Top 12 Open-Source Alternatives to Apple Swift

The top open-source alternatives to Apple Swift are Elixir, Kotlin, and Dash for macOS. One of the criteria for ordering this list is the number of mentions that products have on reliable external sources. You can suggest additional sources through the form here.

Elixir Landing Page
1

Elixir

Dynamic, functional language designed for building scalable and maintainable applications
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Programming Language #OOP #Generic Programming Language 74 social mentions
Kotlin Landing Page
2

Kotlin

Statically typed Programming Language targeting JVM and JavaScript
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Programming Language #OOP #Generic Programming Language 74 social mentions
Dash for macOS Landing Page
3

Dash for macOS

Dash is an API Documentation Browser and Code Snippet Manager. Dash searches offline documentation of 200+ APIs and stores snippets of code. You can also generate your own documentation sets.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Software Development #Productivity #API Tools 85 social mentions
Go Programming Language Landing Page
4

Go Programming Language

Go, also called golang, is a programming language initially developed at Google in 2007 by Robert...
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Programming Language #OOP #Generic Programming Language 292 social mentions
F# Landing Page
5

F#

F# is a mature, open source, cross-platform, functional-first programming language.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Programming Language #OOP #Generic Programming Language 19 social mentions
DevDocs Landing Page
6

DevDocs

Open source API documentation browser with instant fuzzy search, offline mode, keyboard shortcuts, and more
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Cryptocurrencies #Software Development #Productivity 123 social mentions
Python Landing Page
7

Python

Python is a clear and powerful object-oriented programming language, comparable to Perl, Ruby, Scheme, or Java.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Programming Language #OOP #Generic Programming Language 280 social mentions
Visual Studio Code Landing Page
8

Visual Studio Code

Build and debug modern web and cloud applications, by Microsoft
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Text Editors #IDE #Software Development 1012 social mentions
Elm Landing Page
9

Elm

A type inferred, functional reactive language that compiles to HTML, CSS, and JavaScript
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Programming Language #OOP #Generic Programming Language 114 social mentions
Lua Landing Page
10

Lua

Powerful, fast, lightweight, embeddable scripting language
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Programming Language #OOP #Generic Programming Language 22 social mentions
IronPython Landing Page
11

IronPython

Development
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Programming Language #OOP #Generic Programming Language 17 social mentions
Ruby Landing Page
12

Ruby

A dynamic, interpreted, open source programming language with a focus on simplicity and productivity
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Programming Language #OOP #Dynamic Programming Language 3 social mentions