List of Clojure-inspired programming languages, including ports, dialects, compilers, environments etc.
Updated on: 13 Aug 2026
Total: 110
Top-starred over the last 2 weeks
| Icon | Name | Stars added |
|---|---|---|
| Jolt🔗 | ➕ 89⭐ | |
| Janet🔗 | ➕ 17⭐ | |
| Clojure🔗 | ➕ 15⭐ | |
| Carp | ➕ 14⭐ | |
| babashka🔗 | ➕ 13⭐ | |
| jank🔗 | ➕ 11⭐ | |
 | let-go🔗 | ➕ 10⭐ |
| Cljbang | ➕ 9⭐ | |
| ClojureWasm | ➕ 7⭐ | |
| Squint🔗 | ➕ 6⭐ |
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| Icon | Name | Stars added |
|---|---|---|
 | SCI | ➕ 5⭐ |
| Cherry🔗 | ➕ 5⭐ | |
| mino🔗 | ➕ 5⭐ | |
| Sheaf🔗 | ➕ 4⭐ | |
| Gloat | ➕ 4⭐ | |
| Hy🔗 | ➕ 3⭐ | |
| Lux | ➕ 3⭐ | |
| Clojerl🔗 | ➕ 3⭐ | |
| ClojureCLR | ➕ 3⭐ | |
| Glojure | ➕ 3⭐ | |
| cljgo🔗 | ➕ 3⭐ | |
| mal | ➕ 2⭐ | |
 | Glisp🔗 | ➕ 2⭐ |
 | nbb | ➕ 2⭐ |
| Cream | ➕ 2⭐ | |
| Swish | ➕ 2⭐ | |
 | Fennel↗🔗 | ➕ 1⭐ |
| zygomys🔗 | ➕ 1⭐ | |
| Joker🔗 | ➕ 1⭐ | |
| wisp🔗 | ➕ 1⭐ | |
| Phel🔗 | ➕ 1⭐ | |
| Kalai | ➕ 1⭐ | |
| JO Clojure | ➕ 1⭐ | |
| clojurust | ➕ 1⭐ | |
| Lingy | ➕ 1⭐ | |
| clojure-rt | ➕ 1⭐ | |
| Bars🔗 | ➕ 1⭐ |
Most contributed to the default branch over the last 2 months
| Icon | Name | New commits |
|---|---|---|
| Jolt🔗 | ➕ 1.9k commits | |
| Beagle | ➕ 961 commits | |
| ClojureWasm | ➕ 897 commits | |
| mino🔗 | ➕ 497 commits | |
| cljgo🔗 | ➕ 480 commits | |
| Phel🔗 | ➕ 430 commits | |
| clojurust | ➕ 359 commits | |
| Glojure | ➕ 355 commits | |
| Swish | ➕ 334 commits | |
| let-go🔗 | ➕ 299 commits |
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| Icon | Name | New commits |
|---|---|---|
| Squint🔗 | ➕ 218 commits | |
 | Venice | ➕ 191 commits |
| Gloat | ➕ 130 commits | |
| jank🔗 | ➕ 116 commits | |
| Cljbang | ➕ 100 commits | |
| Sheaf🔗 | ➕ 97 commits | |
| Bars🔗 | ➕ 97 commits | |
| FOL | ➕ 83 commits | |
| SCI | ➕ 76 commits |
| Clojure🔗 | ➕ 72 commits | |
| babashka🔗 | ➕ 63 commits | |
 | go-joker🔗 | ➕ 57 commits |
| ClojureElisp | ➕ 43 commits | |
| Cherry🔗 | ➕ 30 commits | |
| Joker🔗 | ➕ 22 commits | |
| Janet🔗 | ➕ 19 commits | |
| Lux | ➕ 19 commits | |
| Cream | ➕ 19 commits | |
| nbb | ➕ 18 commits |
| Carp | ➕ 12 commits | |
 | ClojureScript | ➕ 11 commits |
| Hy🔗 | ➕ 10 commits | |
| zygomys🔗 | ➕ 9 commits | |
| ClojureDart | ➕ 9 commits | |
| Basilisp🔗 | ➕ 9 commits | |
| ClojureCLR | ➕ 3 commits |
Most recently created over the past year
| Icon | Name | Created |
|---|---|---|
| Cljbang | 21 Jul 2026 | |
| cljgo🔗 | 11 Jul 2026 | |
| Bars🔗 | 02 Jun 2026 | |
| Jolt🔗 | 01 Jun 2026 | |
| Beagle | 15 May 2026 | |
| Bara Lang↗ | 08 May 2026 | |
| clojure-py | 24 Apr 2026 | |
| mino🔗 | 13 Apr 2026 | |
| ClojureFnl | 10 Mar 2026 | |
| Clojette | 09 Mar 2026 |
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| Icon | Name | Created |
|---|---|---|
| Kiso🔗 | 03 Mar 2026 | |
| clojurust | 02 Mar 2026 | |
| Cljam🔗 | 22 Feb 2026 | |
| Cream | 22 Feb 2026 | |
| HC-Lisp🔗 | 22 Feb 2026 | |
| Swish | 10 Feb 2026 | |
| Gloat | 02 Feb 2026 | |
| ClojureWasm | 01 Feb 2026 | |
| FOL | 18 Jan 2026 | |
| Sheaf🔗 | 10 Jan 2026 | |
| ClojureElisp | 01 Jan 2026 |
| Icon | Name | Description | Language | Stars |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clojure🔗 | The Clojure programming language | Java | 11k⭐ | |
| mal | mal - Make a Lisp | Assembly | 10.7k⭐ | |
| ClojureScript | Clojure to JS compiler | Clojure | 9.4k⭐ |
| Carp | A statically typed lisp, without a GC, for real-time applications. | Haskell | 6k⭐ | |
| Hy🔗 | A dialect of Lisp that's embedded in Python | Python | 5.4k⭐ | |
| babashka🔗 | Native, fast starting Clojure interpreter for scripting | Clojure | 4.6k⭐ | |
| Janet🔗 | A dynamic language and bytecode vm | C | 4.4k⭐ | |
| jank🔗 | jank is the native Clojure dialect with seamless C++ interop. | C++ | 3.3k⭐ | |
| Fennel↗🔗 | Lua Lisp Language | Fennel | 2.7k⭐ |
| Pixie | A small, fast, native lisp with "magical" powers | Python | 2.4k⭐ | |
 | Lumo | Fast, cross-platform, standalone ClojureScript environment | Clojure | 1.9k⭐ |
| zygomys🔗 | Zygo is a Lisp interpreter written in 100% Go. Central use case: dynamically compose Go struct trees in a zygo script, then invoke compiled Go functions on those trees. Makes Go reflection easy. | Go | 1.8k⭐ | |
| Joker🔗 | Small Clojure interpreter, linter and formatter. | Go | 1.8k⭐ | |
| Lux | The Lux Programming Language | Emacs Lisp | 1.7k⭐ | |
| Clojerl🔗 | Clojure for the Erlang VM (unofficial) | Erlang | 1.7k⭐ | |
| Arcadia🔗 | Clojure in Unity | Clojure | 1.7k⭐ | |
| ClojureCLR | A port of Clojure to the CLR, part of the Clojure project | C# | 1.7k⭐ | |
| ClojureDart | Clojure dialect for Flutter and Dart | Clojure | 1.6k⭐ | |
| SCI | Configurable Clojure/Script interpreter suitable for scripting and Clojure DSLs | Clojure | 1.4k⭐ |
| Glisp🔗 | Glisp is a Lisp-based design tool that combines generative approaches with traditional design methods, empowering artists to discover new forms of expression. | TypeScript | 1.2k⭐ |
| Ferret🔗 | Ferret is a free software lisp implementation for real time embedded control systems. | Makefile | 1.1k⭐ | |
| Planck🔗 | Stand-alone ClojureScript REPL | C | 1k⭐ | |
| wisp🔗 | A little Clojure-like LISP in JavaScript | wisp | 986⭐ | |
| ClojureRS | Clojure, implemented atop Rust (unofficial) | Rust | 980⭐ | |
| nbb | Scripting in Clojure on Node.js using SCI | Clojure | 964⭐ |
| ClojureC | A Clojure implementation on top of C | Clojure | 917⭐ | |
| Squint🔗 | Light-weight ClojureScript dialect | Clojure | 892⭐ | |
| Glojure | Clojure interpreter hosted on Go, with extensible interop support. | Go | 720⭐ | |
| TimL | Clojure like language which compiles down to VimL | Vim Script | 679⭐ | |
| Cherry🔗 | Experimental ClojureScript to ES6 module compiler | Clojure | 659⭐ | |
| Rhine | 🏞 an OCaml compiler for an untyped lisp | OCaml | 636⭐ | |
| clojure-scheme | Clojure to Scheme to C to the bare metal. | Clojure | 566⭐ | |
| let-go🔗 | Almost Clojure written in Go. | Go | 545⭐ |
| gherkin🔗 | a functional programming language and interpreter written in GNU Bash 4 | Shell | 522⭐ | |
| Phel🔗 | A functional, Lisp-inspired language that compiles to PHP. Inspired by Clojure, Phel brings macros, persistent data structures, and expressive functional idioms to the PHP ecosystem. | PHP | 520⭐ | |
 | Fleck | A LISP that runs wherever Bash is | Shell | 506⭐ |
| ki🔗 | lisp + mori, sweet.js | JavaScript | 480⭐ | |
| Basilisp🔗 | A Clojure-compatible(-ish) Lisp dialect hosted on Python 3 with seamless Python interop | Python | 476⭐ | |
| Joxa | A Modern Lisp for the Erlang VM | Erlang | 475⭐ | |
| Cloture | Clojure in Common Lisp | Common Lisp | 400⭐ | |
| Liz | Lisp-flavored general-purpose programming language (based on Zig) | Clojure | 291⭐ | |
| Kalai | A source-to-source transpiler to convert Clojure to multiple target languages (Rust, C++, Java, ...) | Clojure | 247⭐ | |
| clojure-objc | Clojure for objc | Java | 245⭐ | |
| LispSyntax.jl | lisp-like syntax in julia | Julia | 236⭐ | |
| CLClojure | An experimental port of clojure to common lisp. Also some native common lisp implementations of clojure libraries, like seq, persistent vectors, etc. | Common Lisp | 231⭐ | |
| Jolt🔗 | A Clojure compiler implemented on top of Chez Scheme | Scheme | 224⭐ | |
| Lokke | Lokke: Clojure for Guile | Scheme | 220⭐ | |
| cljs2go | ClojureScript to Go | Go | 211⭐ | |
| llr | Lisp-like-R: A clojure inspired lisp that compiles to R in R | R | 205⭐ | |
| ClojureWasm | A JVM-free Clojure runtime in Zig — call WebAssembly from Clojure to use libraries written in any language. | Zig | 181⭐ | |
| Glojure | The Glojure programming language | Go | 177⭐ | |
| Rustly | A Clojure to Rust transpiler | Clojure | 167⭐ | |
| Cream | Fast starting Clojure runtime built with GraalVM native-image + Crema | Clojure | 163⭐ | |
| uclj | Small, quick, native Clojure interpreter | Clojure | 154⭐ | |
| JO Clojure | Fast Embeddable Clojure in C/C++ | C++ | 153⭐ | |
| Clojurescript-Lua | Clojurescript running on lua ! In construction | Clojure | 151⭐ | |
| clojure-clr-next | Next generation of ClojureCLR under development. | F# | 142⭐ | |
| Cormorant | Clojure(ish) interpreter in Swift | Swift | 133⭐ | |
| Lithium | Clojure-based x86 assembler and toy Lisp compiler | Clojure | 126⭐ | |
| Kapok🔗 | A Lisp on the Erlang VM | Erlang | 121⭐ | |
| Cljbang | A Clojure-like language that runs as Emacs Lisp. | Emacs Lisp | 106⭐ | |
| Apricot | Clojure-like Lisp on Rubinius | Ruby | 97⭐ | |
| ClojureScript-Terra | A Terra-backed ClojureScript compiler | Clojure | 88⭐ | |
| nanoclj | A Tiny Clojure Interpreter | C | 78⭐ | |
| ClojureHaxe | Clojure port written in Haxe targeting multiple platforms | Haxe | 68⭐ | |
| Bridje | Bridje is a statically typed LISP targeting GraalVM, drawing inspiration from Clojure, Haskell and Kotlin. | Kotlin | 61⭐ | |
| ClojuRust | A proof of concept version of Clojure in Rust. | Rust | 55⭐ | |
| Sheaf🔗 | A functional language for machine learning. Inspired by Clojure, compiled to GPUs. | Rust | 53⭐ | |
| Gloat | Glojure AOT Tool | Clojure | 52⭐ | |
| clojurust | Clojure and Rust | Rust | 52⭐ | |
| Gojure | A compiler from Clojure to Go. | Go | 51⭐ | |
| Crisp | Lisp dialect implemented with Crystal | Crystal | 47⭐ | |
| Venice | Venice, a Clojure inspired sandboxed Lisp dialect with Java interoperability serving as a safe scripting language. | Java | 46⭐ |
| Lingy | Perl | 45⭐ | ||
| ClojureRust | Clojure to Rust compiler | Rust | 40⭐ | |
| Magic | Experimental typed JVM Lisp inspired by Clojure | Java | 34⭐ | |
| FOL | HTML | 32⭐ | ||
| Javelin | Javelin is a dialect of Lisp. It is designed to be an embedded language (minimal Lisp for the Java Virtual Machine). | Java | 30⭐ | |
| ClojureElisp | A Clojure dialect that compiles to Emacs Lisp | Clojure | 29⭐ | |
| go-joker🔗 | A personal twist on the original Clojure interpreter and linter, slightly mad, Go-ing places | Go | 26⭐ |
| mino🔗 | Embeddable Clojure-inspired Lisp. | C | 25⭐ | |
| RubyLisp | A Lisp dialect of Ruby | Ruby | 25⭐ | |
| Beagle | A strict, typed subset of Clojure with native performance and hosted environment (Clj/JS/Nix) support | Racket | 23⭐ | |
| Frock | Clojure-flavoured PHP | PHP | 23⭐ | |
| cljgo🔗 | Clojure hosted on Go — AOT-emits Go source (the ClojureScript model), tree-walk REPL, universal Go interop | Go | 21⭐ | |
| Risp | A rusty Lisp inspired by Clojure for usage as simple configuration language | Rust | 18⭐ | |
| ClojuRS | A fun clojure implementation in Rust | Rust | 17⭐ | |
 | Cloje | A clone of Clojure built atop Scheme/Lisp | Clojure | 17⭐ |
| Hammock | A partial implementation of Clojure, in pure Ruby | Clojure | 16⭐ | |
| Swish | A Clojure inspired Lisp written by Claude Code in Swift. For embedding or compiling to Swift. | Swift | 12⭐ | |
| Closhure | Lisp for .NET | C# | 10⭐ | |
| Kiso🔗 | ClojureScript-to-JavaScript compiler in TypeScript. Zero dependencies. | TypeScript | 10⭐ | |
| Lemma🔗 | A Lisp designed to integrate with Lua. | Lua | 9⭐ | |
| Rouge | Ruby + Clojure = Rouge | Ruby | 9⭐ | |
 | Charon🔗 | Charon is a functional, LISP flavoured language that compiles to Lua. | TypeScript | 8⭐ |
| clojure-rt | C++ | 8⭐ | ||
| Toccata | This is the Toccata compiler and core library. Start here. | C | 8⭐ | |
| Clojette | Clojette is an opinionated and fully featured Lisp language for GreyHack written in GreyScript/MiniScript. | JavaScript | 8⭐ | |
| Cljam🔗 | Clojure interpreter with a tokenizer, reader, macro expander, evaluator, incremental compiler, vite plugin, nREPL server compatible with calva on vscode, embedded browser REPL, CLI compatible with node and bun as host | TypeScript | 7⭐ | |
| Zera-5 | A light-weight Clojure interpreter | JavaScript | 7⭐ | |
| clojure-metal | Implementation of Clojure running on native code. | Clojure | 6⭐ | |
| ClojureFnl | Fennel | 6⭐ | ||
| Rusjure | A compiler and a programming language highly inspired by Clojure. | Rust | 4⭐ | |
| Bars🔗 | Bars - systems programming language with Clojure syntax | Brightscript | 4⭐ | |
| Clarp | [Cl]ojure runtime for C Sh[arp] | C# | 2⭐ | |
| Purisp | A Lisp dialect inspired by Clojure implemented in PureScript | PureScript | 2⭐ | |
| clojure-py | Clojure core on Python 3.14t via PyO3 | Python | 1⭐ | |
| Bara Lang↗ | Bara lang - Clojure for nim language | Nim | 1⭐ | |
| HC-Lisp🔗 | HCLIsp - A modern Lisp dialect implementation in TypeScript, inspired by Clojure and Peter Norvig's Lispy project. | TypeScript | 1⭐ | |
| Lispery | Simple embeddable LISP implementation for .NET inspired by Schemy and Clojure. | C# | 0⭐ |
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