Agda
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VisitAgda vs Why3
What both publish
| Fact | Agda | Why3 |
|---|---|---|
| Development | The Agda development center is the Logic and Types group at Chalmers and the University of Gothenburg, and the project is open source. | Why3 is developed by the Inria Toccata team, a joint research team of Inria Saclay-Île-de-France, Université Paris-Saclay, and CNRS. |
| Editor integrations | Interactive editor support is listed for Emacs, Visual Studio Code, Neovim, and Vim; Emacs is identified as the most tested. | Why3 distributions include configuration files for Emacs and Vim, plus shell completion files for bash and zsh. |
| Standard library | The Agda standard library is optional, and Agda works without it. | Why3 includes logical theories and programming data structures such as arrays, queues, and hash tables. |
| Support | The Agda wiki directs users to ask questions on the Agda mailing list or Agda Zulip server. | The project provides a user mailing list, a Zulip chat, and a bug tracking system. |
Agda plans
No prices published.
Why3 plans
- Why3Free
Pick Agda if…
Agda suits programmers and researchers working with functional programming, dependent types, and formal proofs. It runs across listed desktop systems and can also be used through Agda Pad.
Pick Why3 if…
Why3 suits developers and researchers working on deductive verification with contracts and WhyML. It may also fit users who need to connect external provers or use its OCaml API.