devicescript vs thinscript

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devicescript		thinscript
	Project
13	Mentions	1
3,195	Stars	1,353
2.0%	Growth	-
9.6	Activity	10.0
9 days ago	Latest Commit	almost 8 years ago
TypeScript	Language	C
MIT License	License	-

The number of mentions indicates the total number of mentions that we've tracked plus the number of user suggested alternatives.
Stars - the number of stars that a project has on GitHub. Growth - month over month growth in stars.
Activity is a relative number indicating how actively a project is being developed. Recent commits have higher weight than older ones.
For example, an activity of 9.0 indicates that a project is amongst the top 10% of the most actively developed projects that we are tracking.

devicescript

Posts with mentions or reviews of devicescript. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2024-01-25.

Introduction to hardware programming with DeviceScript
2 projects | dev.to | 25 Jan 2024

Hardware programming used to require you to learn C/C++. If you’re already familiar with JavaScript or TypeScript, you will be delighted to learn about DeviceScript, a TypeScript programming environment for microcontrollers. In this blogpost you’ll learn the basics of electronics and DeviceScript. We will create the “hello world” of programming: making an LED blink!
DeviceScript and LCD screens
2 projects | dev.to | 9 Oct 2023

This article shows how to use DeviceScript to program a microcontroller (ESP32-C3), a temperature/humidity sensor (BME680) and a LCD character screen to build a tiny weather dashboard. This project does not require soldering or embedded skills.
DeviceScript - Temperature + MQTT
2 projects | dev.to | 18 Sep 2023

DeviceScript brings JavaScript/TypeScript to tiny IoT devices such as the ESP32. DeviceScript provides a user friendly editing/debugging experience in Visual Studio Code.
DeviceScript | TypeScript for Tiny IoT Devices
1 project | /r/ThePrimeagenReact | 29 Jul 2023
Why Dynamic Memory Allocation Bad (for Embedded)
1 project | /r/embedded | 24 Jun 2023
Microsoft DeviceScript – TypeScript for Tiny IoT Devices
1 project | /r/patient_hackernews | 9 Jun 2023

1 project | /r/hackernews | 9 Jun 2023

1 project | /r/hypeurls | 9 Jun 2023

9 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 8 Jun 2023
DeviceScript: TypeScript for Tiny IoT Devices
1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 25 May 2023

thinscript

Posts with mentions or reviews of thinscript. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-06-08.

Microsoft DeviceScript – TypeScript for Tiny IoT Devices
9 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 8 Jun 2023

These are far from perfect, but still something:
https://github.com/andrei-markeev/ts2c/
https://github.com/evanw/thinscript
If you aim for 32 bit microcontrollers then you can go with assemblyscript to wasm and then with wasm to C transpiller

What are some alternatives?

When comparing devicescript and thinscript you can also consider the following projects:

Sming - Sming - powerful open source framework simplifying the creation of embedded C++ applications.

ts2c - Convert Javascript/TypeScript to C

IntelliJ-Luanalysis - Type-safe Lua IDE — IntelliJ IDEA plugin

tinybasic - A BASIC interpreter for Arduino, ESP, RP2040, STM32, Infineon XMC and POSIX with IoT and microcontroller features.

lowjs - A port of Node.JS with far lower system requirements. Community version for POSIX systems such as Linux, uClinux or Mac OS X.

angular-web-bluetooth - The missing Web Bluetooth module for Angular

esp8266-react - A framework for ESP8266 & ESP32 microcontrollers with a React UI

nesper - Program the ESP32 with Nim! Wrappers around ESP-IDF API's.

rp2040js - A Raspberry Pi Pico Emulator in JavaScript

awayto - Awayto is a curated development platform, producing great value with minimal investment. With all the ways there are to reach a solution, it's important to understand the landscape of tools to use.