The Best 36 Node.js Alternatives

  • Perl icon

    Perl

    Perl is a high-level, general-purpose, interpreted, dynamic programming language with over 22 years of development. The Perl languages borrow features from other programming languages including C, shell scripting (sh), AWK, and sed.

    Free Open Source Mac OS X Windows Linux BSD Haiku

  • ASP.NET

    Asp.net is an open source server-side Web application framework designed for Web development to produce dynamic Web pages, web sites, apps and services with HTML, CSS and JavaScript.

    Free Windows

  • REBOL

    Rebol (historically REBOL) is a cross-platform data exchange language and a multi-paradigm dynamic programming language designed by Carl Sassenrath for network communications and distributed computing.

    Free Mac OS X Windows Linux

  • Lasso

    Lasso is one of the most popular programming languages on the web - though it is often overlooked given that it is commercial, not open-source. But for a small fee, a...

    Freemium Mac OS X Windows Linux

  • Script#

    Script# brings the power and productivity of C# and .NET tools to Ajax development by compiling C# source code into regular JavaScript.

    Free Mac OS X Windows Linux

  • thinBasic

    thinBasic is a simple, flexible, and easy-to-learn interpreted programming language. It lets you quickly and easily develop programs for Windows. thinBasic was first...

    Free Windows

  • Elixir

    Elixir is a dynamic, functional language designed for building scalable and maintainable applications.

    Free Open Source Mac OS X Windows Linux BSD FreeBSD

  • Avian

    Avian is a lightweight virtual machine and class lbrary designed to provide a useful subset of Java’s features, suitable for building self-contained applications. It's Efficient.

    Free Open Source Mac OS X Windows Linux iPhone BSD iPad

  • sdlBasic

    sdlBasic is a small, efficient and multiplatform basic interpreter aimed to game creation using the power of SDL library, it was inspired by the old and glorious AMOS. sdlBasic is open source software.

    Free Open Source Windows Linux

  • Jabaco

    Jabaco is a simple programming language with a Visual Basic like syntax. Jabaco enables you to create powerful software for all Java supported operating systems. .

    Free Windows

  • Coco

    Unfancy CoffeeScript. Coco is a CoffeeScript dialect that aims to be more radical and practical.

    Free Open Source Mac OS X Windows Linux

  • Enonic XP

    Historically, software platform vendors have created lock-ins for customers that building on their stacks. Open source has provided greater freedom and reduced...

    Free Open Source Mac OS X Windows Linux JavaScript Docker