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24 alternatives to TinyGo – LLVM-based Go compiler for microcontrollers

Go compiler for small places. Microcontrollers, WebAssembly (WASM/WASI), and command-line tools. Based on LLVM. - tinygo-org/tinygo

TinyGo is an LLVM-based Go compiler designed for microcontrollers and embedded systems. It allows developers to write microcontroller code in Go instead of lower-level languages. The compiler generates efficient… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. TinyGo – LLVM-based Go compiler for microcontrollers launched in 2018; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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   Wrote a tiny WebAssembly (wat2wasm) compiler in Go▲75

   As a personal project I wrote a really tiny Wat 2 Wasm compiler in Go. Mainly for demonstrative and educational purposes. It was tough: I didn't know anything about WebAssembly internals and I'm a newbie with Go... so I tried to document it as much as I could for anyone that would like to approach the quest in the future! It misses a lot of features (that will be gradually implemented). Any feedback is welcomed!! Demo: https://luna-demo.vercel.app

   2022 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   Tiny – An interpeted dynamic langauge with inline Go native functions▲41

   A lightweight programming language built with Go. Contribute to confh/Tiny development by creating an account on GitHub.

   Jun 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   How to write a tiny compiler▲224

   Write your own compiler: introduction. Code genetation. AST. Abstract syntax tree. lisp. javascript.

   2017 · blog.klipse.tech · its alternatives →

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   I wrote a VM and Compiler for a small language in Go▲37

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

   2020 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   TinyWasm – A tiny WebAssembly Runtime written in Rust▲172

   Show HN: TinyWasm - A tiny WebAssembly Runtime written in Rust Hi HN! I'm excited to share TinyWasm (https://github.com/explodingcamera/tinywasm), a WebAssembly Interpreter I developed for my final university project. The main goal of this project was to deepen my understanding of WebAssembly and interpreter design. TinyWasm successfully passes all the official WebAssembly 1.0 tests and also includes features from future proposals such as like bulk memory operations. Initially more of a research project, TinyWasm focuses on simplicity and portability. It has minimal…

   2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   A compiler and VM for a simple language, in 150 lines of code▲200

   A complete compiler for a simple language (in less than 150 LoC) - 00_readme.md

   2022 · gist.github.com · its alternatives →

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   I built a WASM-console using WebAssembly and tinygo▲18

   a very (x 10) basic wasm console. Contribute to rajatjindal/wasm-console development by creating an account on GitHub.

   2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   Tiny-vLLM – high performance LLM inference engine in C++ and CUDA▲205

   Build your own high performance LLM inference engine in C++ and CUDA - a smaller version of vLLM - jmaczan/tiny-vllm

   May 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   Go Micro – A distributed systems development framework▲115

   I can't tell if HN is the right kind of place for this stuff anymore since people are so advanced in their use but I thought it was interesting to leverage my existing Go microservices framework and turn it into the core of what would provide tools for an agent cli or whatever beyond that. Extensibility is key. Thought I'd share and get a conversation going.

   2020 · go-micro.dev · its alternatives →

10. 10GP
    Go playground powered by WASM that runs in the browser▲140

    2021 · go-playground-wasm.vercel.app · its alternatives →

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    Jaws – a JavaScript to WASM ahead-of-time compiler▲290

    I've open sourced a JavaScript to WASM compiler. It's an experimental tool, but given the semantics I already implemented, I'm fairly certain I am able to eventually cover 100% of JavaScript spec. Any ideas, questions or critique welcomed! If you are interested in WASM, especially with new proposals like WASM GC or exception handling, it might be a good source of seeing these features in action - the project has a few thousand lines of hand written WAT so far.

    2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    C to Go Assembly▲98

    C to Go Assembly. Contribute to minio/c2goasm development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    TinyCommand▲356

    Stop duct-taping tools. Run everything with one command.

    Nov 2025 · tinycommand.com · its alternatives →

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    A compiler for a small language into x86-64 assembly▲74

    Compiler for a small language into x86-64 Assembly - MauriceGit/compiler

    2020 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    htmgo - build simple and scalable systems with golang + htmx▲166

    Hey all, I just wanted to share a project I've been working on for the past month. After years of heavy frameworks, I really like the idea of using htmx, but it’s a little too low level for me and needs a thin layer above it to facilitate things like components, better syntax with complex JS inside of an attribute, etc To try and solve this problem with a very minimal stack (golang + htmx) that I've been really enjoying, I'm building this project to cater to my needs and was thinking it would be useful for other developers.

    2024 · htmgo.dev · its alternatives →

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    A new programming language inspired by Go, no LLVM▲82

    This is an introduction to the "Nature" project: https://nature-lang.org/docs/getting-started/meet-nature I am the author of the Nature language, and today I have released the 0.4.0-beta version. For detailed updates, please see https://nature-lang.org/docs/prologue/release-notes Now, Nature can easily interact with C language. It is anticipated that in about six months, Nature will release a version available to the community. By then, there will be stable syntax API, a complete standard library, and support for development tools. Moreover,…

    2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    A tiny WASM compiler and runtime for demonstration purposes▲48

    Hello, I'm building a WebAssembly compiler and documenting the process in the meantime. This aims to be a tool for demonstration and education purpose. It doesn't aim to do fancy stuff nor to replace existing ones. I'm building this to learn and to improve and hopefully it can be useful for others as well :) From last time I've presented the idea, I've implemented more basic features on Luna and I've built a custom and tiny runtime for Luna! (documenting it of course). Any feedback is really appreciated :) Repo: https://github.com/thomscoder/luna

    2022 · luna-demo.vercel.app · its alternatives →

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    I ported Tree-sitter to Go▲222

    This started as a hard requirement for my TUI-based editor application, it ended up going in a few different directions. A suite of tools that help with semantic code entities: https://github.com/odvcencio/gts-suite A next-gen version control system called Got: https://github.com/odvcencio/got I think this has some pretty big potential! I think there's many classes of application (particularly legacy architecture) that can benefit from these kinds of analysis tooling. My next post will be about composing all these together, an exciting project I call…

    Feb 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    A new stdlib for Golang focusing on platform native support▲154

    No gc, No goroutines, Produces small binaries while using the unmodified official go toolchain, and comes with complete Web SDK (generated from w3c/webref). We are building `pcz` to provide a reimagination of Go the language, in an effort to make it suitable for all kinds of programming tasks, and currently you can use it to build efficient web applications in Go using the generated Web SDK (as shown with the live web demo[1]). The journey is just starting, any suggestions? or any critics? [1]: https://primecitizens.github.io/livedemos/10-plat-web/

    2023 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Ultra Tiny Compiler in less than 90 lines of code▲61

    Ultra Tiny Compiler. Contribute to antonmedv/ultra-tiny-compiler development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Write Go code in JavaScript files▲158

    I built a Vite plugin that lets you write Go code directly in .js files using a "use golang" directive. It compiles to WebAssembly automatically.

    Oct 2025 · npmjs.com · its alternatives →

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    Micro – A platform for cloud native development in Go▲44

    2021 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    SIPGO – A library for writing fast SIP services in Go▲38

    SIP library for writing fast SIP services in GO. Contribute to emiago/sipgo development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2023 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    A pure Go library for interacting with LLVM IR▲81

    Library for interacting with LLVM IR in pure Go. Contribute to llir/llvm development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

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