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Products that do what Full featured language that compiles to binary does

Features: 1. Self-hosting compiler 2. C99 backend 3. Built-in dependency injection / IoC 4. Typed business-rule features like decision tables 5. Native binaries + WASM 6. Real app built with it: eXstream

1. 1QA
   QBE – a new compiler back end▲241

   2016 · c9x.me

2. 2AS
   Arturo – Simple, expressive and portable programming language▲207

   2021 · arturo-lang.io

3. 3
   myCompiler▲122

   Run your favourite programming languages online

   2019

4. 4BY
   Build your own programming language in C++▲94

   2021 · github.com

5. 5FA
   Fork, a toy self-hosting language and compiler that compiles to C▲58

   2018 · github.com

6. 6AC
   A compiler for a small language into x86-64 assembly▲74

   2020 · github.com

7. 7MM
   Micro-mitten – Research language with compile-time memory management▲236

   I've been working on implementing the compile-time approach to memory management described in this thesis (https://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/techreports/UCAM-CL-TR-908.pdf) for some time now - some of the performance results look promising! (Although some less so...) I think it would be great to see this taken further and built into a more complete functional language.

   2020 · github.com

8. 8SH
   Self-hosted stack-based programming language▲86

   2015 · github.com

9. 9AL
   A List of Programming Languages That Currently Compile to WebAssembly▲11

   2017 · github.com

10. 10AM
    A Modern C/C++ build tools (Simple, Fast, Cross-platform)▲89

    2019 · xmake.io

11. 11PT
    Python-to-Python compiler for some 3.6 features in older versions▲87

    2017 · github.com

12. 12CI
    Coffee++, idea for a language that compiles into C++▲23

    2017 · bixense.com

13. 13TY
    Tofu -- (Yet another) C web framework▲49

    2012 · github.com

14. 14MN
    Morfa – new programming language – general purpose and DSL-friendly▲32

    2015 · morfalang.org

15. 15BL
    Bel language guide and source code with formatting▲36

    2019 · github.com

16. 16
    Modern C++ Build Tools for Module Feature▲8

    Anyone like C++'s module features? Feel free to try MCPP and talk with me.

    29d ago · github.com

17. 17OD
    Octaspire Dern – Programming language▲47

    2017 · octaspire.com

18. 18CA
    CJIT, a single-binary C compiler that can self host▲7

    CJIT started as a hobby project around Fabrice Bellard’s tinyCC and slowly grew into something much more practical. It is now a small portable C compiler and runner that works across Linux, macOS, and Windows, can self host, and is packaged as a single executable. What mattered most to me was keeping the barrier to entry low. You can take one small binary, drop it onto a system, and compile or run C code using the libraries already available there, without setting up a full toolchain or installing a large stack of dependencies. I find that useful for quick prototyping, testing, auditing,…

    Apr 2026 · dyne.org

19. 19RA
    Runiq, a little Lisp-inspired language that runs on JavaScript▲24

    2015 · github.com

20. 20AM
    A modern documentation tool for C++ and a replacement for Doxygen▲31

    2021 · hdoc.io

21. 21AC
    A complete compiler for a simple language (less than 150 LoC of OCaml)▲7

    2021 · gist.github.com

22. 22TJ
    The Jac Programming Language▲9

    After 6 years of coding almost every day, I'm finally ready to show HN. There's a lot going on here, looking forward to your guy's feedback.

    Jul 2026 · jaclang.org

23. 23TA
    Topaz – A small application language that compiles through Rust▲5

    Hi HN, I'm Matt, CTO at STUDIO HAZE in Seoul. I've wanted to build a programming language for twenty years, ever since Ruby got me wondering what a small language out of Korea might look like. Today I'm opening the repo for the first time, as Topaz v5.2. Topaz reads like Python or TypeScript, runs on a reference interpreter (topaz run), and builds a self-contained native binary by lowering to Rust, then handing off to the Rust toolchain (topaz build). function factorial(n: int) -> int { if n string { return "안녕하세요, {이름}님!" } print(인사하기("토파즈")) // 안녕하세요, 토파즈님! sql, sh, and path…

    Jun 2026 · github.com

24. 24AA
    Awl, a toy Lisp language written in C and transpiled to JavaScript▲8

    2014 · skepsi.me

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