Alumina Programming Language

In plain words

Alumina is a general-purpose programming language that combines C-style control with higher-level language features. It borrows heavily from Rust's syntax and standard library structure, but does not prioritize memory safety. The bootstrap compiler generates C code, with a self-hosted compiler in early development targeting LLVM. Alumina is designed for developers who want low-level control without sacrificing modern language conveniences.

written from the facts on this page · September 2026

From the sources

A general purpose programming language. Contribute to alumina-lang/alumina development by creating an account on GitHub.

In the maker’s words, at launch

Alumina is a programming language I have been working on for a while. Alumina may be for you if you like the control that C gives you but miss goodies from higher level programming languages. It is mostly for fun and exercise in language design, I don't have any grand aspirations for it. It is however, by this time…

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