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The best Compiler alternative to Python is Julia, which is both free and Open Source. If that doesn't suit you, our users have ranked more than 50 alternatives to Python and 14 are Compilers so hopefully you can find a suitable replacement. Other interesting Compiler alternatives to Python are Nim (programming language), Kotlin, Swift (programming language) and Scala.

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  1. Julia icon
     67 likes

    Julia is a high-level, high-performance dynamic programming language for technical computing, with syntax that is familiar to users of other technical computing environments. It provides a sophisticated compiler, distributed parallel execution, numerical accuracy, and an...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Mac
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    Comments about Julia as an Alternative to Python
    Marcin
    Positive
    1

    Julia competes with Python

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    • Almost everyone thinks Julia is a great Python alternative.

    • Julia is Free and Open SourcePython is also Free and Open Source
  2. 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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
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    • BSD
     
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    Comments about Nim (programming language) as an Alternative to Python
    Guest
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    Based off of Python, similar modules system, and indention based. Probably the best alternative!

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
    Guest
    Positive
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    Syntax is same but speed is greater than Python. Only draw back is, that Nim has a minimal support for object oriented programming. Module system is horrible. Compiler wants us to write all the code in single file. If you are using file A and it is importing something from file B. But this file B is also importng something from file A, that means mutual imports. In that case, you can't compile.

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • Almost everyone thinks Nim (programming language) is a great Python alternative.

    • Nim (programming language) is Free and Open SourcePython is also Free and Open Source
  3. Kotlin icon
     39 likes

    Kotlin is a cross-platform, statically typed, general-purpose programming language with type inference. Kotlin is designed to interoperate fully with Java, and the JVM version of its standard library depends on the Java Class Library, but type inference allows its syntax to be...

    52 Kotlin alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
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    • Linux
    • Online
     
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  4. Open-source programming language for developing iOS, macOS, watchOS, tvOS, and visionOS apps, featuring safety, speed, type inference, generics, native-code compilation, protocol-oriented design, memory management, Playgrounds, package manager, and Objective-C interoperability.

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    • Mac
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    • Apple Swift
    • Visual Studio Code
    • Xcode
     
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    Comments about Swift (programming language) as an Alternative to Python
    CeesT
    Positive
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    REPL includes code completion.

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    • Swift (programming language) is Free and Open SourcePython is also Free and Open Source
  5. Scala icon
     65 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.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
     
  6. Clojure icon
     30 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

    Platforms

    • Mac
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    • BSD
     
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    Comments about Clojure as an Alternative to Python
    Guest
    Negative
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    Clojure is lisp, a hard programming language unlike Python

    Review by a new / low-activity user.
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    • Clojure is Free and Open SourcePython is also Free and Open Source
  7. GDScript icon
     10 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)

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Android
    • Online
    • Godot Engine
     
  8. FreeBASIC icon
     26 likes

    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

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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