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Chez SchemeCHICKEN Scheme
Free

Free and open source under the Apache 2.0 licence.

 Free

Free and open source under the BSD licence.

Windows, Command line Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line
  • Complete Scheme implementation with compiler and tools
  • Regular versioned releases with detailed release notes
  • Compiles Scheme to portable C and native executables
  • Supports R5RS and R7RS plus many extensions
  • Scheme is a niche language with a smaller ecosystem
  • Homepage offers little introductory material
  • Compiled builds need a working C toolchain
  • Scheme is a niche language with a smaller ecosystem than mainstream languages
Downloadable app Downloadable app
Open source Open source
License: Apache-2.0 License: BSD-3-Clause
No account needed No account needed
Works offline Works offline

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