[adfm]

Arduino is as influential as it is controversial and has been from the beginning.

https://arduinohistory.github.io

https://hackaday.com/2016/03/04/wiring-was-arduino-before-ar...

[djmips]

Go back to Wiring. Is it possible?

[bigiain]

If all you need is the Wiring-based ide, you can just fork the GPL version.

It's lot more then "just the ide" that has made Arduino so successful and accessible though.