zForth
zForth: tiny, embeddable, flexible, compact Forth scripting language for embedded systems (by zevv)
libforth
libforth: A small Forth interpreter that can be used as a library written in c99 (by howerj)
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zForth
Posts with mentions or reviews of zForth.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2022-05-13.
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Jonesforth – A sometimes minimal FORTH compiler and tutorial (2007)
[SSP] Assembly is of course nice, but not always practical. For those interested in a compact, embeddable and portable little Forth written in C, take a peek at zForth: https://github.com/zevv/zForth.
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Forth for embedded use
Thanks. I've since also found zForth, which looks like it meets that particular requirement, though I've not tried it out myself yet. Has anyone had any useful experience with this?
- zForth – Tiny, embeddable, flexible, compact Forth for embedded systems
- ZForth – Tiny, embeddable, flexible, compact Forth for embedded systems
libforth
Posts with mentions or reviews of libforth.
We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives
and similar projects. The last one was on 2021-06-19.
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Any properly documented forth in C?
This one is very well documented: https://github.com/howerj/libforth
What are some alternatives?
When comparing zForth and libforth you can also consider the following projects:
pforth - Portable Forth in C
minforth - A Minimal Forth
arkam - A Simple Stack VM and Forth
small-vm - A small virtual machine, following the "Write your own virtual machine" : https://justinmeiners.github.io/lc3-vm/ course.
gravity - Gravity Programming Language
foth - Tutorial-style FORTH implementation written in golang
Freeze-OS - An Operating System that runs on top of an interpreter.
ti84-forth - A Forth implementation for the TI-84+ calculator.
fibr - a minimal interpreter
umka-lang - Umka: a statically typed embeddable scripting language