BASIC Implementations

DOS Implementations

Interpreter

• American Planning Corp. MEGABASIC
• BBC Basic - Discontinued but supplied for free with the Windows version of the product.
• Bywater Basic - Open source
• Canon Basic - Discontinued - A scripting variant of this language is still used for embedded programming by Canon.
• GW-BASIC - developed by Microsoft for DOS OEM
• IBM PC BASIC - developed by Microsoft for IBM PC
• Mallard BASIC PC - developed by Locomotive Software Ltd.
• MICRO-BASIC - developed by Dave Dunfield
• Napoleon Brandy Basic - Open Source
• Personal BASIC - Aka Digital Research Personal Basic or Metacomco Basic - compatible with CP/M MBASIC
• QBasic - introduced with MS-DOS 5, also included in OS/2 2.0 and later versions.
• RM-BASIC - Ryan McFarland
• Watcom BASIC

Compiler

• Better BASIC - Summit Software Technology
• CBASIC - Distributed by DRI
• FranzBasic
• GFA Basic
• Microsoft Basic Professional
• Microsoft QuickBasic
• Microsoft Visual Basic - Version 1 offered DOS support.
• MTBASIC (Softaid)
• MWBasic - Aka MB86
• Omni Basic
• PowerBASIC
• Sparry Basic
• SuperSoft BASIC Compiler
• Borland Turbo Basic
• True Basic - Versions up to 4.01 supported DOS.

Shareware

• ApBasic
• ASIC

Open Source

• FreeBasic

Win-OS/2 Implementations

• CA Realizer - Versions 1 to 3 offer Win-OS/2 support.
• GFA Basic - Discontinued - Free Download - Limited support available from a third party.
• Liberty BASIC - Discontinued - Last version that works under Win-OS/2 is 2.02
• Microsoft Basic Professional - Commercial - Cross development from DOS or OS/2 only.
• Microsoft Visual Basic - Versions 1 to 4 offer Win-OS/2 support.
• True Basic - Versions up to 5.3 supported Win-OS/2

Java implementations

• Cocoa
• HotTEA
• Instant Basic for Java
• Jasic

JavaScript implementations

• qb.js - Partially QBasic compatible, can be run inside a web browser or by using the JavaScript Desktop Enabler.