Gambas
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5recommend
0warn against
Dec 2, 2025first mention
Sep 30, 2026latest mention
Why people recommend it
“There's Gambas:”
“for the slightly younger folks who have more memories of Visual Basic than QBasic, check out GAMBAS”
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“GAMBAS is a sort of a fan continuation of VB6, and it's awesome”
Linux user building tools for newbiesswitched from AutoHotkeyon “Why I Still Build Small Windows Tools with AutoIt”
“Gambas ;)”
“if using Linux and want the open source equivalent”
Caveats and dissent
No one in these comments warned against it.
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Threads where it came up
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All comments 7
“Linux only, not sure if there's a nice visual UI builder”
“There's Gambas:”
“for the slightly younger folks who have more memories of Visual Basic than QBasic, check out GAMBAS”
“GAMBAS is a sort of a fan continuation of VB6, and it's awesome”
“Gambas ;)”
“if using Linux and want the open source equivalent”
“Have you checked out Gambas[1]?”