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- 1LA
2022 · woodrush.github.io
- 2LW
2021 · justine.lol
- 3LI
2021 · github.com
- 4PA
2015 · shaunlebron.github.io
- 5IW
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
- 6TL
2024 · github.com
- 7FS
2016 · fullstacklisp.com
- 8PA
2021 · apress.com
- 9
- 10AL
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
- 11NL
2010 · github.com
- 12G8
Mar 2026 · firthemouse.github.io
- 13AL
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.
Oct 2025 · github.com
- 14LSLisp Shell▲120
2018 · github.com
- 15LILisp in C#▲144
2024 · github.com
- 16AL
Feb 2026 · github.com
- 17KD
Oct 2025 · gist.github.com
- 18RL
2019 · m.stopa.io
- 19AL
Antilisp is a Lisp designed for code generation in non-lisp languages. The interpreter is written in RPython, and the language is designed for easy adoption by non-lispers. The project is still young, but the language can be played with if you don't mind missing some important features like modules and pattern matching. I have not published the source code yet, because I am not completely sure how to base a sustainable business on this project and I don't want to risk having to rugpull after raising expectations.
2025 · antilisp.com
- 20MU
2023 · github.com
- 21TL
2022 · github.com
- 22IC
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
- 23WA
2023 · github.com
- 24AC
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
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