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24 alternatives to BrainIDE – A feature-packed Brainfuck compiler

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

BrainIDE is a compiler for Brainfuck, the esoteric programming language known for its minimal syntax. It provides developers and hobbyists interested in low-level computing concepts with a feature-rich environment to… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. BrainIDE – A feature-packed Brainfuck compiler launched in 2022; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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    2020 · franklin.dyer.me · its alternatives →

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

    2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

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

    2019 · github.com · its alternatives →

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

    2015 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    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 →

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    2012 · tranquillpoet.com · its alternatives →

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    Cannoli Programming Language. Contribute to joncatanio/cannoli development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2018 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Bootstrapping a Forth interpreter from hand-written tiny ELF binary. Just for fun. - GitHub - nineties/planckforth: Bootstrapping a Forth interpreter from hand-written tiny ELF binary. Just for fun.

    2021 · github.com · its alternatives →

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

    2018 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Write your own compiler: introduction. Code genetation. AST. Abstract syntax tree. lisp. javascript.

    2017 · blog.klipse.tech · its alternatives →

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    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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    i made an esoteric programming language which i call spellscript. every program is a "spell" written in a "grimoire," and you have to use keywords like summon, enchant, inscribe, and conjure. it's literally read like a spellbook because the syntax consists of all natural language, and newlines are optional. your code can now be an essay, like everybody wants! for example, if you want to print something, you'd write: `begin the grimoire. inscribe whispers of "hello, world!". close the grimoire.` it has variables, dynamic typing, arrays, functions, conditionals, loops, string manipulation,…

    2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Run your favourite programming languages online

    2019 · mycompiler.io · its alternatives →

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    Hi HN, We are the devs behind VibeShift. We have been building this MCP server to put AI coding assistants in an automatic feedback loop. They code, test, debug, fix everything until we have a fully working, secure code. It tests like a real user, copies network/console and logical errors to give them back to cursor. (1 min demo - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bN_RgQGa8B0) We felt this was the natural next step for AI coding assistants. And with new asynchronous assistants like codex, having a plug & play tester makes sure you don't have to spend time debugging and…

    2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Codiva▲97

    Online compiler & IDE that developers love

    2018 · codiva.io · its alternatives →

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

    2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Hi everybody, this was my project to learn Zig and RISC-V+x86_64 assembly. Not sure if anybody is actually interested in yet another Brainfuck compiler, so I'll just write up some random things I learned while building it! - A primitive assembly stitching compiler is 10x faster than the interpreter. Did not expect that. - The generated x86 code is really bad (e.g. it always uses 6 or 7 byte sized instructions with 32-bit immediates when there are much smaller ones) but it doesn't really matter. Good code generated by GCC and clang for transpiled Brainfuck->C is not much faster as it's…

    2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Compiler for a small language into x86-64 Assembly - MauriceGit/compiler

    2020 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    A simple programming and debugging environment.

    2022 · hackage.haskell.org · its alternatives →

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    Hi HN, I’m Nico, one of the co-founders of BrainGrid. We built this after spending the last year building software almost entirely with AI coding tools like Claude Code and Cursor. Writing code was fast. Finishing anything reliably was not. Coding was not the bottleneck. planning was. It was everything before the code: unclear scope, missing edge cases, poor sequencing, and vague intent. Once a project went beyond a single prompt, small changes started breaking unrelated parts of the app. In traditional teams, product managers and tech leads handle this. I was a Director of Product at Twilio…

    Mar 2026 · braingrid.ai · its alternatives →

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    Sanity is the back-end built for AI content operations. Power web, mobile, and agentic applications at scale.

    2017 · sanity.io · its alternatives →

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