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Products that do what I made a Clojure-like language in Go, boots in 7ms does

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…

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Clojure for the Brave and True – now free online▲224
2015 · braveclojure.com
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jql – Easier jq Alternative with a Lispy Syntax Written in Go▲217
2020 · github.com
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Hacker News Clone – Clojure, GraphQL Learning Project▲179
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
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Clojure DSL for pattern-matching, parsing and generic programming▲204
2012 · scattered-thoughts.net
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Effective java – A tool to explore your Java code written in Clojure▲60
2015 · github.com
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Gojay – Performant JSON encoder/decoder for Golang▲153
2018 · github.com
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Small Clojure Interpreter▲143
2019 · github.com
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Open sourcing a data flow engine for Clojure/Script▲116
2019 · domino-clj.github.io
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A fast JSON library for Go▲119
2021 · github.com
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入(rù-lang) – Clojurized JavaScript▲51
2015 · ru-lang.org
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I resurrected Clojure-Android – native Clojure on your phone over nREPL▲18
* Run native Clojure on Android * Develop over nREPL * Build for F-Droid or Google Play * Write UIs in a declarative DSL with reactive cells * Use device sensors as reactive cells * Use intent callbacks without wanting to smash your device with a hammer * Fast startup - release builds launch in under 2 seconds on a five year old midrange phone
Mar 2026 · github.com
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Biff – Self-hosted Firebase alternative for Clojure▲103
2020 · findka.com
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My Interactive ClojureScript book▲134
2017 · langintro.com
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Clojure in the Open – simple tasks from open-source projects▲81
2014 · longstorm.org
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Easy intro book to Clojure and immutability▲148
2019 · getprogrammingwithclojure.com
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Grasp – grep Clojure code using clojure.spec regexes▲123
2020 · github.com
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Tiny – An interpeted dynamic langauge with inline Go native functions▲41
Jun 2026 · github.com
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Eno – A lightning fast, user-friendly YAML/TOML alternative▲102
eno [1] - A modern plaintext language w/ libraries [2] for JavaScript, Python, Ruby & soon more! We migrated a big relational research database to a file-based solution - requirements were: - Super fast and easy editability for users - Highest performance for parsing/validating >10K documents on every user change. Our trials with YAML/TOML showed us that we wanted something both faster [3][4] and easier [4], something tailored for file-based content management ... and after months of research & development it's now publicly available (under MIT license) for everyone! Last but…
2018
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Clojure parser and core library in JavaScript, live on CodeCombat▲57
2014 · vickychijwani.github.io
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Open-sourcing our large Clojure(Script) Re-frame/Hasura web app▲21
2020 · github.com
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New Clojure Book for Beginners: Get Programming with Clojure▲14
2019 · manning.com
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OJ – A Clojure library for talking to your database▲37
2014 · github.com
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Local LLM code-generation with Gemma 4 e2B via JSON AST to Clojure▲22
May 2026 · github.com
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Exploding Fish – A URI Library for Clojure▲33
2015 · github.com

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