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Dialect is a general purpose basic-style programming language for Windows 9x/ME/2000/XP and CE that allows developers to write cross-platform applications (Win32 / WinCE). Dialect has an integrated de...
Windows, WindowsCE

Dx Creator is a basic-like language that allows to creat 2D games. Is quite similar to Games Basic. Dx Creator compiles the source code into Windows compatible executables. Its original creators...
Windows

The only true experiment to create an official alternative to VisualBasic. The project has been abandoned but there are still many programmers who continue to use it and to populate forums about it....
Windows

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 to start over with ease. Good for...
Windows

ExtremeBasic is attempting to take some of the best concepts from the scripting languages, provide easy to leverage and powerful in-built functionality, with a clean and powerful Basic dialect, all...
Windows, MacOs

GamesBasic (not to be confused with GameBasic) is a new free programming language which allows the user to create multimedia applications such as games, demos and educational software. GamesBasic...
Windows

The GNU/Liberty Basic Compiler Collection (GLBCC) is a suite of free libraries to compile Liberty Basic code to a small and fast stand-alone application. GLBCC originally started as a single utility t...
Windows, Linux

Gui4Cli is a simple event driven scripted language which can create Windows GUIs. The event driven program structure of Gui4Cli is similar to the main switch statement of a C style Windows program. It...
Windows

HTBasic is a language developed by TransEra Corporation in 1988. TransEra has been a developer and manufacturer of hardware, software, and engineering products since 1976 such...
Windows

Powerfull programming language, it produces very small stand alone EXE files. One of its features is the ability to include directly in the source code Assembly code. The working environment is...
Windows

Although Lemick syntax is based on BASIC it is not a reimplementation of some flavor of BASIC neither it tends to conform to some standards. Lemick supports object-oriented programming yet it is not...
Windows

Lithium BASIC is a Basic-like programming language ideal for novice user to build quite complete Windows programs with ease. It has a programming environment with debugging capabilities. The...
Windows

Looking around the internet, reading newgroups and joining forums there are some voices about a language called NewBasic, but I never find a site nor a single page which actually says something...
GeOS, DOS

At present its a project still under development (look at SourceForge). NuBasic is described as a free crossplatform BASIC-like open-source programming language. Completely object-oriented,...
Windows, Posix

Very pretty and featured Basic-like language. It builds stand-alone EXEs starting from 419Kb. The syntax is very similar to VisualBasic and the language supports methods and properties. Is has a GUI...
Windows

Ocean Basic is a basic-like compiler for the Windows. Ocean is a true compiler and generates 100% machine code executables. Ocean's structure is similar to BASIC, but its syntax may differ a...
Windows

Omnibasic produces small and fast EXE files. Is has a good and intuitive IDE similar to Visualbasic but it is not a RAD (you may not draw forms directly from the working environment, for i.e.). The la...
Windows, Linux

PaladiumX is a new Basic-like programming language written in PureBasic. The syntax of PaladiumX is very simple and suitable for beginners. It offers all the main features a common modern language...
Windows

QuickForward is a free BASIC compiler with a simple IDE written in BASIC. Althought is still under developement the implementation will be 99%+ Microsoft BASIC PDS /...
Windows

Rapid-Q is a cross platform Basic free programming language, is available for Windows 95/98/NT/2000, Linux/i386, Solaris/Sparc, and HP-UX. It generates stand alone EXE of about 300Kb. Due to the fact ...
Windows, Linux, Sun Solaris, HP-UX

Extremely well built, powerful and complete IDE. Very professional working environment RAD. Valid alternative to VisualBasic. It has hundreds of commands and functions. The developers more attentive...
Windows, Linux, MacOS

SpeedBasic (once called vsBasic) is an attempt to create an object oriented basic style language with its own IDE. The plan is to have the Basic code converted to C++, compiled with gcc and linked...
Windows

Thistle is a simple programming language and compiler, suitable for introductory programming instruction. It creates small stand-alone EXEs starting from 6.5Kb. Thistle is written in LibertyBasic....
Windows

Visia Compiler (once called Linley Compiler) is a native x86 compiler for the Windows 32 platform. It is written in Visual Basic but compiles directly into machine code without the need of...
Windows

Visual Pulsar Basic compiler is a basic-like compiler with a simple visual IDE working environment. It has the most common GUI objects, images management, menus and a number of text formatting...
Windows

Visualwindows is a RAD system very similar to Visualbasic. It creates stand alone EXE files of about 400Kb. The IDE is really well thinked and is completed with all the tools the programmer need...
Windows

VMBasic (once called ScriptVM) its a virtual machine written in PureBasic that execute a byte-code program. The syntax is similar to basic languages. VMBasic creates also very small stand-alone...
Windows

VPBasic Pro is a near-to basic-like language. It may create stand-alone EXEs, DLLs and CGI applications. It has visual IDE environment that supports all the major objects such as textboxes, buttons,...
Windows

WinBASIC is a compiler/editor for QuickBASIC V4.5 and V7.1 files and it creates specified EXE files for these versions if the appropriate compiler is copied to the compiler directory. WinBasic web sit...
Windows

XBasic is a free basic-like programming language for Windows and Linux. XBasic was created by Max Reason. The first releases were commercial but due to this Max did not gain the needed number of...
Windows

XPB! Basic is a true 32 bit compiler. Its amazing feature is the ability to build GUI stand alone EXE in approx. 4Kb. Althought it is not a RAD the working environment is really good. At present...
Windows

XSTBasic is a quite fast basic-like language for DOS and Windows. XST is an interpreter but its sources may be converted to C with an utility provided and compiled to stand alone EXEs. XSTBasic...
Windows