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C#

Simple, general-purpose, object-oriented programming language for the .NET platform.

Top 12 Open-Source Alternatives to C#

Python Rust PHP Go Programming Language Ruby Lua Haskell Clojure Elixir Haxe

Summary

The top open-source alternatives to C# are Python, Rust, and PHP. 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.
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    Python is a clear and powerful object-oriented programming language, comparable to Perl, Ruby, Scheme, or Java.
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    #Programming Language #OOP #Generic Programming Language 288 social mentions

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    A safe, concurrent, practical language
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    #Programming Language #OOP #Generic Programming Language 48 social mentions

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    PHP

    A popular general-purpose scripting language that is especially suited to web development
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    #Programming Language #OOP #Generic Programming Language 54 social mentions

  4. Go, also called golang, is a programming language initially developed at Google in 2007 by Robert...
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    #Programming Language #OOP #Generic Programming Language 322 social mentions

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    A dynamic, interpreted, open source programming language with a focus on simplicity and productivity
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    #Programming Language #OOP #Generic Programming Language 4 social mentions

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    Lua

    Powerful, fast, lightweight, embeddable scripting language
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    #Programming Language #OOP #Generic Programming Language 23 social mentions

  7. An advanced purely-functional programming language
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    #Programming Language #OOP #Generic Programming Language 21 social mentions

  8. Clojure is a dynamic, general-purpose programming language, combining the approachability and interactive development of a scripting language with an efficient and robust infrastructure for multithreaded programming.
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    #Programming Language #OOP #Generic Programming Language 39 social mentions

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    Dynamic, functional language designed for building scalable and maintainable applications
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    #Programming Language #OOP #Generic Programming Language 82 social mentions

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    Haxe is an open source toolkit based on a modern, high level, strictly typed programming language.
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    #Finance #Programming Language #OOP 48 social mentions

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    Statically typed Programming Language targeting JVM and JavaScript
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    #Programming Language #OOP #Generic Programming Language 81 social mentions

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    Elm

    A type inferred, functional reactive language that compiles to HTML, CSS, and JavaScript
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    #Programming Language #OOP #Generic Programming Language 123 social mentions

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