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GNU Guile vs Gauche: catalog facts
GNU Guile	Gauche
Free Free software under the LGPL 3.0 or later.	Free Free and open source.
macOS, Linux, Command line	macOS, Linux, Command line
Works both as a standalone language and an embeddable extension language Broad Scheme standards support, including many SRFIs	Quick startup suited to scripting Large standard library with networking, regex and threads
Scheme syntax is unfamiliar to many programmers Smaller ecosystem than mainstream scripting languages	Scheme has a smaller ecosystem than mainstream scripting languages Major releases are infrequent
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: LGPL-3.0-or-later	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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