Editing HyperCard (section)

===Similar systems===
Atkinson said that the odds a non-Macintosh software product would clone HyperCard were "99 percent", and hoped that they would be data compatible with HyperCard.{{r|mace19870817}} {{As of|2024}}, two products are available which offer HyperCard-like abilities:
* [[HyperStudio]], one of the first HyperCard clones, is {{as of|2009|lc=yes}}, developed and published by Software MacKiev.<ref>{{cite web |url= http://www.mackiev.com/hyperstudio/hs_reviews.html |title= HyperStudio |publisher=Software MacKiev|access-date= August 31, 2009}}</ref>
* [[LiveCode]], published by [[LiveCode (company)|LiveCode, Ltd.]], expands greatly on HyperCard's feature set<ref>{{cite web |url=https://opensource.com/education/13/2/livecode |title= LiveCode is Next Generation of HyperCard |publisher=opensource.com |date= February 23, 2013}}</ref> and offers color and a GUI toolkit which can be deployed on many popular platforms (Android, iOS, Classic Macintosh system software, Mac OS X, Windows 98 through 10, and Linux/Unix). LiveCode directly imports extant HyperCard stacks and provides a migration path for stacks still in use.

Past products include:
* [[Guide (hypertext)|Guide]], which preceded HyperCard. [[Office Workstations Limited]] announced immediately after HyperCard's debut that version 2.0 would allow HyperCard files to work on Windows.<ref name="mace19870817">{{Cite magazine |last=Mace |first=Scott |date=1987-08-17 |title=PCs, PS/2s May Run Hypercard Soon |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2jsEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA1#v=onepage&q&f=true |access-date=2025-05-25 |magazine=InfoWorld |pages=1,8 |volume=9 |issue=33}}</ref>
* [[SuperCard]], the first HyperCard clone, is similar to HyperCard, but with many added features such as full color support, pixel and vector graphics, a full GUI toolkit, and support for many modern macOS features. It can create both standalone applications and projects that run on the freeware SuperCard Player. SuperCard can also convert extant HyperCard stacks into SuperCard projects. It runs only on Macs.
* [[SK8 (programming language)|SK8]] is a "HyperCard killer" developed within Apple but never released. It extends HyperTalk to allow arbitrary objects which allowed it to build complete Mac-like applications (instead of stacks). The project was never released, although the source code was placed in the public domain.
* Hyper DA by Symmetry is a Desk Accessory for classic single-tasked Mac OS that allows viewing HyperCard 1.x stacks as added windows in any extant application, and is also embedded into many Claris products (like MacDraw II) to display their user documentation.
* HyperPad from Brightbill-Roberts is a clone of HyperCard, written for [[DOS]]. It makes use of ASCII linedrawing to create the graphics of cards and buttons.
* Plus, later renamed [[WinPlus]], is similar to HyperCard, for Windows and Macintosh. [[Oracle Corporation|Oracle]] purchased Plus and created a cross-platform version as Oracle Card, later renamed [[Oracle Media Objects]], used as a [[4GL]] for database access.
* IBM LinkWay is a mouse-controlled HyperCard-like environment for DOS PCs. It has minimal system requirements, runs in graphics CGA and VGA. It even supported video disc control.<ref>{{cite web |title=IBM LinkWay 2.0 |url=https://archive.org/details/IBM-LinkWay}}</ref>
* Asymetrix's Windows application [[ToolBook]] resembles HyperCard, and later included an external converter to read HyperCard stacks (the first was a third-party product from Heizer software).
* TileStack is an attempt to create a web based version of HyperCard that is compatible with the original HyperCard files.<ref>{{Citation |title= HyperCard comes back from the dead to the web |newspaper= Slashdot |url= http://developers.slashdot.org/developers/08/06/07/196242.shtml |date= June 7, 2008}}</ref> The site closed down January 24, 2011.<ref>{{cite web |title= Farewell to Tilestack |url= http://tilestack.com/ |access-date= May 14, 2013 |archive-date= January 5, 2020 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20200105074030/http://tilestack.com/ |url-status= dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite tweet|number=29725702500651008|user=tilestack|title=Farewell. http://tilestack.com|date=January 25, 2011}}</ref>

In addition, many of the basic concepts of the original system were later re-used in other forms. Apple built its system-wide scripting engine [[AppleScript]] on a language similar to HyperTalk; it is often used for [[desktop publishing]] (DTP) [[workflow automation]] needs.{{Citation needed|date=December 2012}} In the 1990s [[FaceSpan]] provided a third-party graphical interface. AppleScript also has a native graphical programming front-end called Automator, released with [[Mac OS X Tiger]] in April 2005. One of HyperCard's strengths was its handling of [[multimedia]], and many multimedia systems like [[Macromedia Authorware]] and [[Macromedia Director]] are based on concepts originating in HyperCard.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Keating|first1=Anne B|last2=Hargitai|first2=Joseph R|title=The Wired Professor: A Guide to Incorporating the World Wide Web in College Instruction|date=1999|publisher=NYU Press|isbn=978-0814747254|page=[https://archive.org/details/wiredprofessorgu0000keat/page/178 178]|url=https://archive.org/details/wiredprofessorgu0000keat|url-access=registration|access-date=23 January 2016}}</ref>

[[AppWare]], originally named Serius Developer, is sometimes seen to be similar to HyperCard, as both are [[rapid application development]] (RAD) systems. AppWare was sold in the early 90s and worked on both Mac and Windows systems.

[[Zoomracks]], a DOS application with a similar "stack" database metaphor, predates HyperCard by four years, which led to a contentious lawsuit against Apple.{{cn|date=January 2022}}