Rosetta Code

Rosetta Code
	Front page of rosettacode.org
Available in	English
Owner	Mike Mol
URL	rosettacode.org
Launched	January 1, 2007; 18 years ago
Current status	Online
Content license	GFDL
Written in	PHP, MediaWiki

Rosetta Code is a wiki-based website that features ways to solve various programming problems in many different programming languages.^[1]

Website

Rosetta Code was created in 2007 by Michael Mol.^[2] The site's content is licensed under the GNU Free Documentation License 1.2, though some components may have two licenses under less strict terms.^[3]

The examples of Rosetta Code shows how to get the result in various ways,^[4]^[5] and how "the same" task can be done in different programming languages.^[6]

As of 22 February 2024^[update], Rosetta Code has:^[7]

1,266 computer programming tasks (or problems)
404 additional draft programming tasks
933 computer programming languages that are used to solve tasks

Data and structure

The Rosetta Code site is organized as a browsable cross-section of programming problems and programming languages. A programming problem's page displays solutions contributed by visitors in various programming languages, allowing different solutions to be compared to the programming problem.

Each programming language has its own page, which contains a list of programming problems that have solutions in that programming language. For example, a task that has a solution in the C programming language will appear in the listing for the C programming language, and if the same task has a solution in the Ruby programming language, the task will also appear in the listing for the Ruby programming language.