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24 alternatives to Spaik, a Lisp compiler/VM with a moving GC written in Rust

The SPAIK LISP Programming Language. Contribute to snyball/spaik 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. Spaik, a Lisp compiler/VM with a moving GC written in Rust launched in 2021; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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    Looking for feedback on the API, happy hacking!

    2023 · github.com · its alternatives →

  2. 2RL

    Read Essays by Stepan Parunashvili

    2019 · m.stopa.io · its alternatives →

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    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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    Lisp 2 Go. Contribute to codr7/g-fu development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2019 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Slint is a declarative GUI toolkit written primarily in Rust, with API support for multiple programming languages such as C++ and JavaScript. It is designed for desktop and embedded usage. The Slint website has just been redesigned. And we added a new Royalty-Free License option besides GPL and commercial

    2023 · slint.dev · its alternatives →

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    Hi HN, author here. Happy to answer any questions. I had an itch to make a lisp like language that was a thin layer on top JavaScript. Something that could leverage the thriving ecosystem that exists around JavaScript. It's brittle, hot off the oven. Besides being a fan of parenthesis, I think macros fill in a gap that the JavaScript ecosystem today fills in with one-off compilers, bundler plugins and such. Macros can't do everything, but for example I think they have the potential to enable things like JSX, Solid and Svelte style libraries. Take the tour to get a feel for what it can do and…

    2023 · daklang.com · its alternatives →

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    Open-source DevOps agent to secure & manage production infra

    2025 · stakpak.dev · its alternatives →

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    An implementation of a dynamic programming language in Rust. Includes: Parser/Compiler, REPL, Virtual Machine, Bytecode Disassembler This started out as a learning project to teach myself Rust. It has grown into a decently substantial piece of software and I've learned quite a bit in the process! Some neat things: + A garbage collector that can store dynamically sized types without any double-indirection (i.e. I have my own Box implementation with manual alloc/dealloc) + The smart pointer used to reference GCed data is a thin pointer. The ptr metadata needed for DSTs is stored in…

    2022 · github.com · 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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    Moved to Forgejo! Contribute to krig/LISP development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2018 · github.com · its alternatives →

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

    2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

  13. 13IW

    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 →

  14. 14IM
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    A lisp rosetta stone to demonstrate modern language features - eatonphil/lisp-rosetta-stone

    2021 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    a lisp implemented in Javascript (not very useful!) - jes5199/brid.js

    2011 · github.com · its alternatives →

  17. 17ID
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    An experimental minimal chat written in Common Lisp - ryukinix/lisp-chat

    2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Meta programming utilities for C++14. Merged in matt-42/lithium - matt-42/iod

    2014 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    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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    Slint is a declarative GUI toolkit for Rust, C++, JavaScript & Python — build native UIs for embedded, desktop, and web from a single codebase.

    2020 · sixtyfps.io · its alternatives →

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

    2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    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 →

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