Alternatives

Products that do what C3 – A C alternative that looks like C does

1PA
Poica – Algebraic data types and type introspection for pure C▲116
2020 · github.com
2GA
Greg – a simple “cal” clone written in C▲60
2020 · greg-calendar.vercel.app
3AW
A work-in-progress C compiler from scratch▲159
2021 · github.com
4SP
Smart pointers for the C programming language▲126
2015 · github.com
5AM
A minimal C runtime for Linux i386 and x86_64 in 87 SLOC of C▲172
2015 · github.com
6BA
Bic – a C interpreter and API explorer▲181
2019 · github.com
7CA
Circular, an open source clone of Buffer▲160
2012 · circular.io
8CA
Chibicc – A Small C Compiler▲22
2020 · github.com
9C
c▲54
2012 · github.com
10CL
C library of generic, reference-counted data structures▲91
2013 · theck01.github.io
11MO
My own C compiler (just for fun)▲175
2016 · github.com
12FA
Fe – A tiny, embeddable language implemented in ANSI C▲143
2020 · github.com
13NA
Nymph – A slightly different version of C▲73
2017 · github.com
14CU
Compiler using Lisp’s macro system for metaprogramming C-like languages▲80
2018 · github.com
15CA
Calc, a simple command-line calulator in C▲31
2015 · github.com
16MA
Muon, a low-level programming language inspired by C, C# and Go▲175
2019 · github.com
17SH
ShivyC – Hobby C compiler created in Python▲120
2018 · github.com
18RE
Retool: Excel-like, with higher order primitives▲190
2017 · retool.in
19CS
C Style - my favorite C programming practices▲5
2013 · github.com
20LC
Libconcurrent – Coroutines in C▲91
2016 · github.com
21AM
a minimal Lisp with closures, macros and gc in 1400 lines of C▲11
2012 · github.com
22AP
Announcing Pure-C: A C back end for PureScript▲11
2018 · medium.com
23SF
Snigl – Forth with Lisp in C▲87
2019 · gitlab.com
24YY
Yupp, yet another C preprocessor▲26
2015 · github.com

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