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Janet vs Chibi-Scheme: catalog facts
Janet	Chibi-Scheme
Free Free and open source under the MIT licence.	Free Free and open source under the BSD 3-clause licence.
Windows, macOS, Linux, Command line	Command line
Entire language under 1MB in one binary Threads, networking and an event loop built in	Small footprint suited to embedding in C programs Usable as a standalone Scheme interpreter
Smaller package ecosystem than mainstream scripting languages Lisp-style syntax takes adjustment for newcomers	Smaller ecosystem than larger Scheme or Lisp implementations Documentation is mostly in the repository
Downloadable app	Downloadable app
Open source	Open source
License: MIT	License: BSD-3-Clause
No account needed	No account needed
Works offline	Works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 2, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked October 1, 2026

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