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QB64

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FreeBASIC

FreeBASIC is a completely free, open-source, 32-bit BASIC compiler, with syntax similar to...
  • QB64 Landing page
    Landing page //
    2022-02-05
  • FreeBASIC Landing page
    Landing page //
    2021-07-23

QB64

Categories
  • IDE
  • Game Engine
  • Text Editors
  • Programming Language
Website qb64.org  

FreeBASIC

Categories
  • IDE
  • Programming Language
  • Text Editors
  • Game Engine
Website freebasic.net  

QB64 videos

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✅ Trying out QB64 v1.5 with my little platform game - Day 7

More videos:

  • Review - QB64 Report - S01E02 - SCREEN modes
  • Review - Old man Nick tries coding QB/QB64?

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Category Popularity

0-100% (relative to QB64 and FreeBASIC)

QB64

FreeBASIC

Programming Language
36 36%
Programming Language
64% 64
IDE
32 32%
IDE
68% 68
Text Editors
32 32%
Text Editors
68% 68
Game Engine
29 29%
Game Engine
71% 71

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Reviews

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FreeBASIC Reviews

  1. Can Not to Comapre FREEBASIC is a COMPILER NOT AN IDE

    HAS IDE AS FBEdit, FBNP,WINFBE, VisualFB, etc

    🏁 Competitors: Visual Basic
    👍 Pros:    Compiler|32|64|Windows linux mac|Mingw32 and mingw64|Free to use|Binding to c, c++

Social recommendations and mentions

Based on our record, FreeBASIC seems to be more popular. It has been mentiond 5 times since March 2021. We are tracking product recommendations and mentions on various public social media platforms and blogs. They can help you identify which product is more popular and what people think of it.

QB64 mentions (0)

We have not tracked any mentions of QB64 yet. Tracking of QB64 recommendations started around May 2021.

FreeBASIC mentions (5)

  • Microsoft's Growing Control of Linux
    Outside of Microsoft created QB64: - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QB64 - https://lunduke.substack.com/p/the-wild-events-that-nearly-took Outside of Microsoft created Visual Basic IDE: - http://gambas.sourceforge.net/en/main.html - https://github.com/wekan/hx/tree/main/prototypes/ui/gambas Outside of Microsoft created FreeBasic: - https://freebasic.net. - Source: Hacker News / over 1 year ago
  • qb.js: An implementation of QBASIC in Javascript
    If you have linux or windows, you can try freebasic. I believe it has a qbasic compatibility mode. Source: over 2 years ago
  • Ask HN: What are your opinions on modern BASIC dialects?
    Have you looked at https://freebasic.net/ and https://www.qb64.org/portal/ ? It's been ages since I actually wrote code in BASIC, but there do appear to be nice open-source options in the modern world. - Source: Hacker News / over 2 years ago
  • How to compile a BASIC code in linux ?
    I used https://freebasic.net/ ages ago. Works fine. Source: almost 3 years ago
  • Blank Projects - Then And Now
    And here you can live though that pain again: https://freebasic.net/. Source: almost 3 years ago

What are some alternatives?

When comparing QB64 and FreeBASIC, you can also consider the following products

PureBasic - Fantaisie Software Official WebSite. PureBasic - Feel The Pure Power. PureBasic is a programming language based on established BASIC rules.

PowerBASIC - PowerBASIC, formerly Turbo Basic, is the brand of several commercial compilers by PowerBASIC Inc.

Liberty BASIC - Easy Programming for Windows XP, Vista, Windows 7, 8 and 10

Xojo - Real Software and Real Studio are now Xojo.

B4J - 100% free development tool for cross platform desktop and server apps.

thinBasic - thinBasic is a simple, flexible, and easy-to-learn interpreted programming language.

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