The Best 66 Microsoft Small Basic Alternatives

  • B4X

    Cross platform development tools for native iOS, Android, desktop and server applications. B4X is a Rapid Application Development (RAD) tool for real world apps. The programming language is a modern version of Visual Basic.

    Commercial Windows Android iPhone Android Tablet iPad

  • Zend Studio

    Zend Studio for Eclipse combines proven capabilities to create the world’s most powerful IDE for Rich Internet Applications (RIAs).

    Commercial Mac OS X Windows Linux

  • NVU

    Nvu (pronounced N-view, for a "new view") is a complete Web Authoring System that combines web file management and easy-to-use WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) web page editing.

    Free Open Source Mac OS X Windows Linux

  • RAD Studio

    Embarcadero RAD Studio is the industry’s most powerful rapid application development suite for visually building GUI-intensive, data-driven end-user applications for both native Windows and .NET.

    Commercial Windows

  • Rapidweaver

    A WYSIWYG web editor for mac. Intuitive program allows for the creation of complex websites in a short time with little to no coding experience required. Rapidweaver integrates with several web 2.

    Commercial Mac OS X

  • Editra

    Editra is a multi-platform text editor with an implementation that focuses on creating an easy to use interface and features that aid in code development.

    Free Open Source Mac OS X Windows Linux

  • NuSphere PhpEd

    Nusphere PhpED is an advanced PHP Integrated Development Environment (PHP IDE) featuring best-in-class features for editing, debugging and working with PHP applications.

    Commercial Windows Linux

  • Ultimate++

    Ultimate++ is a C++ cross-platform rapid application development framework U++ is a C++ cross-platform rapid application development framework focused on programmers productivity. It includes a set of libraries (GUI, SQL, etc..

    Free Open Source Windows Linux

  • Xojo

    Real Software and Real Studio are now Xojo.

    Commercial Mac OS X Windows Linux

  • CodeTyphon

    CodeTyphon is a fork/distribution of Lazarus with thousands of Lazarus/Free Pascal components bundled into distribution and with own Lazarus expansion features.

    Free Open Source Windows Linux BSD

  • Padre

    Padre is a Perl IDE, an Integrated Development environment, or in other words a text editor that is simple to use for new Perl programmers but also supports large...

    Free Open Source Mac OS X Windows Linux

  • Kaxaml

    Kaxaml is a lightweight XAML editor that gives you a "split view" so you can see both your XAML and your rendered content (kind of like XamlPad but without the...

    Free Open Source Windows

  • Serif WebPlus

    Flexible and powerful desktop application for designing and uploading professional-quality websites.

    Commercial Windows

  • MASM Builder

    MASM Builder is a free Integrated Development Environment IDE for developing 32-bit Windows programs using the Assembler. MASM Builder contains many useful features...

    Free Windows

  • Easy code

    Easy Code is the visual assembly programming environment made to build 32-bit Windows applications. The Easy Code interface, looking like Visual Basic, allows you to...

    Free Open Source Windows

  • UEStudio

    UEStudio offers all the functionality of UltraEdit plus other exciting and powerful features! Whether you are simply editing text, building applications, maintaining...

    Commercial Windows

  • Pika Software Builder

    Pika Software Builder helps you create stunning Windows programs without any programming knowledge. Simple - makes it easy for anyone to use. Kick Start - choose...

    Commercial Windows