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24 alternatives to PyCParser, C parser and interpreter in Python

C parser and interpreter written in Python with automatic ctypes interface generation - PyCParser/README.md at master · albertz/PyCParser

PyCParser is a C parser and interpreter written in Python. It is designed for developers who need to parse and execute C code programmatically. The tool allows users to analyze C programs, extract syntax information… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. PyCParser, C parser and interpreter in Python launched in 2019; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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Pyper – Concurrent Python Made Simple▲156
Hello and happy new year! We're excited to introduce the Pyper package for concurrency & parallelism in Python. Pyper is a flexible framework for concurrent / parallel data processing, following the functional paradigm. Source code can be found on [github](https://github.com/pyper-dev/pyper) Key features: Intuitive API: Easy to learn, easy to think about. Implements clean abstractions to seamlessly unify threaded, multiprocessed, and asynchronous work. Functional Paradigm: Python functions are the building blocks of data pipelines. Let's you write clean, reusable…
2025 · 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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Gsubpy, an interpreter for subset of Python, written in Go▲65
Recently, I write an interpreter for subset of Python using Go. I haven't seen source code of CPython, all is just written according to my understanding of Python so there may be some unusual things. Hope you can play fun with it. Any suggestion is welcome, glad to get some feedback.
2023 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Python to C++14 transpiler▲96
Python to C++ 14 transpiler. Contribute to lukasmartinelli/py14 development by creating an account on GitHub.
2016 · github.com · 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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Pythonpy – the swiss army knife of the command line▲220
2014 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Cpi – Immediately compile and execute c++ program like a scripting lang▲65
Tiny c++ interpreter
2017 · treefrogframework.github.io · its alternatives →
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A Python with Hindley-Milner-like type annotations, compiling to C▲134
a python-like language with hindley-milner-like type system, which is compiled to c - alehander92/Airtight
2015 · github.com · its alternatives →
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I am building a new Python library to read/write PDF files▲279
Hi HN! This is my pet project, written from scratch because there is so much to discover and learn in the process. The focus is on simplicity and incremental updates. Progress is slow because I do not have much spare time to work on this, but I would love to hear some feedback. Regards
2022 · 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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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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Copy-and-patch compiler for hard real-time Python▲65
I built Copapy as an experiment: Can Python be used for hard real-time systems? Instead of an interpreter or JIT, Copapy builds a computation graph by tracing Python code and uses a custom copy-and-patch compiler. The result is very fast native code with no GC, no syscalls, and no memory allocations at runtime. The copy-and-patch compiler currently supports x86_64 as well as 32- and 64-bit ARM. It comes as small Python package with no other dependencies - no cross-compiler, nothing except Python. The current focus is on robotics and control systems in general. This project is early but…
Feb 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Logparser – Alternative to GoAccess Written in Python▲54
Command line parser for common log format. Contribute to lucianmarin/logparser development by creating an account on GitHub.
2021 · github.com · its alternatives →
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PyScribe – A Python library to make print debugging more efficient▲53
DEPCRECATED/UNMAINTAINED - A Python library to make debugging with print statements simpler and more effective. - alixander/PyScribe
2015 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Sultan – Pythonic interface to your shell▲155
2017 · sultan.readthedocs.io · its alternatives →
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PyCloud, a Python IDE in the web browser with interactive tutorials▲130
2011 · jitouch.com · its alternatives →
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Python-to-Python compiler for some 3.6 features in older versions▲87
Python to python compiler that allows you to use Python 3.6 features in older versions. - nvbn/py-backwards
2017 · github.com · its alternatives →
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a lexer, parser, interpreter and web runtime (np, a 5-weekend project)▲122
2013 · np-lang.org · its alternatives →
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A simple, highly commented, rootkit which attacks GCC and Python▲94
2014 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Debugging-Friendly Tracebacks for Python▲123
Debugging-friendly exceptions for Python. Contribute to cknd/stackprinter development by creating an account on GitHub.
2019 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Pyscn – Python code quality analyzer for vibe coders▲136
Hi HN! I built pyscn for Python developers in the vibe coding era. If you're using Cursor, Claude, or ChatGPT to ship Python code fast, you know the feeling: features work, tests pass, but the codebase feels... messy. Common vibe coding artifacts: • Code duplication (from copy-pasted snippets) • Dead code from quick iterations • Over-engineered solutions for simple problems • Inconsistent patterns across modules pyscn performs structural analysis: • APTED tree edit distance + LSH • Control-Flow Graph (CFG) analysis • Coupling Between Objects (CBO) • Cyclomatic Complexity Try it without…
2025 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Pandashells – Bringing the Python data stack to the shell prompt▲89
:panda_face: Bringing the python data stack to the shell prompt - robdmc/pandashells
2015 · 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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Cppmatch – Rust-Like Pattern Matching and Error Handling for C++▲42
I've created cppmatch, a lightweight, header-only C++ library that brings Rust-inspired pattern matching and error handling to C++. It tries to imitate the functionality of the questionmark (?) operator in C++ by using a macro that uses the gcc extension https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Statement-Exprs.html This allows to create exceptionless code with non-intrusive error-as-value that unlike Exceptions, makes it clear which kinds of error a function can generate and forces you to handle (or ignore) them. The ? operator translates to *expect* To handle the errors I…
2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

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