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Chez SchemeGauche
Free

Free and open source under the Apache 2.0 licence.

 Free

Free and open source.

Windows, Command line macOS, Linux, Command line
  • Complete Scheme implementation with compiler and tools
  • Regular versioned releases with detailed release notes
  • Quick startup suited to scripting
  • Large standard library with networking, regex and threads
  • Scheme is a niche language with a smaller ecosystem
  • Homepage offers little introductory material
  • Scheme has a smaller ecosystem than mainstream scripting languages
  • Major releases are infrequent
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

Checked October 2, 2026

Checked October 1, 2026

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