Life & fun · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to Imba
A new programming language, just for the web
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Imba launched in 2016; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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Hey all My name is Sindre, and I am the CTO of Scrimba (YC S20). For the last 7 years, I have written all my web apps in a full-stack programming language called Imba. It compiles to JavaScript and its main goal is to make web developers more productive. I just launched a major overhaul of Imba, so I wanted to share it here on HN, in case anyone are interested in learning more about it. It is very opinionated, so some of you might not like it, but I would love to hear anyones feedback regardless. Constructive criticism appreciated! The backstory: Imba initially started in 2012 as an effort…
2021 · its alternatives →
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Today I launched an Imba course for Scrimba.com. Imba is an amazing language for building web applications, that deserves more attention. Watch my announcement video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDSIsvZJhow Take the course (it's free): https://www.scrimba.com/learn/imba Some context: I fell in love with the Imba programming language a couple years ago and quit my job to spend all my time building projects with Imba. The first one being TaskTXT (https://www.tasktxt.com), a plaintext notepad with built-in timers. It's full of UI details that…
2022 · scrimba.com · its alternatives →
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Imba is a programming language for building web applications with insane performance. You can use it both for the server and client.
2021 · imba.io · its alternatives →
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Katib▲99A Markdown Editor for Arabic, Urdu, Farsi and Hebrew
2014 · katibapp.com · its alternatives →
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Imbed▲61A starting point for using web content in a native app.
2014 · imbed.github.io · its alternatives →
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HelloTalk▲90The world's 1st Language Exchange Social Networking App
2014 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Explains programming language concepts in plain language.
2016 · fullstackpython.com · its alternatives →
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&what;▲75interactive reference of 14,500 HTML character entities
2015 · amp-what.com · its alternatives →
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