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Chibi-Scheme vs Chez Scheme: catalog facts
Chibi-Scheme	Chez Scheme
Free Free and open source under the BSD 3-clause licence.	Free Free and open source under the Apache 2.0 licence.
Command line	Windows, Command line
Small footprint suited to embedding in C programs Usable as a standalone Scheme interpreter	Complete Scheme implementation with compiler and tools Regular versioned releases with detailed release notes
Smaller ecosystem than larger Scheme or Lisp implementations Documentation is mostly in the repository	Scheme is a niche language with a smaller ecosystem Homepage offers little introductory material
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: BSD-3-Clause	License: Apache-2.0
No account needed	No account needed
Works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 1, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026

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