Self-contained Linux apps in Lisp
Not too long ago, a project of mine was shared here on HN. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38126052 In that thread I wrote: > I have this vision in my mind: embedding lone modules into sections of the lone ELF and shipping it out. Zero dependencies, self-contained. I've been working on that since that day. Proud to say I've gotten it to work and thought I'd make it the subject of my first Show HN. Some free software projects gained features along the way too. The link is to an article with a proper demonstration, technical details and what happened in the past few weeks.…
Self-contained Linux apps in Lisp launched on November 25, 2023 with 6 votes, #1,609 of 4,332 launches that month and more than 50% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 2 years on.
What it does
Creating standalone Linux applications with lone.
I started the lone lisp project to create a lisp language and environment exclusively for Linux. I built into it support for arbitrary Linux system calls so that it would be possible to implement any program without need for any external dependencies and so that every Linux feature would be available to programmers. Although far from ready for production use, I have achieved a significant milestone in the development of the language: it is now possible to create self-contained, standalone, freestanding, redistributable Linux applications written entirely in lisp. Lisp code can now be embedded directly into a copy of the lone interpreter which may then be copied to and run on any Linux…from matheusmoreira.com
In the maker’s words, at launch
Not too long ago, a project of mine was shared here on HN. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=38126052 In that thread I wrote: > I have this vision in my mind: embedding lone modules into sections of the lone ELF and shipping it out. Zero dependencies, self-contained. I've been working on that since…
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