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Vala

No phone app

6.5No. 12 of 28
in Code Transpilers
  • Recognised40% of the score29
  • Phone app26% of the score0
  • Documented20% of the score84
  • Free plan14% of the score100
Free plan
Yes
Runs on
Linux, Mac, Windows
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Summary

Vala is ranked #12 of 28 in code transpilers on Samsung Mobile US Press. It runs on Linux, macOS, Windows. There is a free plan.

Vala plans and pricing

All plans
Vala Free No paid plans or usage limits stated on the opened official pages vala.dev · 3 Oct 2026

Compared on code transpilers

Intermediate output
Yesvala.dev
CLI access
Yesvala.dev
API access
Yesvala.dev
Conversion mode
source-to-irvala.dev

Facts

Product
Vala is a programming language for native application development that compiles to C and produces native binaries.vala.dev · 3 Oct 2026
Memory management
Vala uses reference counting for automatic memory management and has no separate runtime environment requirement for execution.vala.dev · 3 Oct 2026
Language features
The project lists type inference, null safety, generics, lambdas, and async/await among Vala’s modern language features.vala.dev · 3 Oct 2026
C interoperability
Vala supports using GObject based C libraries through binding files and calling C functions directly.vala.dev · 3 Oct 2026
GObject and GTK
Vala integrates with the GObject type system and GNOME platform, with first class GTK support.vala.dev · 3 Oct 2026
Use cases
Vala can be used to build GUI applications, command line programs, libraries, and services.vala.dev · 3 Oct 2026
Ecosystem
The homepage highlights GTK, Libadwaita, and Granite for GUI development and says apps can be published on Flathub.vala.dev · 3 Oct 2026
Library bindings
Vala libraries provide C header files and use GObject, and the compiler generates GObject Introspection metadata for supported language bindings.docs.vala.dev · 3 Oct 2026
Platforms
The installation guide documents installation on Linux distributions, Windows through MSYS2 or WSL, and macOS through Homebrew.docs.vala.dev · 3 Oct 2026
Support
The project directs users to GNOME Discourse, a Vala Matrix channel, and a community Discord server for questions and discussion.vala.dev · 3 Oct 2026
Versions
The homepage lists Vala 0.56.17 as Stable Long-term Support and the main branch as Development.vala.dev · 3 Oct 2026
Maker
The project website says Vala is made by the Vala Community.vala.dev · 3 Oct 2026

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