Dev tools · alternatives · 2026

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Lisp Interpreter in Rust – Paperback launched in 2022; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1RL
   Risp – Lisp in Rust▲314

   Read Essays by Stepan Parunashvili

   2019 · m.stopa.io · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Rust but Lisp▲218

   Rust but LISP. Contribute to ThatXliner/rust-but-lisp development by creating an account on GitHub.

   May 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

3. 3FS
   Full Stack Lisp – A book in progress about writing Common Lisp apps▲338

   2016 · fullstacklisp.com · its alternatives →

4. 4IW
   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 · its alternatives →

5. 5IM
   I'm writing a leanpub book about Common Lisp web programming▲107

   2013 · lispwebtales.ppenev.com · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Algorithm Cookbook in Rust▲320

   Common data structures and algorithms in Rust. Contribute to EbTech/rust-algorithms development by creating an account on GitHub.

   2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

7. 7
   Lisp Shell▲120

   A fully-featured lisp/scheme shell written in Racket. - DexterLagan/lsh

   2018 · github.com · its alternatives →

8. 8
   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.

   2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

9. 9PA
   "Programming Algorithms in Lisp” Book▲232

   2021 · apress.com · its alternatives →

10. 10MB
    My book, The Common Lisp Condition System▲177

    2020 · amazon.com · its alternatives →

11. 11
    A Lisp interpreter in C# 7▲30

    A Lisp interpreter in C# 7. Contribute to nukata/lisp-in-cs development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2018 · github.com · its alternatives →

12. 12
    A notebook-style Common Lisp environment▲180

    The notebook-style Common Lisp environment. Contribute to tamamu/darkmatter development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

13. 13
    A modernized and annotated code companion to Paul Graham's “On Lisp”▲93

    A modernized and annotated code companion to Paul Graham's "On Lisp". - DalekBaldwin/on-lisp

    2015 · github.com · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Lisp in C#▲144

    a custom Lisp. Contribute to codr7/sharpl development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

15. 15
    I Wrote a Book on Data Analysis with Rust Notebooks▲105

    A practical book on Data Analysis with Rust Notebooks that teaches you the concepts and how they’re implemented in practice.

    2020 · datacrayon.com · its alternatives →

16. 16
    Lisp with copying GC in 537 lines of C (plus Lisp 1.5 on top)▲152

    Moved to Forgejo! Contribute to krig/LISP development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2018 · github.com · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Lisp interpreter with a 2D graphics API written in Rust and OpenGL▲5

    Tiny 2d graphics environment written in rust aimed at teaching kids to code - rpasta42/skomakare

    2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

18. 18
    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 · its alternatives →

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    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 · its alternatives →

20. 20
    A first project in Rust – in-memory order book▲91

    Contribute to connorwstein/exchange development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2020 · github.com · its alternatives →

21. 21
    Minimal Lisp in ~70 lines of Haskell▲76

    GitHub Gist: instantly share code, notes, and snippets.

    2011 · gist.github.com · its alternatives →

22. 22
    LambdaLisp – A Lisp interpreter that runs on lambda calculus▲189

    A Lisp interpreter written as an untyped lambda calculus term

    2022 · woodrush.github.io · its alternatives →

23. 23
    A Language Server Implementation for SystemD Unit Files▲78

    A Language Server Protocol (LSP) implementation for systemd unit files, providing editing support with syntax highlighting, diagnostics, autocompletion, and documentation made with rust.

    2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

24. 24
    Using Common Lisp from Inside the Browser▲111

    2025 · turtleware.eu · its alternatives →

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