Swift alternatives
As of 4 November 2026, 39 programming languages are named by companies instead of Swift: 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.
- Swift, companies in postings
- 2,840
- 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 Swift
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 Swift | postings, 90 d | Compare |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | PythonPSF | 34,668 | 1221% | 248,462 | Swift vs Python → | |
| 2 | JavaOracle | 15,900 | 560% | 97,842 | Swift vs Java → | |
| 3 | C#Microsoft | 11,531 | 406% | 45,032 | Swift vs C# → | |
| 4 | C++ISO C++ Committee | 9,805 | 345% | 60,903 | Swift vs C++ → | |
| 5 | PHPThe PHP Group | 7,302 | 257% | 15,984 | Swift vs PHP → | |
| 6 | GoGoogle | 7,047 | 248% | 29,064 | Swift vs Go → | |
| 7 | RR Foundation | 7,002 | 247% | 22,786 | Swift vs R → | |
| 8 | CISO C Committee | 4,350 | 153% | 19,202 | Swift vs C → | |
| 9 | KotlinJetBrains | 3,247 | 114% | 10,155 | Swift vs Kotlin → | |
| 10 | RustRust Foundation | 2,950 | 104% | 11,599 | Swift vs Rust → | |
| 11 | ScalaEPFL | 2,062 | 73% | 7,445 | Swift vs Scala → | |
| 12 | RubyRuby Association | 1,922 | 68% | 6,272 | Swift vs Ruby → | |
| 13 | PerlThe Perl Foundation | 1,808 | 64% | 9,475 | Swift vs Perl → | |
| 14 | Salesforce ApexSalesforce | 1,733 | 61% | 5,354 | Swift vs Salesforce Apex → | |
| 15 | ABAPSAP | 1,491 | 53% | 7,056 | Swift vs ABAP → | |
| 16 | Visual BasicMicrosoft | 1,350 | 48% | 3,144 | Swift vs Visual Basic → | |
| 17 | Apache GroovyApache Software Foundation | 1,011 | 36% | 2,540 | Swift vs Apache Groovy → | |
| 18 | Objective-CApple | 878 | 31% | 1,614 | Swift vs Objective-C → | |
| 19 | VB.NETMicrosoft | 838 | 30% | 1,542 | Swift vs VB.NET → | |
| 20 | DartGoogle | 781 | 28% | 1,105 | Swift vs Dart → | |
| 21 | COBOLCODASYL | 522 | 18% | 1,840 | Swift vs COBOL → | |
| 22 | DelphiEmbarcadero | 429 | 15% | 1,366 | Swift vs Delphi → | |
| 23 | FortranFortran Standards Committee | 324 | 11% | 1,090 | Swift vs Fortran → | |
| 24 | LuaPUC-Rio | 275 | 10% | 668 | Swift vs Lua → | |
| 25 | SolidityEthereum Foundation | 275 | 10% | 575 | Swift vs Solidity → | |
| 26 | 272 | 10% | 742 | Swift vs Assembly Language → | ||
| 27 | JuliaJulia Project | 254 | 9% | 565 | Swift vs Julia → | |
| 28 | ElixirElixir Core Team | 214 | 8% | 433 | Swift vs Elixir → | |
| 29 | RPG (IBM i)IBM | 204 | 7% | 361 | Swift vs RPG (IBM i) → | |
| 30 | AdaAda Core / ISO | 177 | 6% | 831 | Swift vs Ada → | |
| 31 | AL (Business Central)Microsoft | 152 | 5% | 290 | Swift vs AL (Business Central) → | |
| 32 | REXXIBM | 140 | 5% | 384 | Swift vs REXX → | |
| 33 | X++Microsoft | 134 | 5% | 243 | Swift vs X++ → | |
| 34 | HLSLMicrosoft | 109 | 4% | 197 | soon | |
| 35 | HaskellHaskell.org | 104 | 4% | 233 | soon | |
| 36 | ClojureClojure | 96 | 3% | 161 | soon | |
| 37 | 83 | 3% | 189 | soon | ||
| 38 | ErlangEricsson | 77 | 3% | 138 | soon | |
| 39 | F#Microsoft | 74 | 3% | 132 | soon |
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39 programming languages are named by companies instead of Swift: 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/swift/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.
Swift alternatives: questions
What is the most used alternative to Swift?
Python: 34,668 companies name it in their own job postings, against 2,840 for Swift.
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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