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Products that do what A Lisp for code generation and metaprogramming in non-Lisp languages does

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.

1. 1LI
   Lisp implementation in modern Java, Go, C#, TypeScript, Python▲128

   2021 · github.com

2. 2IC
   I created a language called AntiLang – breaking all the conventions▲143

   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

3. 3IW
   I wrote a technical history book on Lisp▲252

   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

4. 4FS
   Full Stack Lisp – A book in progress about writing Common Lisp apps▲338

   2016 · fullstacklisp.com

5. 5PA
   "Programming Algorithms in Lisp” Book▲232

   2021 · apress.com

6. 6TL
   Term-Lisp – A Lisp, based on pattern matching and term rewriting▲83

   2024 · github.com

7. 7
   Google Antigravity CLI▲250

   Run coding agents directly from your terminal

   May 2026 · antigravity.google

8. 8
   Google Antigravity▲592

   Run and monitor several coding agents at once in an IDE

   Nov 2025

9. 9AL
   A Lisp Interpreter for Shell Scripting▲114

   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.

   Oct 2025 · github.com

10. 10IC
    Interactive Common Lisp: An Enhanced REPL▲101

    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

11. 11AM
    A modernized and annotated code companion to Paul Graham's “On Lisp”▲93

    2015 · github.com

12. 12UC
    Using Common Lisp from Inside the Browser▲111

    2025 · turtleware.eu

13. 13ID
    I designed a language for code golf, compiling to Common Lisp▲102

    2013 · rhoscript.com

14. 14AI
    AutoLISP interpreter in Rust/WASM – a CAD workflow invented 33 yrs ago▲137

    Dec 2025 · acadlisp.de

15. 15AC
    A Common Lisp implementation in development, supports ASDF▲96

    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

16. 16RL
    Risp – Lisp in Rust▲314

    2019 · m.stopa.io

17. 17AL
    A Lisp compiler and environment in Go▲76

    2015 · github.com

18. 18CU
    Compiler using Lisp’s macro system for metaprogramming C-like languages▲80

    2018 · github.com

19. 19AN
    A notebook-style Common Lisp environment▲180

    2017 · github.com

20. 20EE
    eli – Embedded Lisp Interpreter▲45

    2025 · github.com

21. 21AL
    a Lisp that uses JSON instead of S-expressions (in .js)▲69

    2011 · github.com

22. 22RB
    Rust but Lisp▲218

    May 2026 · github.com

23. 23FC
    Farolero – Common Lisp style-conditions and restarts for Clojure▲150

    2021 · github.com

24. 24VA
    Visual A* pathfinding and maze generation in Python▲135

    I was fascinated reading through another recent HN submission about a highly efficient implementation of A* in Lisp, which got me thinking about how I could do something similar in Python. However, these kinds of pathfinding algorithms really need complex terrain/mazes with interesting obstructions to showcase what they can do and how they work. So, I started thinking about how I could generate cool and diverse random "mazes" (they aren't really mazes, but I'm not sure what the best term is). I got a bit carried away thinking of lots of different cool ways to generate these mazes, such…

    2024 · github.com

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