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.| Language | Inspired by | Current Version | Platform(s) | Latest Release | Site (Download) | Github | REPL |
| C# | C,C++,Java | 13.0 | NET 9 | 12/11/24 | download from... | ||
| VB.NET | VB | 16.9 | NET 9 | 12/11/24 | download from... | ||
| C++/CLI | C,C++,C# | 15.0 | .NET 4.6.2 / Core 3.1 | 01/11/19 | download from... | ||
| F# | OCaml,C# | 9.0.0 | .NET 9 | 12/11/24 | download from... | ||
| JScript.NET | Javascript,C# | 14.0 | .NET 4.0 | 20/07/15 | download from... | ||
| Boo | Python,C# | 0.9.7.0 | .NET 4.0 | 18/08/13 | download from... | ||
| Cobra | Python,C#,Eiffel,ObjC | 0.9.6 | .NET 4.5 | 23/12/13 | download from... | ||
| Peachpie | PHP | 1.1.10 | .NET 6.0 | 23/08/24 | download from... | ||
| Nemerle | C#,Lisp,ML | 1.2.547 | .NET 4.5 | 01/09/17 | download from... | ||
| 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... | ||
| Pascal,Oberon,Modula | 1.3.0 | .NET 2.0 | 22/03/13 | download from... | |||
| IronPython | Python | 3.4.2 | .NET 4.6.2 .NET 8.0 | 12/07/23 | download from... | ||
| IronRuby | Ruby | 1.1.3 | .NET 4.0 | 13/03/11 | download from... | src | |
| IronScheme | Scheme,Lisp | 1.0.575 | NET 8 | 09/12/24 | download from... | ||
| NeoLua | Lua | 1.3.14 | .NET 4.7.2 / Core 2.0 | 30/11/21 | |||
| Eagle | Tcl | 1.0B55 | NET 4/5/6 | 15/08/24 | download from... | src | |
| PowerShell | Perl,Tcl,Bash | 7.4.6 | NET 8 | 23/10/24 | download from... | ||
| Visual COBOL | COBOL | 5.0 | .NET 4.7.2 / .NET Core * | 26/09/19 | download from... | ||
| Java | C,C++ | 23.0.0 | JDK23 | 17/09/24 | download from... download from... download from... | ||
| Clojure | Lisp | 1.12.0 1.11.4 | JDK17 | 05/09/24 | download from... | ||
| Scala | Java,ML | 3.6.2 | JDK17 | 11/12/24 | download from... | ||
| Groovy | Java,Python,Ruby | 5.0.0A10 4.0.23 | JDK18 | 14/09/23 | download from... | ||
| Jython | Python | 2.7.3 | JDK11 | 10/09/22 | download from... | src | |
| JRuby | Ruby | 9.4.9.0 | JDK21 | 05/11/24 | download from... | ||
| Fantom | Java,C# | 1.0.81 | JDK11 | 06/12/24 | download from... | ||
| Gosu | Java,C# | 1.15.8 1.14.29 | JDK11 | 13/10/22 | download from... | ||
| Xtend | Java | 2.33.0 | JDK17 | 21/11/23 | download from... | ||
| Ceylon | Java,C# | 1.3.3 | JDK8 | 21/08/17 | download from... | ||
| Kotlin | Java,Groovy,Scala | 2.1.0 | JDK21 | 27/11/24 | download from... | ||
| Golo | Java | 3.4.0 | JDK8 | 19/10/21 | download from... |
