Top 12 Open-Source Alternatives to Python

Python

Python is a clear and powerful object-oriented programming language, comparable to Perl, Ruby, Scheme, or Java.

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The top open-source alternatives to Python are Rust, Ruby, 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.

Rust Landing Page
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Rust

A safe, concurrent, practical language
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#Programming Language #OOP #Generic Programming Language 53 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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#Programming Language #OOP #Generic Programming Language 4 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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#Programming Language #OOP #Generic Programming Language 56 social mentions
Elixir Landing Page
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Elixir

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

Powerful, fast, lightweight, embeddable scripting language
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#Programming Language #OOP #Generic Programming Language 23 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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#Programming Language #OOP #Generic Programming Language 42 social mentions
Go Programming Language Landing Page
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Go Programming Language

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 345 social mentions
Kotlin Landing Page
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Kotlin

Statically typed Programming Language targeting JVM and JavaScript
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#Programming Language #OOP #Generic Programming Language 82 social mentions
Haskell Landing Page
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Haskell

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

F# is a mature, open source, cross-platform, functional-first programming language.
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#Programming Language #OOP #Generic Programming Language 22 social mentions
D (Programming Language) Landing Page
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D (Programming Language)

D is a language with C-like syntax and static typing.
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#Programming Language #OOP #Generic Programming Language 60 social mentions
Nim (programming language) Landing Page
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Nim (programming language)

The Nim programming language is a concise, fast programming language that compiles to C, C++ and JavaScript.
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#Programming Language #OOP #Generic Programming Language 163 social mentions