Top 12 Open-Source Alternatives to JavaScript

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Lightweight, interpreted, object-oriented language with first-class functions.

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The top open-source alternatives to JavaScript are Python, PHP, and Rust. 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.

Python Landing Page
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Python

Python is a clear and powerful object-oriented programming language, comparable to Perl, Ruby, Scheme, or Java.
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- Open Source
#Programming Language #OOP #Generic Programming Language 299 social mentions
PHP Landing Page
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PHP

A popular general-purpose scripting language that is especially suited to web development
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- Open Source
#Programming Language #OOP #Generic Programming Language 56 social mentions
Rust Landing Page
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Rust

A safe, concurrent, practical language
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Programming Language #OOP #Generic Programming Language 53 social mentions
Haskell Landing Page
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Haskell

An advanced purely-functional programming language
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- Open Source
#Programming Language #OOP #Generic Programming Language 21 social mentions
Typescript Landing Page
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Typescript

TypeScript allows developers to compile a superset of JavaScript to plain JavaScript on any browser, host, or operating system.
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- Open Source
#Programming Language #OOP #Generic Programming Language 28 social mentions
Elixir Landing Page
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Elixir

Dynamic, functional language designed for building scalable and maintainable applications
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- Open Source
#Programming Language #OOP #Generic Programming Language 93 social mentions
Clojure Landing Page
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Clojure

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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- Open Source
#Programming Language #OOP #Generic Programming Language 42 social mentions
Ruby Landing Page
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Ruby

A dynamic, interpreted, open source programming language with a focus on simplicity and productivity
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- Open Source
#Programming Language #OOP #Generic Programming Language 4 social mentions
Lua Landing Page
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Lua

Powerful, fast, lightweight, embeddable scripting language
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- Open Source
#Programming Language #OOP #Generic Programming Language 23 social mentions
Kotlin Landing Page
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Kotlin

Statically typed Programming Language targeting JVM and JavaScript
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Programming Language #OOP #Generic Programming Language 82 social mentions
Scala Lang Landing Page
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Scala Lang

Scala is a pure-bred object-oriented language that runs on the JVM
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- Open Source
#Programming Language #OOP #Generic Programming Language 5 social mentions
Elm Landing Page
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Elm

A type inferred, functional reactive language that compiles to HTML, CSS, and JavaScript
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Programming Language #OOP #Generic Programming Language 127 social mentions