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24 alternatives to Inline C from within python

I'd just like to interject for a moment... Contribute to llllllllll/quasiquotes development by creating an account on GitHub.

Quasiquotes is a development tool that enables inline C code execution within Python programs. It allows developers to write and execute C code directly alongside Python code, facilitating performance-critical… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Inline C from within python launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   Inline C in Python▲14

   2015 · quasiquotes.readthedocs.org · its alternatives →

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   Prometeo – a Python-to-C transpiler for high-performance computing▲166

   An experimental Python-to-C transpiler and domain specific language for embedded high-performance computing - zanellia/prometeo

   2021 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   I built a web framework in C▲420

   a lightweight web framework in c. Contribute to ashtonjamesd/lavandula development by creating an account on GitHub.

   2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   Csql – Python lib for composeable SQL queries▲89

   Contribute to akdor1154/python-csql development by creating an account on GitHub.

   2020 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   Python library for functional programming▲129

   Python library for creating data pipelines with chain functional programming - EntilZha/PyFunctional

   2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   Eel – a simple Python library for making little HTML GUI applications▲201

   A little Python library for making simple Electron-like HTML/JS GUI apps - python-eel/Eel

   2018 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   ShivyC – Hobby C compiler created in Python▲120

   C compiler created in Python. Contribute to ShivamSarodia/ShivyC development by creating an account on GitHub.

   2018 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   Magentic – Use LLMs as simple Python functions▲283

   This is a Python package that allows you to write function signatures to define LLM queries. This makes it easy to mix regular code with calls to LLMs, which enables you to use the LLM for its creativity and reasoning while also enforcing structure/logic as necessary. LLM output is parsed for you according to the return type annotation of the function, including complex return types such as streaming an array of structured objects. I built this to show that we can think about using LLMs more fluidly than just chains and chats, i.e. more interchangeably with regular code, and to make it…

   2023 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   Fructose – LLM calls as strongly typed functions▲218

   Hi HN! Erik here from Banana (formerly the serverless GPU platform), excited to show you what we’ve been working on next: Fructose Fructose is a python package to call LLMs as strongly typed functions. It uses function type signatures to guide the generation and guarantee a correctly typed output, in whatever basic/complex python datatype requested. By guaranteeing output structure, we believe this will enable more complex applications to be built, interweaving code with LLMs with code. For now, we’ve shipped Fructose as a client-only library simply calling gpt-4 (by default) with json…

   2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Inline SQL in any Python program▲26

    🪄 Inline SQL in any Python program. Contribute to ekzhang/inline-sql development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2022 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Fast C-based HTML 5 parsing for Python▲169

    Fast C based HTML 5 parsing for python. Contribute to kovidgoyal/html5-parser development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Making Python one-liner-fit with the new pwk (Python With Kurly braces)▲84

    Python With Kurly braces. Contribute to umlet/pwk development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2020 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Bolt – A super-fast, statically-typed scripting language written in C▲261

    I've built many interpreters over the years, and Bolt represents my attempt at building the scripting language I always wanted. This is the first public release, 0.1.0! I've felt like most embedded languages have been moving towards safety and typing over years, with things like Python type hints, the explosive popularity of typescript, and even typing in Luau, which powers one of the largest scripted evironments in the world. Bolt attempts to harness this directly in the lagnauge rather than as a preprocessing step, and reap benefits in terms of both safety and performance. I intend to be…

    2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Beautiful Python List Prompts Package▲189

    🚅 Interactive prompts made simple. Build a prompt like stacking blocks. - bchao1/bullet

    2019 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Compiler using Lisp’s macro system for metaprogramming C-like languages▲80

    Next-level syntax for C-like languages :). Contribute to kiselgra/c-mera development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2018 · github.com · 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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    I built a minimal Forth-like stack interpreter library in C▲47

    This weekend I created stacklib.h - a single-header library that brings Forth-style stack operations to C. It implements a basic interpreter with: - Stack operations (push/pop/dup/swap/over/drop) - Arithmetic (+, -, *, /) - Output (., emit, cr) - Stack inspection (.s, depth) Example usage: Stack s; stack_init(&s); dict_init(); exec(&s, "10 20 + ."); // Prints "30" exec(&s, "1 2 3 4 .s"); // Shows stack contents The library is self-contained, requires no dependencies, and handles basic error checking. It was inspired by wanting to understand…

    2025 · its alternatives →

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    MacroPy - bringing Macros to Python▲11

    Macros in Python: quasiquotes, case classes, LINQ and more! - lihaoyi/macropy

    2013 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Asymmetric stackful cross-platform Coroutines in pure C▲39

    Single header stackful cross-platform coroutine library in pure C. - edubart/minicoro

    2021 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Introducting C+▲148

    2012 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    C3 – A C alternative that looks like C▲120

    Compiler for the C3 language. Contribute to c3lang/c3c development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2021 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Compile Ruby to C▲153

    Compile ruby functions to C. Contribute to agrafix/rubyspeed development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2020 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Automatic cleanup in C using with-statements▲28

    Automatic cleanup in C using with-statements. Contribute to taeber/cwith development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2020 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    A design-by-contract Python package in ~100 lines▲58

    Greetings! A 2.5 weekends project to teach myself newer Python features (>= 3.10). Conditions are written as Lambda expressions that annotate parameters and return types, and coexist with type annotations. Symbols to share values between conditions are also supported to a limited extend.

    2022 · github.com · its alternatives →

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