Top 10 Open-Source Alternatives to jRuby

Product categories

Dynamic Programming Language Game Engine Generic Programming Language IDE JVM Programming Language OOP Programming Language Text Editors

Summary

The top open-source alternatives to jRuby are Scala Lang, QB64, and Elixir. 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.

Scala Lang Landing Page
1

Scala Lang

Scala is a pure-bred object-oriented language that runs on the JVM
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Programming Language #JVM Programming Language #OOP 5 social mentions
QB64 Landing Page
2

QB64

Development
Pricing:
- Open Source
#IDE #Game Engine #Text Editors
Elixir Landing Page
3

Elixir

Dynamic, functional language designed for building scalable and maintainable applications
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Programming Language #OOP #Generic Programming Language 74 social mentions
Ruby Landing Page
4

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
Lua Landing Page
5

Lua

Powerful, fast, lightweight, embeddable scripting language
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Programming Language #OOP #Generic Programming Language 22 social mentions
Rust Landing Page
6

Rust

A safe, concurrent, practical language
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Programming Language #OOP #Generic Programming Language 44 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
Kotlin Landing Page
8

Kotlin

Statically typed Programming Language targeting JVM and JavaScript
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Programming Language #OOP #Generic Programming Language 74 social mentions
Haskell Landing Page
9

Haskell

An advanced purely-functional programming language
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Programming Language #OOP #Generic Programming Language 21 social mentions
Squirrel (programming language) Landing Page
10

Squirrel (programming language)

Squirrel is a high level imperative, object-oriented programming language, designed to be a light-weight scripting language that fits in the size, memory bandwidth, and real-time requirements of applications like video games.
Pricing:
- Open Source
#Programming Language #OOP #Generic Programming Language 2 social mentions