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Top 23 Basic Open-Source Projects
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basic-computer-games
An updated version of the classic "Basic Computer Games" book, with well-written examples in a variety of common MEMORY SAFE, SCRIPTING programming languages. See https://coding-horror.github.io/basic-computer-games/
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my_basic
A lightweight BASIC interpreter written in standard C in dual files. Aims to be embeddable, extendable and portable.
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endbasic
BASIC environment with a REPL, a web interface, a graphical console, and RPi support written in Rust
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SmallBASIC
SmallBASIC is a fast and easy to learn BASIC language interpreter ideal for everyday calculations, scripts and prototypes. SmallBASIC includes trigonometric, matrices and algebra functions, a built in IDE, a powerful string library, system, sound, and graphic commands along with structured programming syntax
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tinybasic
A BASIC interpreter for Arduino, ESP, RP2040, STM32, Infineon XMC and POSIX with IoT and microcontroller features. (by slviajero)
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wargames
Wargames Simulator (Wargames Movie, 1983) by Andy Glenn - WOPR, Union Marine Bank, Pan-AM, School Computer, Tic-Tac-Toe Programs included in project (by zompiexx)
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DragonBasic
This repository contains the source code for the Dragon 64 versions of the Microsoft 16K BASIC Interpreter for the Motorola 6809 (aka BASIC-69 and Extended Color BASIC).
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Project mention: How to solve the "Mastermind" guessing game? (2009) | news.ycombinator.com | 2024-01-13This was one of the computer games from 1976 BASIC computer games that some of us worked on ports of for the Coding Horror: Basic Computer Games repo. I recall there were a number of errors in the original and thus a few in the ports, python being one. I ended up writing about the deduction logic for solving mastermind because it seemed non-intuitive.
https://github.com/coding-horror/basic-computer-games/blob/m...
There are a bunch of BASIC interpreters out there, my own isn't so complex or thorough, but I definitely had fun writing it:
https://github.com/skx/gobasic/
My own vision was to reproduce something akin to the ZX Spectrum, rather than the more advanced Microsoft BASIC.
I can confirm that writing a terminal is fun, for the reasons mentioned in the article: it’s easy to get “self-hosting”, but then the possibilities are endless :)
In my case, this was about creating the terminal for EndBASIC (https://www.endbasic.dev/). I wanted to mix text and graphics in the same console, so I had to ditch Xterm.js and create my own thing. It was really exciting to see graphics rendering mix with text “just fine” when I was able to render the first line.
Speaking of Small Basic, I found that SmallBASIC was a really fun discovery:
https://github.com/smallbasic/SmallBASIC
There are lots of examples to work from, a very functional Android app, and Linux users can use the AppImage releases to get up and running fast.
Back when I was comparing BASIC distros for scripting/programming, this one was by far my favorite for day-to-day use cases.
(BTW, does anyone know if the MS Small Basic software runs in Wine?)
Project mention: A Perl script to generate static call graphs for multiple languages | news.ycombinator.com | 2024-03-07
Might be a good start here: https://github.com/slviajero/tinybasic -- essentially first google result I found.
QB64-PE v3.9.0! https://github.com/QB64-Phoenix-Edition/QB64pe/releases/tag/v3.9.0
Project mention: 30 years later, QBasic is still the best (2016) | news.ycombinator.com | 2024-01-16And very much still alive: https://github.com/ianatha/bababasic/ and https://atha.io/blog/introducing-bababasic
Project mention: Source code for Microsoft BASIC for the Dragon 64 | /r/vintagecomputing | 2023-06-27
NOTE:
The open source projects on this list are ordered by number of github stars.
The number of mentions indicates repo mentiontions in the last 12 Months or
since we started tracking (Dec 2020).
Basic related posts
- A Perl script to generate static call graphs for multiple languages
- Basic-DOS: PC DOS Reimagined
- 30 years later, QBasic is still the best (2016)
- How to solve the "Mastermind" guessing game? (2009)
- Show HN: QBasic 4.5 on Android
- Write Your Own Terminal
- Show HN: QBasic 4.5 on Android
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Index
What are some of the best open-source Basic projects? This list will help you:
| Project | Stars | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | basic-computer-games | 10,757 |
| 2 | PyTorchZeroToAll | 3,825 |
| 3 | b1fipl | 984 |
| 4 | my_basic | 482 |
| 5 | pcbasic | 354 |
| 6 | gobasic | 316 |
| 7 | endbasic | 298 |
| 8 | SmallBASIC | 201 |
| 9 | callGraph | 192 |
| 10 | zxbasic | 188 |
| 11 | Ruby-Cheatsheet | 182 |
| 12 | tinybasic | 177 |
| 13 | PyBasic | 154 |
| 14 | SpecBAS | 144 |
| 15 | atari64 | 139 |
| 16 | AmiBlitz3 | 117 |
| 17 | QB64pe | 103 |
| 18 | PyDOS | 95 |
| 19 | bababasic | 94 |
| 20 | wargames | 84 |
| 21 | basicdos | 81 |
| 22 | XC-BASIC | 74 |
| 23 | DragonBasic | 74 |
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