INim VS vscode-nim

Compare INim vs vscode-nim and see what are their differences.

INim

Interactive Nim Shell / REPL / Playground (by inim-repl)
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INim vscode-nim
4 5
624 179
0.6% -
2.8 4.1
6 months ago 13 days ago
Nim Nim
MIT License GNU General Public License v3.0 or later
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INim

Posts with mentions or reviews of INim. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-12-06.
  • Nim
    5 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 6 Dec 2023
    - `nim secret`[0]: code is interpreted with Nim's vm, it is limited to compile-time (e.g. no C/C++).

    - `nlvm r`[1]: nlvm backend supports JIT compilation and repl-like interface was added in latest release.

    - `inim`[2]: supports all nim code, but it's not really a true repl. It adds code to a file and recompiles it (you can see the source file with `ctrl+x`). I'd recommend to use it with clang compiler, because it's a bit faster than gcc in my experience. It's the best option right now. And I use it almost daily.

    First two options have rudimentary input system. But you can get command history and left-right navigation by wrapping them with rlwrap (should be preinstalled on most *nixes): `rlwrap nim secret`, `rlwrap nlvm r`.

    There are plans to support incremental compilation for the next Nim release (it is currently broken). That would improve inim and other repls experience significantly.

    [0]: https://nim-lang.org/docs/manual.html#restrictions-on-compil...

    [1]: https://forum.nim-lang.org/t/10697

    [2]: https://github.com/inim-repl/INim

  • Could Nim be a complete replacement for Python?
    3 projects | /r/nim | 2 Jan 2023
  • Nim Version 1.6 Released
    37 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 19 Oct 2021

vscode-nim

Posts with mentions or reviews of vscode-nim. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-09-30.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing INim and vscode-nim you can also consider the following projects:

nvim-treesitter - Nvim Treesitter configurations and abstraction layer

karax - Karax. Single page applications for Nim.

nlvm - LLVM-based compiler for the Nim language

jester - A sinatra-like web framework for Nim.

nim-chronos - Chronos - An efficient library for asynchronous programming

packages - List of packages for Nimble

norm - A Nim ORM for SQLite and Postgres

nimview - A Nim/Webview based helper to create Desktop/Server applications with Nim/C/C++ and HTML/CSS

mosdepth - fast BAM/CRAM depth calculation for WGS, exome, or targeted sequencing

langserver - The Nim language server implementation (based on nimsuggest)