# Xojo

6 Hacker News commenters recommended Xojo and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 4 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Recommended as the modern successor to REALbasic, a BASIC-based development tool that some developers say works well for them. Critics find it somewhat outdated and expensive.

## Why people recommend it

- Successor to REALbasic (2 comments): "Xojo might be what you want. Used to be REALBasic." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48121169)) "the mac equivalent now known as Xojo" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46498840))
- Suggested as a good fit (2 comments): "Xojo might be what you want. Used to be REALBasic." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48121169)) "Gambas, Xojo and C++ Builder" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47119308))

## What people warn about

- Seen as expensive (1 comments): "in my opinion both somewhat outdated and expensive" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46860061))
- Seen as somewhat outdated (1 comments): "in my opinion both somewhat outdated and expensive" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46860061))
- Odd project file formats (1 comments): "That actually worked well for me, but then you're writing code in the Xojo Basic language, and it had some odd file formats for projects" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48118943))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [JetBrains IDEs](https://hackerapproved.com/p/jetbrains-ides.md): 233 recommend
- [IntelliJ IDEA](https://hackerapproved.com/p/intellij-idea.md): 206 recommend
- [Microsoft Visual Studio](https://hackerapproved.com/p/visual-studio.md): 165 recommend
- [Delphi](https://hackerapproved.com/p/delphi.md): 126 recommend
- [Xcode](https://hackerapproved.com/p/xcode.md): 100 recommend

## Where to get it

- [Visit the official site](https://xojo.com/)

## Cite as

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