# Haxe

18 Hacker News commenters recommended Haxe and 5 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 10 of 13 months. It meets the Hacker Approved badge rule.

**Verdict:** Recommended for a free language with a strong type system that compiles one codebase to many targets. Critics note a stagnant ecosystem and features sacrificed for cross-target compatibility.

## Why people recommend it

- Enjoyable and fun to program in (5 comments): "Haxe is such a great piece of tech, which becomes more and more powerful as you get to know it better." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47592452)) "I took Haxe for a spin years ago and was really impressed" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47590092)) "I am always fascinated with the capabilities of Haxe." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46589734))
- One codebase targets many languages (3 comments): "One set goes into haxe files and I use reflaxe macros to write tiny compilers that generate docs, clients, servers" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49801620)) "You could target a huge number of targets from a single codebase." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45989576)) "a language that was able to transpile to several languages" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48023784))
- Better alternative to TypeScript (3 comments): "its basically a better version of what typescript is to javascript" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47616771)) "Before typescript we had Haxe, and its still a "better language"." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47652380)) "Haxe because i want a better typescript alternative" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46099011))
- Robust, simple type system (2 comments): "Haxe has a more robust, but simpler typesystem, that comes from ocaml." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46575309)) "has an awesome typesystem and metaprogramming capabilities" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45979060))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Rust](https://hackerapproved.com/p/rust.md): 2039 recommend
- [Go](https://hackerapproved.com/p/go-programming-language.md): 1254 recommend
- [Python](https://hackerapproved.com/p/python.md): 1067 recommend
- [Zig](https://hackerapproved.com/p/zig.md): 743 recommend
- [TypeScript](https://hackerapproved.com/p/typescript.md): 574 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Haxe", https://hackerapproved.com/p/haxe/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).