Technology & Credits

AdaLogic BASIC is not one compiler — it is a dispatcher plus sixteen backend tools sharing one front end. Write once in ALB, then ship native x86-64 assembly, C source, TypeScript/WebAssembly for the browser, or one of thirteen other language targets — down to 6502 assembly for retro hardware. This page lists every tool we build on, and every toolchain we bundle. All links go to the projects' own sites.

The compiler family

alb — master dispatcher Routes ALB source to the right backend compiler. albt — native x86-64 FASM and C targets; the workhorse backend. albw — web TypeScript / WebAssembly transpiler; emits .js + .d.ts. alba — Ada Ada target, built by the same toolchain ALB is written in. albj — Java Java target; GraalVM native-image ready. albn — .NET / C# C# target for the .NET ecosystem. albr — Rust Rust target for safe systems code. malbr — Micro ALB Rust New: emits #![no_std] Rust — embedded targets via rustc. malb — self-hosted New: the ALB→Rust compiler written in ALB itself. albp — Python Python transpiler target. albl — Lua Lua target, runs on LuaJIT. albm — MoonScript MoonScript target, which itself compiles to Lua. albh — Haskell Haskell target for the functional world. albo — Odin Odin target for modern systems programming. albc3 — C3 C3 target — the modern evolution of C. albnasm — NASM Netwide Assembler target for x86 code. alb_65 — 6502 6502 assembly via asm6f — C64, NES, and retro hardware. albf — Brainfuck Yes, really — ALB compiles to Brainfuck too.

alb_player is the standalone interpreter/runner, and alb_prompt the interactive prompt — both ship alongside the compilers.

New in October 2026: malbr and malb join the family as standalone compilers rather than backend cards — MALBR emits #![no_std] Rust for embedded and foreign toolchains, and MALB is the same compiler written in ALB itself, proven self-hosting with a byte-identical bootstrap fixpoint. See the wiki article for the full story.

The bundled SDK

ALB ships its own toolchain so nothing has to be installed separately. Versions as bundled in the current release:

ALB toolchain source — every compiler backend and SDK tool, open source under Apache 2.0. github.com/rockyoliver454/AdaLogic-BASIC-ALB-Programming-Language
FASM 1.73.35 — flat assembler for the native x86 backend. flatassembler.net
NASM 3.02rc13 — the Netwide Assembler. nasm.us
asm6f — 6502-family assembler behind the retro target. github.com/freem/asm6f
w64devkit 2.6.0 — portable GCC 15.2.0 toolchain for the C backend (Clang and MSVC support planned). github.com/skeeto/w64devkit
GNAT 15.2.0 + GPRbuild 25.0.0 — the Ada toolchain that builds ALB itself (the compiler's core is written in Ada with SPARK annotations). gcc.gnu.org · github.com/AdaCore/gprbuild
Node.js 24.21.0 + TypeScript 6.0.3 — runtime and compiler for the web backend and site tooling. nodejs.org · typescriptlang.org
.NET SDK 10.0.400 (with 8.0.424 alongside) — builds the C# backend output. dotnet.microsoft.com
GraalVM 25.0.2 — JDK plus Native Image for the Java backend. graalvm.org
Python 3.14.2 — bundled interpreter for the Python backend. python.org
LuaJIT + MoonScript — runtime and language behind the Lua-family backends. luajit.org · moonscript.org
Rust toolchain — rustc/cargo for the Rust backend. rust-lang.org
SDL3 — the window/graphics/audio layer for native programs. libsdl.org

Host-language blocks

Inside a single ALB file, ENABLE/INLINE blocks open the door to raw code in other languages. Working today: assembly, Ada, Java, TypeScript, C, and C#. Parser-recognized and coming later: Python, Lua 5.4, Ruby, and JavaScript. IMPORT/EXPORT declarations wire in external DLL, SO, dylib, JAR, ES-module, and WebAssembly libraries.

What this website runs on

Node.js — the site server and tooling. nodejs.org
SQLite via better-sqlite3 — member accounts, sessions, forum. sqlite.org
React 19 + React Router — the interactive app pages. react.dev
Vite + Tailwind CSS + TypeScript — build and styling. vite.dev · tailwindcss.com
Argon2 + iron-session — password hashing and sealed session cookies. Argon2
SimpleWebAuthn — passkey / WebAuthn sign-in support. simplewebauthn.dev
Altcha + BotD — proof-of-work and browser bot detection that keep the forum clean without CAPTCHAs. altcha.org
Helmet + rate-limiter-flexible — security headers and request throttling. helmetjs.github.io
WABT — the WebAssembly Binary Toolkit behind our WASM builds. github.com/WebAssembly/wabt
Prometheus (prom-client) + OpenTelemetry — metrics and tracing for the server. prometheus.io · opentelemetry.io
Terser, opentype.js, lucide — minification, font metrics, and icons. terser.org

Logos & brand assets

The ALB wordmark comes in three flavors — free to reuse and resize when writing about or linking to the project.

Flat ribbon

Grid mosaic

Pixel

Standing on shoulders Every project linked here is open source or free to use — ALB exists because these tools do. If you are building something similar, start with them. ALB itself is open source too — since October 8, 2026, every backend and every SDK tool is Apache 2.0, distributed right here on this site. Services and extra packages are available at alb-lang.com.

📚 Research Citations & Publications — the papers behind compilers, graphics, and media coding.

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