Languages


This is an updated version of the list of most active (and not so active, but relevant) and free to use programming languages targeting the Java JVM and .NET CLR runtimes.

I will keep this list updated with every new release of any of the languages listed below.
If you want to see the previous list you can find it here: http://carlosqt.blogspot.com/2010/06/most-active-net-and-jvm-languages.html


Most Active CLR and JVM Programming Languages

Languages with  means (in this particular page):  deprecated, non-active development or last released version older than 1.5 year. It doesn't mean they do not work. You can probably still use them on the latest version they support.

LanguageInspired byCurrent VersionPlatform(s)Latest ReleaseSite (Download)GithubREPL
 C#   C,C++,Java    12.0  NET 8 14/11/23   download from...
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 VB.NET   VB    15.5  NET 8 08/11/22   download from...
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 C++/CLI   C,C++,C#    15.0  .NET  4.6.2 / Core 3.1 01/11/19   download from...
 F#   OCaml,C#    8.0.0  .NET 8 14/11/23   download from...
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 JScript.NET   Javascript,C#    14.0  .NET  4.0 20/07/15
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 Boo   Python,C#    0.9.7.0  .NET  4.0 18/08/13
  download from...
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 Cobra   Python,C#,Eiffel,ObjC    0.9.6  .NET  4.5 23/12/13
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 Peachpie   PHP    1.1.9  .NET 6.0 25/05/23   download from...
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 Nemerle   C#,Lisp,ML    1.2.547  .NET  4.5 01/09/17
  download from...
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 Oxygene   Delphi,ObjectPascal
 11.0.0

  .NET 4/5/6 08/05/21   download from...
 Silver   Swift (5.0) 11.0.0  .NET 4/5/6 08/05/21   download from...
 Mercury   VB.NET  11.0.0  .NET 4/5/6 08/05/21   download from...

 Zonnon
  Pascal,Oberon,Modula    1.3.0  .NET  2.0 22/03/13
  download from...
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 IronPython   Python  
 2.7.12
  3.4.1

.NET 4.6.2
 .NET 6.0
 12/07/23   download from...
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 IronRuby   Ruby     1.1.3  .NET  4.0
 13/03/11
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 IronScheme   Scheme,Lisp   1.0.320 NET 4/5/6 09/12/22   download from...
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 NeoLua   Lua    1.3.14  .NET  4.7.2 / Core 2.0 30/11/21 
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 Eagle   Tcl   1.0B54 NET 4/5/6 04/03/24   download from...   src
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 PowerShell   Perl,Tcl,Bash    5.1.0
  7.4.1
 NET 8 12/01/24   download from...
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 Visual COBOL   COBOL      5.0  .NET
4.7.2 / .NET Core *
 26/09/19   download from...
 Java   C,C++    21.0.0
  20.0.2
  19.0.2 

  JDK21 20/09/23   download from...
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 Clojure   Lisp    1.12.0A8
  1.11.1
  JDK17 21/02/24   download from...
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 Scala   Java,ML    3.4.0  
  3.3.2
  JDK17 29/02/24   download from...
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 Groovy   Java,Python,Ruby    3.0.19 
  4.0.15
  JDK18 14/09/23   download from...
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 Jython   Python    2.7.3  JDK11
 10/09/22
 
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 JRuby   Ruby    9.4.6.0  JDK21 20/02/24   download from...
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 Fantom   Java,C#    1.0.79  JDK11 17/07/22   download from...
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 Gosu   Java,C#   1.15.8
 1.14.29
  JDK11 13/10/22   download from...
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 Xtend   Java   2.33.0
  JDK17 21/11/23   download from...
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 Ceylon   Java,C#   1.3.3  JDK8
 21/08/17
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 Kotlin   Java,Groovy,Scala   1.9.22
 2.0.0B4
  JDK17 15/02/24   download from...
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 Golo   Java  3.4.0      JDK8 19/10/21 
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