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Alternatives to Opal

The tools Specifiction weighs against Opal, from its list of code transpilers, each with its plans, platforms and spec score.

  1. 01 JSweet

    JSweet suits Java developers building web or mobile HTML5 applications that use JavaScript libraries and frameworks.

    Free plan Open source Web · Windows · macOS · Linux
    8.7 Visit Specs
  2. 02 Haxelib

    Haxelib suits Haxe developers who need dependency management, repository publishing, or private and local libraries across desktop platforms.

    Free plan Windows · macOS · Linux · API
    8.5 Visit Specs
  3. 03 Babel

    Babel suits JavaScript developers who need to transform modern syntax for different browsers or environments, or build custom transformation pipelines.

    Free plan Web · Windows · macOS · Linux
    8.4 Visit Specs
  4. 04 ClojureScript

    It suits Clojure developers building client or embedded applications for JavaScript environments.

    Free plan Web · Windows · macOS · Linux
    8.4 Visit Specs
  5. 05 js_of_ocaml

    It suits OCaml developers targeting browser or Node.js runtimes.

    Free plan Web · Linux · API
    8.4 Visit Specs
  6. 06 Google Web Toolkit

    GWT suits Java developers building browser-based AJAX applications who want Java-to-JavaScript compilation and asynchronous server communication.

    Free plan Web · Windows · macOS · Linux
    8.3 Visit Specs
  7. 07 SourceMeld
    Free plan API · Self-hosted
    8.1 Visit Specs
  8. 08 SWC

    SWC suits developers and build-tool authors who need JavaScript or TypeScript compilation, minification, plugins, or WebAssembly transforms.

    Free plan Web · Windows · macOS · Linux
    8.1 Visit Specs
  9. 09 Transcrypt

    It suits Python developers building browser applications who want to use JavaScript libraries and browser APIs.

    Free plan Web · Windows · macOS · Linux
    8.0 Visit Specs
  10. 10 Brython
    Web · iOS · Android · Self-hosted
    7.9 Visit Specs
  11. 11 CoffeeScript

    CoffeeScript suits developers who want to write source that compiles to JavaScript and use JavaScript libraries.

    Web · Windows · macOS · Linux
    7.9 Visit Specs
  12. 12 Cython

    Cython suits Python developers building C extensions, wrapping external C libraries or embedding CPython in applications.

    Free plan Windows · macOS · Linux
    7.9 Visit Specs
  13. 13 Skulpt

    Educators, learners, and developers who need client-side Python execution or want to embed Python examples in webpages.

    Free plan Web
    7.9 Visit Specs
  14. 14 J2ObjC

    It suits developers sharing Java-based non-UI logic and data models with iOS applications who can work on the listed Mac toolchain.

    Free plan macOS · Linux · iOS
    7.8 Visit Specs
  15. 15 Kotlin/JS

    Kotlin/JS suits web developers who want to write frontends in Kotlin or share logic with JavaScript or TypeScript codebases.

    Free plan Web · Windows · macOS · Linux
    7.8 Visit Specs
  16. 16 TypeScript Playground

    It suits learners, educators, and developers who want browser-based TypeScript or JavaScript experiments without project setup.

    Free plan Web
    7.8 Visit Specs
  17. 17 Dart pub

    It suits Dart developers managing dependencies for applications or publishing packages to pub.dev.

    Windows · macOS · Linux
    7.7 Visit Specs
  18. 18 Scala.js

    Scala.js suits Scala developers building applications for browsers, Node.js, or serverless environments who want to work with JavaScript libraries and APIs.

    Free plan Web · Windows · macOS · Linux
    7.6 Visit Specs
  19. 19 Kalai
    Free plan Self-hosted
    7.5 Visit Specs
  20. 20 CodeTransEngine
    API · Self-hosted
    7.4 Visit Specs
  21. 21 Fable
    Web
    7.3 Visit Specs
  22. 22 PureScript Registry
    Web · API
    7.2 Visit Specs
  23. 23 ReScript
    Web · Linux
    7.2 Visit Specs
  24. 24 Mitosis
    Web · API
    7.1 Visit Specs
  25. 25 Sucrase
    Free plan Linux · API
    7.1 Visit Specs
  26. 26 Vala
    Free plan Windows · macOS · Linux
    7.1 Visit Specs
  27. 27 TeaVM
    Web
    6.7 Visit Specs

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