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24 alternatives to REPL-Driven Development for JavaScript

Lisp-inspired interactive REPL editor tools for Javascript

REPL-Driven Development for JavaScript is a set of interactive REPL editor tools designed for JavaScript developers who want to work in a Lisp-inspired style. It enables a read-eval-print-loop workflow, allowing… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. REPL-Driven Development for JavaScript launched in 2022; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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    Repl.it▲399

    Code and deploy apps in any language right from your browser

    2018 · replit.com · its alternatives →

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    An online JavaScript editor for tinkering and testing

    2018 · repljs.com · its alternatives →

  3. 3RJ
  4. 4RC

    GitHub Gist: instantly share code, notes, and snippets.

    2016 · gist.github.com · its alternatives →

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    I created this because sometimes I want more than rlwrap but less than emacs. icl aims to hit that middle sweet spot. It's a terminal application with context-aware auto-complete, an interactive object inspector, auto-indentation, syntax colouring, persistent history, and much more. It uses sly to communicate with the child lisp process and aims to be compatible with any sly-supporting implementation. I hope others find it useful!

    Dec 2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    repl.it▲109

    Online code repl for pretty much any language.

    2015 · replit.com · its alternatives →

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    Editor.js▲723

    A block-styled editor with clean JSON output

    2019 · editorjs.io · its alternatives →

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    Turn Your fzf Into a Live REPL

    2019 · paweldu.dev · its alternatives →

  9. 9JS

    Together with PEZ (Peter Strömberg) I made a VSCode extension that allows you to script VSCode using Clojure (interpreted CLJS). The repo: https://github.com/BetterThanTomorrow/joyride Introductory video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1oTf-1EchU See examples directory: https://github.com/BetterThanTomorrow/joyride/tree/master/ex... See animated gifs and news on Twitter: https://twitter.com/hashtag/vsjoyride?src=hashtag_click&f=li...

    2022 · its alternatives →

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    The notebook-style Common Lisp environment. Contribute to tamamu/darkmatter development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

  11. 11JP
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    Hi HN, author here. Happy to answer any questions. I had an itch to make a lisp like language that was a thin layer on top JavaScript. Something that could leverage the thriving ecosystem that exists around JavaScript. It's brittle, hot off the oven. Besides being a fan of parenthesis, I think macros fill in a gap that the JavaScript ecosystem today fills in with one-off compilers, bundler plugins and such. Macros can't do everything, but for example I think they have the potential to enable things like JSX, Solid and Svelte style libraries. Take the tour to get a feel for what it can do and…

    2023 · daklang.com · its alternatives →

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    Import CSV to PostgreSQL, generate a mock API, and 20+ more

    2021 · retool.com · its alternatives →

  14. 14WB
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    Describe what you want. Replit builds it. Get a working app or website in minutes. No coding required.

    2011 · repl.it · its alternatives →

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    Zero-setup collaborative cloud IDE for teachers and students

    2021 · replit.com · its alternatives →

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    A lisp rosetta stone to demonstrate modern language features - eatonphil/lisp-rosetta-stone

    2021 · github.com · its alternatives →

  18. 18IM

    I made a Logicboard.com — A collaborative code editor with code-replay feature. Code-replay lets you run the coding session like a movie, I wrote a blog post on how I implemented this: https://logicboard.com/blog/code-replay You can try out the demo here: https://logicboard.com/demo/:replay And play around with the code editor here: https://logicboard.com/demo/ Logicboard also has an REPL shell, just type "start()" and hit enter in the output area.

    2023 · logicboard.com · its alternatives →

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    Here's a project I've been working on for a little while now. Ripl is a JS library that provides a unified API for rendering shapes on both canvas and SVG interchangeably. Over the years I've used D3 extensively to create data visualisations so I figured I'd have a go at making my own version with a slightly more modern API and stricter TypeScript support. I am aware there are already libraries that can draw to multiple contexts interchangeably, but I've added a few little niceties to Ripl that (as far as I know) some other libraries don't have such as CSS-like query selectors, DOM-like…

    2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

  20. 20ID
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    Lisp-like-R: A clojure inspired lisp that compiles to R in R - dirkschumacher/llr

    2021 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    In-browser REPL and compiler for programmer interviews.

    2014 · coderpad.io · its alternatives →

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    A ChatGPT mode for the Julia REPL. Contribute to ThatcherC/ReplGPT.jl development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2023 · github.com · its alternatives →

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