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Chibi-Scheme vs Gauche: catalog facts
Chibi-Scheme	Gauche
Free Free and open source under the BSD 3-clause licence.	Free Free and open source.
Command line	macOS, Linux, Command line
Small footprint suited to embedding in C programs Usable as a standalone Scheme interpreter	Quick startup suited to scripting Large standard library with networking, regex and threads
Smaller ecosystem than larger Scheme or Lisp implementations Documentation is mostly in the repository	Scheme has a smaller ecosystem than mainstream scripting languages Major releases are infrequent
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: BSD-3-Clause	License: BSD-3-Clause
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 1, 2026

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