What are some simple but powerful compile-to-JS languages I might not know about, or that you are working on (not Elm, Reason, PureScript, or ClojureScript)?

• nile

  3 711 0.0 Common Lisp

Again, "compile-to-JS" is too broad of a term. It is very difficult to understand what you are looking for. You can have everything in there from languages that just add little bits to JS like TypeScript & CoffeeScript all the way to research languages like Nile and extremely powerful languages like ATS or Rust.

• karax

  14 1,036 6.0 Nim

  Karax. Single page applications for Nim.

  

I really like using Nim. It features a Python-like syntax and you can compile code to C, C++, ObjectiveC and JavaScript. If it doesn't support a certain JS feature, you can add it yourself. Due to Nim's amazing metaprogramming, you can even use it as a replacement for HTML within Karax.

• WorkOS

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• Nim

  346 16,048 9.9 Nim

  Nim is a statically typed compiled systems programming language. It combines successful concepts from mature languages like Python, Ada and Modula. Its design focuses on efficiency, expressiveness, and elegance (in that order of priority).

  

I really like using Nim. It features a Python-like syntax and you can compile code to C, C++, ObjectiveC and JavaScript. If it doesn't support a certain JS feature, you can add it yourself. Due to Nim's amazing metaprogramming, you can even use it as a replacement for HTML within Karax.

• coffeescript

  54 16,432 3.4 CoffeeScript

  Unfancy JavaScript

• IntercalScript

  10 130 0.0 Brainfuck

  The IntercalScript programming language

IntercalScript

• cubiml-demo

  6 134 0.0 Rust

  A simple ML-like programming language with subtyping and full type inference.

CubiML

• yew

  200 29,888 8.6 MDX

  Rust / Wasm framework for creating reliable and efficient web applications

  

However, WebAssembly can substitute JS. Check out yew for an example.

• InfluxDB

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• firefly-boot

  12 48 9.7 JavaScript

  Bootstrap compiler for Firefly

I'm working on Firefly, which will compile to JS once bootstrapping is complete (almost there).

• kesh

  11 19 6.0 JavaScript

  A simple little programming language that could one day compile to JavaScript.

  

I'm working on kesh, but it's only at the design stage. I have tried to make it simple yet powerful, so I thought I'd mention it even though you can't use it.

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