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As of 4 November 2026, 39 programming languages are named by companies instead of Ruby: Python by 34,668 companies, Java by 15,900, C# by 11,531.
As of 4 November 2026 · refreshed daily · counts move as websites, DNS and career sites are re-read.
- Ruby, companies in postings
- 1,922
- Most used alternative
- Python · 34,668
- Fastest hiring, 90 days
- Python
- Alternatives ranked
- 39
- Catalogue
- T-1.0.1-prov
Programming languages companies choose instead of Ruby
Companies naming each tool in their own postings, and postings in the last 90 days. Bars are relative to the category leader.
| # | Alternative | Companies | companies | vs Ruby | postings, 90 d | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | PythonPSF | 34,668 | 1804% | 248,462 | Ruby vs Python → | |
| 2 | JavaOracle | 15,900 | 827% | 97,842 | Ruby vs Java → | |
| 3 | C#Microsoft | 11,531 | 600% | 45,032 | Ruby vs C# → | |
| 4 | C++ISO C++ Committee | 9,805 | 510% | 60,903 | Ruby vs C++ → | |
| 5 | PHPThe PHP Group | 7,302 | 380% | 15,984 | Ruby vs PHP → | |
| 6 | GoGoogle | 7,047 | 367% | 29,064 | Ruby vs Go → | |
| 7 | RR Foundation | 7,002 | 364% | 22,786 | Ruby vs R → | |
| 8 | CISO C Committee | 4,350 | 226% | 19,202 | Ruby vs C → | |
| 9 | KotlinJetBrains | 3,247 | 169% | 10,155 | Ruby vs Kotlin → | |
| 10 | RustRust Foundation | 2,950 | 153% | 11,599 | Ruby vs Rust → | |
| 11 | SwiftApple | 2,840 | 148% | 8,346 | Ruby vs Swift → | |
| 12 | ScalaEPFL | 2,062 | 107% | 7,445 | Ruby vs Scala → | |
| 13 | PerlThe Perl Foundation | 1,808 | 94% | 9,475 | Ruby vs Perl → | |
| 14 | Salesforce ApexSalesforce | 1,733 | 90% | 5,354 | Ruby vs Salesforce Apex → | |
| 15 | ABAPSAP | 1,491 | 78% | 7,056 | Ruby vs ABAP → | |
| 16 | Visual BasicMicrosoft | 1,350 | 70% | 3,144 | Ruby vs Visual Basic → | |
| 17 | Apache GroovyApache Software Foundation | 1,011 | 53% | 2,540 | Ruby vs Apache Groovy → | |
| 18 | Objective-CApple | 878 | 46% | 1,614 | Ruby vs Objective-C → | |
| 19 | VB.NETMicrosoft | 838 | 44% | 1,542 | Ruby vs VB.NET → | |
| 20 | DartGoogle | 781 | 41% | 1,105 | Ruby vs Dart → | |
| 21 | COBOLCODASYL | 522 | 27% | 1,840 | Ruby vs COBOL → | |
| 22 | DelphiEmbarcadero | 429 | 22% | 1,366 | Ruby vs Delphi → | |
| 23 | FortranFortran Standards Committee | 324 | 17% | 1,090 | Ruby vs Fortran → | |
| 24 | LuaPUC-Rio | 275 | 14% | 668 | Ruby vs Lua → | |
| 25 | SolidityEthereum Foundation | 275 | 14% | 575 | Ruby vs Solidity → | |
| 26 | 272 | 14% | 742 | Ruby vs Assembly Language → | ||
| 27 | JuliaJulia Project | 254 | 13% | 565 | Ruby vs Julia → | |
| 28 | ElixirElixir Core Team | 214 | 11% | 433 | Ruby vs Elixir → | |
| 29 | RPG (IBM i)IBM | 204 | 11% | 361 | Ruby vs RPG (IBM i) → | |
| 30 | AdaAda Core / ISO | 177 | 9% | 831 | Ruby vs Ada → | |
| 31 | AL (Business Central)Microsoft | 152 | 8% | 290 | Ruby vs AL (Business Central) → | |
| 32 | REXXIBM | 140 | 7% | 384 | Ruby vs REXX → | |
| 33 | X++Microsoft | 134 | 7% | 243 | Ruby vs X++ → | |
| 34 | HLSLMicrosoft | 109 | 6% | 197 | soon | |
| 35 | HaskellHaskell.org | 104 | 5% | 233 | soon | |
| 36 | ClojureClojure | 96 | 5% | 161 | soon | |
| 37 | 83 | 4% | 189 | soon | ||
| 38 | ErlangEricsson | 77 | 4% | 138 | soon | |
| 39 | F#Microsoft | 74 | 4% | 132 | soon |
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39 programming languages are named by companies instead of Ruby: Python by 34,668 companies, Java by 15,900, C# by 11,531, measured from their own job postings. (Breaknorm, 4 November 2026, https://breaknorm.co/tools/ruby/alternatives)
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- RankingCompanies whose own postings name the tool as the team's system, from the Breaknorm technology catalogue T-1.0.1-prov. Editions are folded into their parent product.
- 90-day postingsOpen postings first seen or posted in the last 90 days that name the tool.
- Not includedRatings, prices, feature claims, sponsored positions.
Ruby alternatives: questions
What is the most used alternative to Ruby?
Python: 34,668 companies name it in their own job postings, against 1,922 for Ruby.
How is this list ranked?
By the number of companies whose own postings name the tool as the team's system (Breaknorm technology catalogue T-1.0.1-prov), then by postings in the last 90 days. No ratings, no vendor input, no sponsored positions.
Does this say which is better?
No. It says who uses what, by company size, industry and country, so you can see which tools companies like yours choose. For features and prices, read the vendors.
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