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ActiveBasic
The site is written in Japanese only...

Win

AsmBasix
AsmBasic was the name given to XPB! Basic when its creator passed the code to its codeveloper which changed the name to AsmBasic. Now…

Win

AutoIt
AutoIt v3 is a freeware BASIC-like scripting language. It was first designed for automating the Windows GUI... now it has evolved into a complete language…

Win

B++ Builder
B++ Builder 2004 is a complete development enviroment. It has a VS.NET look, syntax highlighting and intelisense. The syntax is very similar to VB…

Win

B++ Improved
The Sourceforge release of B++ (b-Improved) is a fast, OO language... The syntax is part similar to Basic and part to C++ and it seems a little complicated…

Win

Basic4GL
Basic4GL is a free BASIC programming language... it has been designed to be an easy to learn language for writing games 2D and 3D…

Win

BasPas
BasPas is a Basic to Pascal Compiler. The Pascal file may be compiled to a stand-alone EXE…

Win

BBC Basic
BBC Basic offers all the traditional BASIC statements and instructions to build console mode programs... and the main controls to build GUI programs…

Win

BCET
The old QuickBasic and BasicPDS programs may live again with BCET... there are some limitations... but BCET is a really good job…

Win

BCX
BCX is a free, powerfull language which produces small & powerful 32-bit stand-alone GUI, DLL, console... very small EXEs starting from 5Kb…

Win

BlitzMax
BlitzMax is a new complete 2D/3D game programming language... A great number of programmers use this language and can help beginners...

Win, Linux, MacOS

BLOC
BLOC is a programming language which translates sources to Pascal code and compile them into stand-alone EXEs. It is multiplatform…

Win, Linux, QNX, PalmOS

Blunt Axe Basic
Blunt Axe Basic is a basic-like programming language that offers a console mode 32 bit compiler. The langauge is a subset of the QBasic/QuickBasic 4.5 dialect…

Win, Linux

Brutus2D
Brutus2D is a programming language for the hobbiest game programmer... The code is simple to understand and write as it is near to the traditional…

Win

CoolBasic
CoolBasic is a Basic-oriented language… dedicated to 2D games creation... CoolBasic is currently at the Beta stage…

Win

CreativeBasic
CreatveBasic is one of the latest free Ionicwind products as EmergenceBasic. As EmergenceBasic, it is mostly derived from iBasic but CreativeBasic is lessl…

Win

DarkBasic
Powerful Basic programming language expressly thinked to produce games. It supports DirectX libraries... Games are stunning…

Win

Dialect
Dialect is a general purpose basic-style programming language... Dialect has an IDE with debugger... but it does'nt have a GUI editor…

Win, WinCE

D-Lib
D-LIB is script programming language. It has the typical structure of Basic and all main Basic statements, but it's not quite a basic-like... small stand-alone EXEs…

Win

Dx-Creator
Dx Creator is a basic-like language that allows to creat 2D games. Is quite similar to Games Basic... Its original creators have long since stopped development…

Win

Emergence Basic
EmergenceBasic… is capable of producing small, fast stand-alone executables and DLL's… developed by Paul Turley, author of iBasic…

Win

Envelop
The only true experiment to create an official alternative to VisualBasic. The project has been abandoned but there are still many programmers...

Win

EthosBasic
EthosBASIC is a Basic-like language developed with the purpose to create 2D and 3D games. It has lots of features and it comes with simple but complete tutorials…

Win

Euphoria
Euphoria is a free Basic-like language compiler... It does not create GUI programs itself, but there are now a number of free libraries…

Win, Linux

ExtremeBasic
ExtremeBasic is attempting to take some of the best concepts from the scripting languages... At present ExtremeBasic is available for Macintosh but…

Win, MacOS

FBSL
It can produce console or GUI applications and can compile to stand alone-executable file... The syntax is not very close to Basic but its still very easy to learn…

Win

FNXBasic
It seems that the author of FNXBasic got inspired by Rapid-Q as the syntax and structure remembers Rapid-Q's…

Win

ForceBasic
ForceBasic syntax is very similar to Basic and its code is neat and tidy… it produces very small EXEs starting from 23Kb…

Win

FreeBasic
With FreeBasic the user need to know only DOS Basic. FreeBASIC is compatible with QBasic and QuickBasic... it may create OBJ, LIB, DLL, console and GUI EXEs…

Win, Linux

GameBasic
Free open source Basic language written to create games. It seems that Gamebasic has been abandoned...

Win

GamesBasic
GamesBasic (not to be confused with GameBasic) is a new free language which allows the user to create multimedia applications such as games, demos…

Win

GFA-Basic
GFA-Basic had never followed VisualBasic... it has its own characteristics. GFA-Basic is a professional programming language…

Win

GLBasic
GLBasic (once called DiNGS) is a basic-like 2D/3D/networkable cross platform programming language for develope games... Graphics uses OpenGL…

Win

GNU Liberty Basic
The GNU/Liberty Basic Compiler Collection is a suite of free libraries to compile Liberty Basic code to a small and fast stand-alone application…

Win, Linux

HotBasic
HotBasic produces small stand-alone EXEs by parsing source code to assembler language... backward compatibile with Rapid-Q basic coding syntax…

Win

HSP
Hot Soup Processor is a free Basic-like language developed with the main purpose to create 2D/3D games... It's very famous and popular in Japan…

Win, MacOS

HTBasic
HTBasic is a powerful scientific/engineering language... HTBasic has a IDE but the code runs in a old-fashioned black DOS window similar to the GWBasic screen…

Win

iBasic
Powerfull programming language, it produces very small stand alone EXE files. It may include directly in the source code Assembly code...

Win

JustBasic
Just BASIC is a free Basic based on a subset Liberty BASIC. The developer is the same of Liberty Basic…

Win

Kbasic
KBasic is very similar to VisualBasic with some elements of Java... is well structured... but the language and the programming IDE is not stable…

Win, Linux

KoolBasic
Koolbasic is now definitively a Basic IDE for Rapid-Q.

Win

Lemick
Lemick syntax is based on BASIC but it is not a reimplementation of BASIC neither it tends to conform to some standards... Lemick uses a virtual machine…

Win

LibertyBasic
Good Basic language, it is constantly updated and well thinked. Libertybasic does not create stand alone EXE... its periodically improved...

Win

LithiumBasic
Lithium BASIC is a Basic-like programming language ideal for novice user to build quite complete Windows programs with ease…

Win

Marathi Basic
Marathi Basic is the first programming language to enable users to write computer programs in Marathi Language…

Win

MediaBasic
MediaBasic is a Basic-like language, that uses a language syntax combination, yet very simple, of VBScript, Delphi and other major programming languages…

Win

NSBasic
NS Basic/Desktop is a Basic-like language... It has a simple RAD... it may convert VBScript apps to EXEs…

Win, PocketPC, Palm

NuBasic
At present its a project still under development... NuBasic is described as a free crossplatform BASIC-like open-source...

Win, Posix

O'Basic 97
Powerful and fully featured Basic-like language... The syntax is very similar to VisualBasic... It has a GUI editor…

Win

Ocean Basic
Ocean is a true compiler and generates 100% machine code executables...its syntax may differ a little from typical Basics…

Win

OmniBasic
OmniBasic has a good and intuitive IDE similar to Visualbasic but it is not a RAD... The language is simple to understand and the documentation is well written...

Win, Linux

Phoenix
Phoenix Object Basic is a RAD development tool... It's a fully object-oriented language... it offers a visual designer to build GUIs…

Win, Linux

Phrogram
KPL is full featured structured language modeled on the simplicity and readability of BASIC. It comes with an excellent IDE…

Win

PlayBasic
PlayBasic is a game creation language for Windows... The language is a structured language and the code is neat and tidy…

Win

PowerBasic
Powerbasic is a professional development tool... hundreds of functions and statments, and 28 controls... It has'nt a built-in form editor, but…

Win

Profan
Profan2 is a basic-like language with the syntax of Basic... Old DOS programmers will enjoy it... Version 8 has recently released but it is in German…

Win

PureBasic
Great programming Basic-like language... more the 600 commands...OpenGL and DirectX... assembly code directly in the source code... no RAD…

Win, Linux, Amiga, MacOS

QuickerBasic
QuickerBasic is a QuickBasic 4.5 compatible compiler which attempts to implement as much of the QuickBasic language as possible…

Win

QuickForward
QuickForward is a free BASIC compiler... and should have been 99%+ Microsoft BASIC PDS / QuickBASIC 4.5 compatible... QuickForward has been discontinued…

Win

RapidBatch
RapidBATCH is a scripting language… is similar to a basic-like language only for the code structure… the syntax instead is quite different…

Win

RapidQ
Rapid-Q is a cross platform Basic free programming language... Thousands of programmers develope with it and are implementing new functions…

Win, Linux, Sun, HP-UX

RealBasic
Extremely well built, powerful and complete IDE. Very professional working environment RAD. Valid alternative to VisualBasic... Not so small EXEs…

Win, MacOs, Linux

ScriptBasic
Scriptbasic is language similar to Basic. It supports a rich set of instructions... Unfortunately Scriptbasic produces only console mode applications…

Win, Linux, Unix

SheerPower4GL
SheerPower 4GL is based on INTOUCH 4GL... The language is similar to a structured Basic... The application needs a virtual machine …

Win

SmallBasic
Smallbasic is a simple computer language... strong mathematics and graphics. It is not a developer tool for professional programmers…

Win, Linux, PalmOs, DOS

SpeedBasic
SpeedBasic is an attempt to create an OO Basic style language with its own RAD.. The Basic code is converted to C++... The sintax is quite similar to VisualBasic…

Win

ThinBasic
ThinBasic is a Basic-like language interpreter and now pseudo-compiler. ThinBasic is first of all a scripting language born to automate jobs…

Win

TrueBasic
From John G. Kemeny and Thomas E. Kurtz who invented Basic in 1964. It's not an exciting language, nor it has a good working environment...

Win

Visia Compiler
Visia Compiler is a native x86 compiler for the Windows 32 platform. It ... compiles directly into machine code… Syntax is only little similar to…

Win

VisualPulsar
Visual Pulsar Basic compiler is a basic-like compiler with a simple visual IDE... has the most common GUI objects…

Win

VisualWindows
Visualwindows is a RAD system very similar to Visualbasic... Unfortunately it has been discontinued and the author does not support it anymore...

Win

VMBasic
VMBasic (formerly ScriptVM) is a virtual machine written in PureBasic... The syntax is similar to basic languages. It creates very small stand-alone EXEs... but…

Win

VPBasic Pro
VPBasic Pro is a near to basic-like language. It may create stand-alone EXEs… It has visual IDE environment … but it's not stable. The coding structure…

Win

WinBasic
WinBASIC is a compiler/editor for QuickBASIC V4.5 and V7.1... The editor environment is'nt quite stable…

Win

wxBasic
wxWindows is an open source cross-platform GUI framework. It's a free Basic interpreter that can generate stand-alone GUI EXEs…

Win, Unix, MacOS

xBasic
Free Win32 and Linux Basic-like language... simple but complete programming language... The working environment is not really nice...

Win, Linux

XBLite
XBLite can run in a console mode, GUI mode, or in a hidden, console-less mode... The user may modify and extend the XBasic language…

Win

XPB! Basic
XPB! Basic is a true 32 bit compiler... It may build GUI stand alone EXE in approx. 4Kb... Unfortunately it has been discontinued…

Win

XSTBasic
XSTBasic... is an interpreter but sources may be compiled to C and converted to EXEs… It supports 3D commands... XSTBasic does not have a GUI editor…

Win

YaBasic
Yabasic is a free simple console compiler (it does not build GUI programs). It is constantly improved...

Win