| PROGRAM | AUTHOR | RATING | DESCRIPTION |
| QuickBasic v7.1 (PDS) | Microsoft |  | Best QBasic ever, even has ems support. Click on the link to go to a place where you can buy it. |
| QuickBasic v4.5 | Microsoft |  | Second best QBasic, can compile to exe. Click on the link to go to a place where you can buy it. |
| Visual Basic DOS | Microsoft | | Like VB for windows, but for DOS. Click on the link to go to a place where you can buy it. |
| QBasic v1.1 | Microsoft | | Good old QBasic 1.1 that comes with DOS, download it for free directly from Microsoft.com, they want us qb programmers to have it. |
| FirstBasic v1.00 | Power Basic | | Shareware, but it can compile. |
| ASIC v5.00 | 80/20 Software | | Shareware compiler with some good utilities. |
| Basic Basic | unkown | | Shareware compiler for DOS and Windows. |