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24 alternatives to A simplistic brainfuck interpreter in C

brainfuck interpreter. Contribute to noahhaasis/brainfuck development by creating an account on GitHub.

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. A simplistic brainfuck interpreter in C launched in 2018; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   BrainIDE – A feature-packed Brainfuck compiler▲53

   Brainfuck IDE using python, bundled with it's own compiler - LovetheFrogs/BrainIDE

   2022 · github.com · its alternatives →

2. 2
   A partial HTTP server written in brainfuck extended with syscalls▲103

   a brainfuck interpreter supporting linux syscalls with an example HTTP server - ajyoon/systemf

   2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   Visual Brainfuck Interpreter▲60

   2020 · franklin.dyer.me · its alternatives →

4. 4LA
   Lambduck, a Functional Programming Brainfuck▲70

   What if Brainfuck was less like C and more like Scheme? The interpreter implemetation is pretty bad. It's not very fast, it's not very good, and it's probably not very correct. But maybe there's some vaguely interesting programs you could write with it! For example, the Y combinator: λf. (λx. f (x x)) (λx. f (x x)) is written as: \` \`1 `0 0 \`1 `0 0

   2025 · imjakingit.github.io · its alternatives →

5. 5
   A tiny brainfuck interpreter written in Rust▲8

   Brainfuck Interpreter written in Rust. Contribute to garritfra/rustfuck development by creating an account on GitHub.

   2020 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   Business Card Brainfuck, a brainfuck interpreter in 512 bytes of C code▲7

   Tiny Brainfuck interpreter. Contribute to kgabis/business-card-brainfuck development by creating an account on GitHub.

   2015 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   Brainfuck with threads and assertions▲22

   Brainf**k with threads and assertions, written in Python - scotchfield/bf_py

   2015 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   A fast Brainfuck interpreter in pure Bash▲6

   A heavily optimizing Brain**** interpreter written in Bash! - Gandalf-/BrainBash

   2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   Synesthesia – Optimizing brainfuck compiler implemented as Nim macros▲33

   A (mildly) optimizing brainf*ck compiler implemented as Nim macros - Jeff-Ciesielski/synesthesia

   2019 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    First embeddable script language/VM in C i made▲8

    Contribute to riicchhaarrd/deprecated-cgsc development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Coinductive guide to inductive transformer heads [pdf]▲8

    Contribute to adamnemecek/coinductive development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2023 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Monki – `cp` for github. An alternative to Git submodules▲7

    Contribute to liolaarc/monki development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2015 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Brainfuck but with Turtle Graphics▲5

    I made a Brainfuck interpreter ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brainfuck ) with additional commands for turtle graphics. Check it out: https://czterycztery.pl/programy/turtlefreeze/

    Jun 2026 · czterycztery.pl · its alternatives →

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    `monki`. Share your code across hundreds of Git repos.▲6

    Contribute to liolaarc/monki development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2015 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    A J Cheat Sheet▲5

    Contribute to dankilman/j-cheat-sheet development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2019 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    I've written down everything I learned for the past year▲13

    notes on things. Contribute to yoshuawuyts/knowledge development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    C-Experiments – For people who want to learn C▲6

    Random experiments in C. Contribute to ankurp/C-Algorithms development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2014 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    GitHub▲2

    AI Briefing for Execs

    Jun 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Lucidcode- A Copilot to Understand Codebases▲6

    Hello HN, I am building a devtool to understand existing codebases. The idea originates from my time at big tech as well as various attempts to get involved in open source projects. When I was in college I wanted to improve my coding skills by contributing to opensource projects. I would pickup a bug or feature request but I always found myself stuck at the very first step. I did not understood where and how to begin contributing. I once submitted a patch in firefox which was labeled "Good first issue" but that was still very handheld. The assigner told me exactly which files I need to…

    2024 · lucidcode.ai · its alternatives →

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    I want to fix Durable Execution▲6

    Contribute to maxnorth/rhythm development by creating an account on GitHub.

    Dec 2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Inception.js – Websites within websites▲8

    Websites within websites. Contribute to jongomez/inception.js development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Kubehatch – Building minimal Internal Developer Platform(weekend fun)▲6

    Hatching vClusters on demand. Contribute to vClusterLabs-Experiments/kubehatch development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

23. 23
    Interview Cake Clojure Solutions▲6

    Interview Cake Clojure solutions. Contribute to DerekCuevas/interview-cake-clj development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    The Julia Language▲6

    The Julia Programming Language. Contribute to JuliaLang/julia development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2020 · github.com · its alternatives →

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