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24 alternatives to A Lisp for code generation and metaprogramming in non-Lisp languages
Antilisp is a Lisp designed for code generation in non-lisp languages. The interpreter is written in RPython, and the language is designed for easy adoption by non-lispers. The project is still young, but the language can be played with if you don't mind missing some important features like modules and pattern matching. I have not published the source code yet, because I am not completely sure how to base a sustainable business on this project and I don't want to risk having to rugpull after raising expectations.
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes.
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A Lisp interpreter written as an untyped lambda calculus term
2022 · woodrush.github.io · its alternatives →
- 2IC
AntiLang is an interpreted programming language written in Go. The basic idea of this is to keep all the logical parts of a language same, but reverse the structure of it. The idea for this project came when I was having a long midnight conversation with my friend and thought of writing such a weird language. The initial draft was far worse than the current implementation; we thought of reversing the brackets and the language would be read from bottom to top. I'm happy that I dropped that idea Technical details: As the interpreter is written in Golang, I compiled it to WASM, and the whole…
2025 · siruscodes.github.io · its alternatives →
- 3SN
2021 · justine.lol · its alternatives →
- 4ID
2013 · rhoscript.com · its alternatives →
- 5IW
The book page links to a blog post that explains how I got about it (and has a link to sample content), but the TL&DR is that I could not find a lot of books that were on "our" history _and_ were larded with technical details. So I set about writing one, and some five years later I'm happy to share the result. I think it's one of the few "computer history" books that has tons of code, but correct me if I'm wrong (I wrote this both to tell a story and to learn :-)). My favorite languages are Smalltalk and Lisp, but as an Emacs user, I've been using the latter for much longer and for my…
Feb 2026 · berksoft.ca · its alternatives →
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Run and monitor several coding agents at once in an IDE
Nov 2025 · antigravity.google · its alternatives →
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The notebook-style Common Lisp environment. Contribute to tamamu/darkmatter development by creating an account on GitHub.
2017 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Lisp-like-R: A clojure inspired lisp that compiles to R in R - dirkschumacher/llr
2021 · github.com · its alternatives →
- 9RL
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Redstart is a lightweight Lisp interpreter written in C++ with a focus on shell scripting. It lets you combine the expressive power of Lisp with the practicality of the Unix shell: you can run commands, capture output, pipe between processes, and still use Lisp syntax for logic and structure. Think of it as writing your shell scripts in Lisp instead of Bash.
2025 · github.com · its alternatives →
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2017 · github.com · its alternatives →
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I created this because sometimes I want more than rlwrap but less than emacs. icl aims to hit that middle sweet spot. It's a terminal application with context-aware auto-complete, an interactive object inspector, auto-indentation, syntax colouring, persistent history, and much more. It uses sly to communicate with the child lisp process and aims to be compatible with any sly-supporting implementation. I hope others find it useful!
Dec 2025 · github.com · its alternatives →
- 13IM
2013 · lispwebtales.ppenev.com · its alternatives →
- 14PA
2021 · apress.com · its alternatives →
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un-opinionated S-expression syntax and macro system for JavaScript - anko/eslisp
2015 · github.com · its alternatives →
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2025 · turtleware.eu · its alternatives →
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Implementation of the standard is still not complete, but breakpoints and stepping work quite well! It also has some support for watchpoints, that no implementation has. Now it ships with ASDF and is capable of loading systems! Let me know if you like it. Support on Patreon or Liberapay is much appreciated
2025 · savannah.nongnu.org · its alternatives →
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A lisp dialect based on pattern matching and term rewriting - abuseofnotation/termlisp
2024 · github.com · its alternatives →
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A lisp rosetta stone to demonstrate modern language features - eatonphil/lisp-rosetta-stone
2021 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Toy lisp interpreter / PLT playground. Contribute to sanjoy/DietLISP development by creating an account on GitHub.
2012 · github.com · its alternatives →
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The gsp compiler. Contribute to gsp-lang/gsp development by creating an account on GitHub.
2015 · github.com · its alternatives →
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A modernized and annotated code companion to Paul Graham's "On Lisp". - DalekBaldwin/on-lisp
2015 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Embedded Lisp Interpreter. Contribute to codr7/eli development by creating an account on GitHub.
2025 · github.com · its alternatives →
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See what it’s like to program in a language without null.
2015 · books.thoughtbot.com · its alternatives →
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