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24 alternatives to Orion Language

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    A few weeks ago I saw a post about someone converting an entire C++ codebase to Rust using AI in under two weeks. That inspired me — if AI can rewrite a whole language stack that fast, I wanted to try building a programming language from scratch with AI assistance. I've also been noticing growing global interest in Korean language and culture, and I wondered: what would a programming language look like if every keyword was in Hangul (the Korean writing system)? Han is the result. It's a statically-typed language written in Rust with a full compiler pipeline (lexer → parser → AST →…

    Mar 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    WebKit. Extensions. Privacy. Check icon Pick all three.

    Nov 2025 · blog.kagi.com · its alternatives →

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    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 hobby project of mine that I started a few years ago to learn about programming language implementation. It was created 95% without AI, although a few recent commits include code from Gemini CLI. I started out following Crafting Interpreters, but gradually branched off that until I had almost nothing left in common. Tech stack: Rust, Cranelift (JIT compilation), LALRPOP (parser). Original title: "A small programming language where everything is a value" (edited based on comments)

    Jan 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Develop web apps in React & Node.js with no boilerplate

    2020 · wasp.sh · its alternatives →

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    The open source agentic BI platform

    Aug 2026 · orion-agent.ai · its alternatives →

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    Hi HN, I built Titan, a backend framework where you write routes and logic in JavaScript, and the CLI compiles everything into a single Rust + Axum binary using the Boa JS engine. No Node.js is required in production. The idea is to keep JS developer experience while getting Rust performance and a self-contained deployable server. Current features: JS route DSL Action system mapped to Rust esbuild bundling Generated Rust server with Axum Hot-reload dev server Single-binary output Repo: https://github.com/ezet-galaxy/-ezetgalaxy-titan Would love feedback on the…

    Dec 2025 · npmjs.com · its alternatives →

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    Hi HN! Silk is a project I began working on approximately six months ago without any prior experience or knowledge of compiler design, and it's been a frustrating but fun learning experience. It is very much a work in progress, but I would love to hear feedback of any kind!

    2020 · ajaymt.github.io · its alternatives →

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    Generate Erlang VM byte code from Haskell. Contribute to kofigumbs/codec-beam development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2018 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Beam▲8

    A HTTP client for developers built with Rust

    Jun 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Actor runtime and distributed systems framework for Rust - LeonHartley/Coerce-rs

    2019 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    The purely functional user interface library that

    2018 · kbrsh.github.io · its alternatives →

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    "Game" is a stretch, but I put together this repo containing a pure Rust app which uses SDL2 and compiles to WASM (and can be run in a browser). Older resources were a bit out of date and a bit too verbose for my purposes, so here's a minimal working example.

    2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Wrote this to learn more about the `chumsky` parser combinator library, rustyline, and the `ariadne` error reporting crate. Such a nice DX combo for writing new languages. Still a work in progress, but I thought I'd share :)

    2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Hello everyone! I'm exited to share a NodeJS package I was working on for the past two months. The package is designed to simplify querying SQL databases through an array-like API. Qustar supports PostgreSQL, SQLite, MySQL, and MariaDB, and offers TypeScript support for a robust development experience. It's in early stage of development. I would like to hear your thoughts about it.

    2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    G'day, HN! I'm one of the maintainers of `llm`. I've been working alongside a trusty group of contributors to bring this project to life, and we're now at a point where we're ready to share it with the world. Large language models (LLMs) are taking the computing world by storm due to their emergent abilities that allow them to perform a wide variety of tasks, including translation, summarization, code generation, and even some degree of reasoning. However, the ecosystem around LLMs is still in its infancy, and it can be difficult to get started with these models. `llm` is a one-stop shop for…

    2023 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Edge full-stack LLM platform. Written in Rust. Contribute to llm-edge/hal-9100 development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2023 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Hey HN! We’re excited to share Orion [1] — our new visual agent that sees, reasons, and acts across images, videos, and documents. Frontier VLMs (GPT, Claude, Gemini) can describe what they see, but they can’t reliably act on visual inputs. Ask them to detect objects, segment images, or chain visual steps — they’ll fail in surprisingly inconsistent ways. High-res images collapse to ~1024px. And the visual AI ecosystem is fragmented across separate APIs for image understanding, OCR, image-gen, video-gen, etc. We built Orion to fix this. Orion combines VLM reasoning with reliable…

    Nov 2025 · chat.vlm.run · its alternatives →

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    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

    Jun 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    The Antimony programming language. Contribute to antimony-lang/antimony development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2021 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Aurora's C++ units library called "Au" (rhymes with "hey you!") has been a small but critical tool in Aurora's software development toolbox. Today, we're sharing it with the world[1]: Au is now open source for all to use. Feel free to ask me any questions! [1] https://blog.aurora.tech/engineering/introducing-au-our-open...

    2023 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Hi HN, I'm the creator of Mach (https://github.com/octalide/mach or https://machlang.org). Two days ago, we finally achieved full self hosting. I wanted to make a post here to show off the language since this is a big milestone for us. ## TL;DR about the language for those curious: - There are no external dependencies anywhere in the pipeline. This includes LLVM, libc bindings, or anything of the sort (save for the historical bootstrap compiler, which requires any C compiler and has been phased out completely). - Mach is extremely opinionated and very…

    Jun 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    My implementation of Thorsten Bell's book (Writing an Interpreter in Go) - actuallyachraf/monkey-giggle

    2020 · github.com · its alternatives →

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