LiveCode
Fewer than 5 people recommend it so far, so there's no written verdict. Here is what commenters said.
3recommend
2warn against
Dec 27, 2025first mention
Sep 30, 2026latest mention
Why people recommend it
“there's still LiveCode (though it gave up on opensource)”
“LiveCode is its spiritual successor IMHO. Cross platform too.”
Caveats and dissent
“the infamous "rug pull" when Live Code went closed source”
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“drag and drop in Livecode [2] is a bit of a hack”
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All comments 9
“still salty about the license rug pull”
“the infamous "rug pull" when Live Code went closed source”
“until their opensource rug pull”
The OpenXTalk community is keeping the open source version alive. https://www.openxtalk.org/
“there's still LiveCode (though it gave up on opensource)”
“LiveCode is its spiritual successor IMHO. Cross platform too.”
“Looks like a less feature-full version of livecode”
“re-naming their Hypercard clone as”
“drag and drop in Livecode [2] is a bit of a hack”