows, Linux or Mac OS.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • Almost everyone thinks PureBasic is a great PowerBASIC alternative.

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

    • PureBasic is the most popular free alternative to PowerBASIC.

    • PureBasic is Freemium and ProprietaryPowerBASIC is Paid and Proprietary
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    FreeBASIC

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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

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
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    FreeBasic can compile 64bit code!

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    • Almost everyone thinks FreeBASIC is a great PowerBASIC alternative.

    • FreeBASIC is the most popular Open Source alternative to PowerBASIC.

    • FreeBASIC is Free and Open SourcePowerBASIC is Paid and Proprietary
  4. SmallBASIC icon

    SmallBASIC

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    SmallBASIC is a fast and easy to learn BASIC language interpreter ideal for everyday calculations, scripts and prototypes.

    Cost / License

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • Android Tablet
    • Flathub
    • Flatpak
    • Raspberry Pi
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    • SmallBASIC is the most popular Android & Android Tablet alternative to PowerBASIC.

    • SmallBASIC is Free and Open SourcePowerBASIC is Paid and Proprietary
    • SmallBASIC is Privacy focused and LightweightPowerBASIC is not according to our users
  5. Xojo icon

    Xojo

     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
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    • Xojo is the most popular commercial alternative to PowerBASIC.

    • Xojo is Paid and ProprietaryPowerBASIC is also Paid and Proprietary
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    thinBasic Programming Language

     11 likes

    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

    Application types

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  7. Lobster icon

    Lobster

     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
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    B4J

     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
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    QB64

     4 likes

    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.

    12 QB64 alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
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  11. wxBasic icon

    wxBasic

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    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
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    KBasic

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    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
    Under GNU/Linux
     
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    IonicWind Basic

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    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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    Run BASIC

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    Run BASIC Personal Server is an all-in-one system that makes web programming easy and fun. With a knowledge of the BASIC programming language and without needing to learn a lot of arcane web technologies you can create web applications for use on a PC, for use on a local...

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
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    • Run BASIC is the most popular Web-based alternative to PowerBASIC.

    • Run BASIC is Freemium and ProprietaryPowerBASIC is Paid and Proprietary
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