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24 alternatives to Lispex, a lisp interpreter in Elixir

Lisp Interpreter in Elixir. Contribute to farazhaider/lispex development by creating an account on GitHub.

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Lispex, a lisp interpreter in Elixir launched in 2018; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   eli – Embedded Lisp Interpreter▲45

   Embedded Lisp Interpreter. Contribute to codr7/eli development by creating an account on GitHub.

   2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   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 →

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   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 →

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   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 →

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   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 →

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   Risp – Lisp in Rust▲314

   Read Essays by Stepan Parunashvili

   2019 · m.stopa.io · its alternatives →

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   A Lispy, embedded Forth▲61

   2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   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 →

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   Minimal Lisp in ~70 lines of Haskell▲76

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

   2011 · gist.github.com · its alternatives →

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    Using Common Lisp from Inside the Browser▲111

    2025 · turtleware.eu · its alternatives →

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    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 →

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    Open Interpreter▲182

    Control your computer with natural language

    2023 · openinterpreter.com · its alternatives →

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

    A lisp rosetta stone to demonstrate modern language features - eatonphil/lisp-rosetta-stone

    2021 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Small Lisp in Kotlin▲7

    Small Lisp interpreter written in Kotlin. Contribute to Javier-Barrio/klisp development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2020 · github.com · 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 →

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    Lisp in C#▲144

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

    2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    A Lisp compiler and environment in Go▲76

    The gsp compiler. Contribute to gsp-lang/gsp development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2015 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Lisp in Dart▲5

    A fast Lisp interpreter in Dart. Contribute to nukata/lisp-in-dart development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2018 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    DevLensPro▲98

    AI-powered debugging for Claude Code. Point, click, fix

    Jan 2026 · devlens.pro · its alternatives →

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    I wrote a BASIC interpreter in Go▲144

    A BASIC interpreter written in golang. Contribute to skx/gobasic development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2018 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    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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    Superset of Lisp and Lua Programming Language, a la JSX▲38

    Lisp is Lisp. Lua is Lua. Lisp and Lua as One. Contribute to meric/l2l development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    a practical Lisp in C▲5

    a custom Lisp in C. Contribute to codr7/alisp development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2021 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Lisp Shell▲120

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

    2018 · github.com · its alternatives →

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