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Céu is a programming language designed for structured synchronous reactive programming. It allows developers to write programs that respond to events and inputs in a coordinated way, such as printing messages at… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Céu, Structured Synchronous Reactive Programming launched in 2017; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   C programming language extension: Cedro pre-processor▲97

   2021 · sentido-labs.com · its alternatives →

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   Visual flow-based programming for Erlang, inspired by Node-RED▲243

   Hi There, Erlang-RED has been my project for the last couple of months and I would love to get some feedback from the HN community. The idea is to take advantage of Erlangs message passing and low overhead processes to have true concurrency in Node-RED flows. Plus also to bring low-code visual flow-based programming to Erlang.

   2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   A pure functional programming language targeting decentralized systems▲96

   Clio is a functional, parallel, distributed programming language.

   2019 · clio-lang.org · its alternatives →

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   A pure C89 implementation of Go channels, with blocking selects▲271

   A pure C (-std=c89) implementation of Go channels, including blocking and non-blocking selects. - GitHub - rochus-keller/CspChan: A pure C (-std=c89) implementation of Go channels, including blocking and non-blocking selects.

   2023 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   Inko – A safe and concurrent object-oriented programming language▲95

   2018 · inko-lang.org · its alternatives →

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   Neco – Coroutine Library for C▲145

   Concurrency library for C (coroutines). Contribute to tidwall/neco development by creating an account on GitHub.

   2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   Synchrotron, a real-time DSP engine in pure Python▲82

   Yes, Python. I can already hear the screams from the rafters telling me how terrible of a choice Python is - but in my case, I valued modularity, extensibility, hackability over raw performance. (It was also a challenge to myself to see how far I can get without referencing existing implementations) Synchrotron processes nodes: simple Python classes with typed I/O and a render() method for processing. It can be as concise as 5 lines: class IncrementNode(Node): input: StreamInput output: StreamOutput def render(self, ctx): self.out.write(self.a.read(ctx) + 1) Nodes can then be spawned…

   2025 · synchrotron.thatother.dev · its alternatives →

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   Copper – Open-source robotics in Rust with deterministic log replay▲161

   Copper is an operating system for robots - build, run, and replay your entire robot deterministically. - Home · copper-project/copper-rs Wiki

   2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   Async UI: A Rust UI Library Where Everything is a Future▲173

   2022 · wishawa.github.io · its alternatives →

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    A work-in-progress C compiler from scratch▲159

    Programming language that compiles into a x86 ELF executable. - riicchhaarrd/ocean

    2021 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Coi – A language that compiles to WASM, beats React/Vue▲225

    I usually build web games in C++, but using Emscripten always felt like overkill for what I was doing. I don't need full POSIX emulation or a massive standard library just to render some stuff to a canvas and handle basic UI. The main thing I wanted to solve was the JS/WASM interop bottleneck. Instead of using the standard glue code for every call, I moved everything to a Shared Memory architecture using Command and Event buffers. The way it works is that I batch all the instructions in WASM and then just send a single "flush" signal to JS. The JS side then reads everything directly out…

    Jan 2026 · its alternatives →

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    Katharos Functional programming and CSP-style concurrency for Python▲37

    A functional programming and concurrency library for Python: algebraic abstractions (Semigroups, Monoids, Functors, Applicatives, Monads), immutable data types, and message-passing concurrency, all designed as composable, type-safe values. - kamalfarahani/katharos

    Aug 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Aberdeen – An elegant approach to reactive UIs▲224

    Yes, another reactive UI framework for JavaScript. Bear with me, please... :-) I 'invented' the concept for this back in 2011, and it was used (as a proprietary lib) in various startups. Even though many similar open source libs have been released since, and boy have I tried a lot of them, none have been able to capture the elegance and DX of what we had back then. I might be biased though. :-) So I started creating a cleaned-up, modern, TypeScript, open source implementation for the concept about five years ago. After many iterations, working on the project on and off, I'm finally happy…

    2025 · aberdeenjs.org · its alternatives →

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    Libconcurrent – Coroutines in C▲91

    :copyright: Concurrent Programming Library (Coroutine) for C11 - sharow/libconcurrent

    2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    C# 6.0 Functional Language Extensions▲164

    C# pure functional programming framework - come and get declarative! - louthy/language-ext

    2014 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Coerce – Actor runtime for Rust using async/await and tokio channels▲155

    Actor runtime and distributed systems framework for Rust - LeonHartley/Coerce-rs

    2019 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    I built a small browser engine from scratch in C++▲146

    Hi HN! Korean high school senior here, about to start CS in college. I built a browser engine from scratch in C++ to understand how browsers work. First time using C++, 8 weeks of development, lots of debugging—but it works! Features: - HTML parsing with error correction - CSS cascade and inheritance - Block/inline layout engine - Async image loading + caching - Link navigation + history Hardest parts: - String parsing(html, css) - Rendering - Image Caching & Layout Reflowing What I learned (beyond code): - Systematic debugging is crucial - Ship with known bugs rather than chase…

    Jan 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Going into freshman year, figured I should build an interpreter▲138

    Hi all! I'm going into my freshman year, and figured that the best way to prepare for the intro to programming Racket course would be to implement my own garbage-collected, dynamically typed, functional programming language in C ;) Anyways... here's the repo: https://github.com/liam-ilan/crumb I started learning C over the summer, so I still have a whole lot to learn... Any feedback would be greatly appreciated! :D

    2023 · its alternatives →

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    Team – Coroutines and async semantics for C++▲35

    2014 · team.s4y.us · its alternatives →

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    Brisk – Cross-Platform C++ GUI Framework: Declarative, Reactive, Fast▲84

    Brisk is an open-source C++ GUI framework with a declarative approach, offering powerful data bindings, GPU-accelerated graphics, and dynamic widget management. It supports macOS, Linux, Windows, and simplifies UI creation with modern paradigms and CSS-like layouts. Initially developed for a graphics-intensive project with a complex and dynamic GUI, the framework is currently under active development.

    2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Fe – A tiny, embeddable language implemented in ANSI C▲143

    A tiny, embeddable language implemented in ANSI C. Contribute to rxi/fe development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2020 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    A minimalist event-driven (epoll) framework▲42

    An event-driven framework. Contribute to hal9000xp/euclid development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2014 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    CXXStateTree – A modern C++ library for hierarchical state machines▲48

    Hi HN! I've built [CXXStateTree](https://github.com/ZigRazor/CXXStateTree), a modern C++ header-only library to create hierarchical state machines with clean, intuitive APIs. It supports: - Deeply nested states - Entry/exit handlers - State transitions with guards and actions - Asynchronous transitions with `co_await` (C++20 coroutines) - Optional runtime type identification for flexibility It's ideal for complex control logic, embedded systems, games, robotics, and anywhere you'd use a finite state machine. I’d love feedback, use cases, or contributions from the…

    2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    An expression parser supporting multiple types▲33

    This C library is part of a main project aimed at providing a reactive key-value (KV) database. The data is typed (numbers, strings, dates, or booleans) and can include formulas with references to other entries. Clients connected to this database receive a real-time data stream with updates to the subscribed keys, allowing them to react to changes and their dependencies. Essentially, it’s like building a distributed Excel, where data and formulas dynamically update across the system. I couldn’t find any libraries that offered the full set of features I needed for evaluating expressions, so I…

    2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

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