Clojure-like

List of Clojure-inspired programming languages, including ports, dialects, compilers, environments etc.

Updated on: 17 May 2026
Total: 74

🔥 Trending

Top-starred over the last 2 months

Icon	Name	Stars added
	let-go 🔗	➕ 337⭐
	jank 🔗	➕ 78⭐
	Carp	➕ 77⭐
	Janet 🔗	➕ 77⭐
	Clojure 🔗	➕ 73⭐
	babashka 🔗	➕ 58⭐
	Glojure	➕ 36⭐
	Phel 🔗	➕ 29⭐
	Cream	➕ 27⭐
	Hy 🔗	➕ 26⭐

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Icon	Name	Stars added
	Fennel 🔗	➕ 26⭐
	ClojureWasm	➕ 25⭐
	Sheaf 🔗	➕ 25⭐
	ClojureDart	➕ 24⭐
	FOL	➕ 24⭐
	Basilisp 🔗	➕ 20⭐
	Gloat	➕ 19⭐
	Joker 🔗	➕ 18⭐
	ClojureScript	➕ 17⭐
	Lux	➕ 15⭐
	SCI	➕ 13⭐
	nbb	➕ 13⭐
	Cloture	➕ 13⭐
	go-joker 🔗	➕ 13⭐
	ClojureCLR	➕ 11⭐
	Squint 🔗	➕ 10⭐
	Clojerl 🔗	➕ 9⭐
	Ferret 🔗	➕ 8⭐
	Cljam 🔗	➕ 7⭐
	Swish	➕ 6⭐
	ClojureRS	➕ 5⭐
	Cherry 🔗	➕ 4⭐
	Liz	➕ 4⭐
	Venice	➕ 3⭐
	Kiso 🔗	➕ 3⭐
	Rhine	➕ 2⭐
	CLClojure	➕ 2⭐
	nanoclj	➕ 2⭐
	Pixie	➕ 1⭐
	zygomys 🔗	➕ 1⭐
	Arcadia 🔗	➕ 1⭐
	wisp 🔗	➕ 1⭐
	TimL	➕ 1⭐
	Joxa	➕ 1⭐
	LispSyntax.jl	➕ 1⭐
	Lokke	➕ 1⭐
	clojure-clr-next	➕ 1⭐
	Lithium	➕ 1⭐
	Kapok 🔗	➕ 1⭐
	Bridje	➕ 1⭐
	Gojure	➕ 1⭐
	Javelin	➕ 1⭐
	clojure-rt	➕ 1⭐

⚡ Most active

Most committed to default branch over the last 2 months

Icon	Name	New commits
	Phel 🔗	➕ 1272 commits
	go-joker 🔗	➕ 856 commits
	Venice	➕ 587 commits
	let-go 🔗	➕ 188 commits
	clojure-rt	➕ 183 commits
	Bridje	➕ 128 commits
	Sheaf 🔗	➕ 123 commits
	Swish	➕ 110 commits
	Gloat	➕ 93 commits
	Cljam 🔗	➕ 90 commits

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Icon	Name	New commits
	jank 🔗	➕ 50 commits
	ClojureCLR	➕ 46 commits
	Hy 🔗	➕ 44 commits
	Carp	➕ 43 commits
	babashka 🔗	➕ 42 commits
	ClojureWasm	➕ 34 commits
	FOL	➕ 25 commits
	Janet 🔗	➕ 21 commits
	Squint 🔗	➕ 20 commits
	Cream	➕ 19 commits
	Lux	➕ 18 commits
	ClojureDart	➕ 12 commits
	SCI	➕ 11 commits
	Clojure 🔗	➕ 8 commits
	Joker 🔗	➕ 7 commits
	nbb	➕ 6 commits
	ClojureScript	➕ 5 commits
	Basilisp 🔗	➕ 4 commits
	Closhure	➕ 4 commits
	Cherry 🔗	➕ 3 commits
	ClojureHaxe	➕ 2 commits
	Glojure	➕ 1 commits

✨ Newest

Most recently created over the past year

Icon	Name	Created
	Kiso 🔗	03 Mar 2026
	Cljam 🔗	22 Feb 2026
	Cream	22 Feb 2026
	Swish	10 Feb 2026
	Gloat	02 Feb 2026
	ClojureWasm	01 Feb 2026
	FOL	18 Jan 2026
	Sheaf 🔗	10 Jan 2026

📋 Main

Icon	Name	Description	Language	Stars
	Clojure 🔗	The Clojure programming language	Java	10.9k⭐
	ClojureScript	Clojure to JS compiler	Clojure	9.4k⭐
	Carp	A statically typed lisp, without a GC, for real-time applications.	Haskell	5.9k⭐
	Hy 🔗	A dialect of Lisp that's embedded in Python	Python	5.4k⭐
	babashka 🔗	Native, fast starting Clojure interpreter for scripting	Clojure	4.5k⭐
	Janet 🔗	A dynamic language and bytecode vm	C	4.2k⭐
	jank 🔗	The native Clojure dialect hosted on LLVM with seamless C++ interop.	C++	3.2k⭐
	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	1.7k⭐
	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#	1.6k⭐
	ClojureDart	Clojure dialect for Flutter and Dart	Clojure	1.6k⭐
	SCI	Configurable Clojure/Script interpreter suitable for scripting and Clojure DSLs	Clojure	1.4k⭐
	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	988⭐
	ClojureRS	Clojure, implemented atop Rust (unofficial)	Rust	979⭐
	nbb	Scripting in Clojure on Node.js using SCI	Clojure	951⭐
	ClojureC	A Clojure implementation on top of C	Clojure	921⭐
	Squint 🔗	Light-weight ClojureScript dialect	Clojure	851⭐
	TimL	Clojure like language which compiles down to VimL	Vim Script	679⭐
	Cherry 🔗	Experimental ClojureScript to ES6 module compiler	Clojure	640⭐
	Rhine	🏞 an OCaml compiler for an untyped lisp	OCaml	635⭐
	Glojure	Clojure interpreter hosted on Go, with extensible interop support.	Go	532⭐
	gherkin 🔗	a functional programming language and interpreter written in GNU Bash 4	Shell	521⭐
	Fleck	A LISP that runs wherever Bash is	Shell	504⭐
	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	502⭐
	ki 🔗	lisp + mori, sweet.js	JavaScript	479⭐
	Joxa	A Modern Lisp for the Erlang VM	Erlang	474⭐
	Basilisp 🔗	A Clojure-compatible(-ish) Lisp dialect hosted on Python 3 with seamless Python interop	Python	457⭐
	let-go 🔗	Almost Clojure written in Go.	Go	417⭐
	Cloture	Clojure in Common Lisp	Common Lisp	398⭐
	Liz	Lisp-flavored general-purpose programming language (based on Zig)	Clojure	289⭐
	clojure-objc	Clojure for objc	Java	245⭐
	Kalai	A source-to-source transpiler to convert Clojure to multiple target languages (Rust, C++, Java, ...)	Clojure	242⭐
	LispSyntax.jl	lisp-like syntax in julia	Julia	237⭐
	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⭐
	Lokke	Lokke: Clojure for Guile	Scheme	219⭐
	cljs2go	ClojureScript to Go	Go	211⭐
	llr	Lisp-like-R: A clojure inspired lisp that compiles to R in R	R	205⭐
	Glojure	The Glojure programming language	Go	176⭐
	JO Clojure	Fast Embeddable Clojure in C/C++	C++	152⭐
	Clojurescript-Lua	Clojurescript running on lua ! In construction	Clojure	150⭐
	clojure-clr-next	Next generation of ClojureCLR under development.	F#	142⭐
	Cream	Fast starting Clojure runtime built with GraalVM native-image + Crema	Clojure	141⭐
	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⭐
	ClojureWasm	An independent Clojure runtime implemented in Zig, optimized for high-performance native execution and deep WebAssembly runtime integration.	Zig	102⭐
	nanoclj	A Tiny Clojure Interpreter	C	76⭐
	ClojureHaxe	Clojure port written in Haxe targeting multiple platforms	Haxe	67⭐
	Bridje	Bridje is a statically typed LISP targeting GraalVM, drawing inspiration from Clojure, Haskell and Kotlin.	Kotlin	61⭐
	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	44⭐
	Magic	Experimental typed JVM Lisp inspired by Clojure	Java	34⭐
	Gloat	Glojure AOT Tool	Clojure	34⭐
	Javelin	Javelin is a dialect of Lisp. It is designed to be an embedded language (minimal Lisp for the Java Virtual Machine).	Java	30⭐
	Sheaf 🔗	A functional language for machine learning. Inspired by Clojure, compiled to native GPU code.	Rust	25⭐
	FOL		HTML	24⭐
	go-joker 🔗	A personal twist on the original Clojure interpreter and linter, slightly mad, Go-ing places	Go	13⭐
	Closhure	Lisp for .NET	C#	10⭐
	Swish	A Clojure inspired Lisp written by Claude Code in Swift. For embedding or compiling to Swift.	Swift	8⭐
	Charon 🔗	Charon is a functional, LISP flavoured language that compiles to Lua.	TypeScript	7⭐
	Kiso 🔗	ClojureScript-to-JavaScript compiler in TypeScript. Zero dependencies.	TypeScript	7⭐
	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⭐
	Toccata	This is the Toccata compiler and core library. Start here.	C	6⭐
	clojure-rt		C++	4⭐
	Clarp	[Cl]ojure runtime for C Sh[arp]	C#	2⭐

• Bold name - last push was less than a year ago

Usage

1. Add project to repos.edn
2. Add your Github token to token.txt
3. lein run for updating README.md

Warning

This project uses GraphQL to make requests to the GitHub API. To run the project and update README.md, you need a GitHub token.

How to create a GitHub token

• Settings -> Developer Settings -> Personal access tokens -> Fine-grained tokens -> Generate new token
• Configure the token's details. 'Read-only access to public repositories.' is enough.
• Generate token