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24 alternatives to Bebo – run Clojure scripts on Deno

Made this little thing: https://github.com/borkdude/bebo In the spirit of deno it allows you to install a script from an https location but for Clojure(Script, .cljs). Why would you use this? I love Clojure and I'd love to see it in more places than the JVM and browser. Maybe you do too. It is similar to the idea of nbb which allows you to run .cljs scripts on Node.js via the SCI interpreter: - https://github.com/babashka/nbb - https://github.com/babashka/sci I posted this project yesterday but forgot to add "Show HN"... I hope that…

Bebo is a tool that lets users run Clojure and ClojureScript scripts on Deno, similar to how Deno runs JavaScript. It allows installation of scripts from HTTPS locations and is built using the SCI interpreter. The tool… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Bebo – run Clojure scripts on Deno launched in 2022; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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    Let-go is a Clojure-like language (~90% compatible with JVM Clojure) written in pure Go. It ships as a ~10MB static binary and cold boots in ~7ms - that's about 50x faster than JVM and 3x faster than Babashka. It has decent throughput on algorithmic workloads - within ballpark of the GraalVM-backed sci. I started this project in 2021 as an elaborate practical joke: I wanted to have an excuse for writing Clojure while pretending to write Go. Jokes aside, it turned out to be pretty decent: it feels like real Clojure, it has an nREPL server (supported in Calva, CIDER, etc.), it's easily…

    May 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    A private, browser-only ClojureScript playground powered by the self-hosted compiler.

    2016 · cljsfiddle.com · its alternatives →

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    Together with PEZ (Peter Strömberg) I made a VSCode extension that allows you to script VSCode using Clojure (interpreted CLJS). The repo: https://github.com/BetterThanTomorrow/joyride Introductory video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V1oTf-1EchU See examples directory: https://github.com/BetterThanTomorrow/joyride/tree/master/ex... See animated gifs and news on Twitter: https://twitter.com/hashtag/vsjoyride?src=hashtag_click&f=li...

    2022 · its alternatives →

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    Configurable Clojure/Script interpreter suitable for scripting and Clojure DSLs - babashka/sci

    2019 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Nubo▲89

    Deploy global Node.js and Deno apps in seconds

    2022 · its alternatives →

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    Scripting in Clojure on Node.js using SCI. Contribute to babashka/nbb development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2021 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Hello HN! I'm the creator and solo developer of Extension.js, a development tool for browser extensions with built-in support for TypeScript, WebAssembly, React, and modern JavaScript. Developers use it to spend less time configuring the compilation config or learning new frameworks and more time actually writing code. Most projects similar to Extension.js rely on some sort of abstraction or configuration to get started, making the initial development process slow given the extra learning curve and setup guidelines. By using Extension.js, adding the package to your npm scripts is all it…

    2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Hey all, Andy from the Deno team here. We're excited to share with you Deno Subhosting, an easy way to extend your platforms functionality by securely running untrusted JavaScript written by your users. When we first launched Deno Deploy in 2021, we were surprised at the volume of requests from companies about getting access to the APIs needed to run Deno Deploy. Many companies wanted to give their users the ability to write custom logic in their app, but setting this up in the cloud presents security concerns and a ton of infra work/maintenance. We realized that there was an…

    2023 · deno.com · its alternatives →

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    Allow developers to extend your product with custom code

    2023 · deno.com · its alternatives →

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    I have ported "The Fullstack Tutorial for GraphQL" series, https://www.howtographql.com/, from Javascript to Clojure/script. Blog post: https://promesante.github.io/2019/08/14/clojure_graphql_full... Source code GitHub repo: https://github.com/promesante/hn-clj-pedestal-re-frame Suggestions and corrections, more than welcome.

    2019 · its alternatives →

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    Read this article by Cloudflare this morning https://blog.cloudflare.com/code-mode/ the main argument being that LLMs are much better at writing typescript code than tool calls because they've seen typescript code many more times. HN Discussion: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45399204 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45386248 Deno provides a great sandbox environment for Typescript code execution because of its permissions system which made it easy to spin up code that only has access to fetch and network calls. Stick an MCP proxy…

    2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

  12. 12VT

    Hey HN! We're so excited to show you Val Town (https://val.town)! A "val" is a JavaScript/TypeScript function or value that runs on our servers. We aim to get you from idea to running code in seconds: type code, run it, get its API endpoint, schedule it - all from the browser, in a couple keystrokes. We're a startup of 4 people, mostly in NYC. We've been working on this for 6 months and are eager for feedback from the HN community. Why do we need yet another online coding IDE? While researching devtools[1], I found myself wanting something halfway between Replit and Zapier: a…

    2023 · val.town · its alternatives →

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    This is a simple Pastebin clone I made using the Deno Typescript runtime. I created a simple templating system, and implemented server-side rendering for the UI. Demo: https://paste.jlcarveth.dev/

    2023 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Run a ClojureScript REPL within Microsoft Excel. Contribute to cfelde/cljs4excel development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2015 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Hi HN! I built Belgie, a Python library that embeds Deno, allowing Python applications to run JavaScript and TypeScript without requiring Node.js or Deno to be installed on the host system. It supports the features you’d expect from Deno (npm, JSR, and URL imports, isolated package environments, etc.), plus: - Pass JSON-safe values seamlessly between Python and JavaScript. - Agentic code generation with typed interfaces, similar to Pydantic’s Monty. - Manage dependencies programmatically or from the CLI.

    Jul 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    This TypeScript package allows you to safely execute JavaScript code within a WebAssembly sandbox using the QuickJS engine. Perfect for isolating and running untrusted code securely, it leverages the lightweight and fast QuickJS engine compiled to WebAssembly, providing a robust environment for code execution. Features - *Security*: Run untrusted JavaScript code in a safe, isolated environment. - *File System*: Can mount a virtual file system - *Custom Node Modules*: Custom node modules are mountable - *Fetch Client*: Can provide a fetch client to make http(s) calls - *Test-Runner*: Includes…

    2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    ➰ It's never been easier to try nodejs modules! Contribute to victorb/trymodule development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

  19. 19CI
  20. 20CP
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    A self-hostable Wasm sandbox for JavaScript workers.

    Jun 2026 · kyushu.dev · its alternatives →

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    We've been building Crust (https://crustjs.com/), a TypeScript-first, Bun-native CLI framework with zero dependencies. It's been powering our core product internally for a while, and we're now open-sourcing it. The problem we kept running into: existing CLI frameworks in the JS ecosystem are either minimal arg parsers where you wire everything yourself, or heavyweight frameworks with large dependency trees and Node-era assumptions. We wanted something in between. What Crust does differently: - Full type inference from definitions — args and flags are inferred automatically. No…

    Mar 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

  24. 24DL

    After yesterday's release of Deno with package.json support[0] some discussions about how Deno handles dependencies have been coming up again. Since Deno's inception, I've mostly been watching it from the sidelines, dabbling a bit with it, and mostly been considering it a fad that will die out sooner or later. Ultimately, with the new package.json support nothing really changed regarding the dependency management story of Deno. It's still as awful as ever. Prompted by some discussions, I decided I would try to test how easy it would be to mount a typo-domain supply chain attack. And as…

    2023 · its alternatives →

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