Clojure-like

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

Updated on: 20 May 2026
Total: 87

🔥 Trending

Top-starred over the last 2 months

Icon	Name	Stars added
	let-go 🔗	➕ 353⭐
	jank 🔗	➕ 101⭐
	Carp	➕ 82⭐
	Clojure 🔗	➕ 76⭐
	Janet 🔗	➕ 70⭐
	babashka 🔗	➕ 59⭐
	Glojure	➕ 35⭐
	Phel 🔗	➕ 32⭐
	Hy 🔗	➕ 27⭐
	Fennel 🔗	➕ 26⭐

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Icon	Name	Stars added
	Cream	➕ 25⭐
	Sheaf 🔗	➕ 24⭐
	FOL	➕ 24⭐
	ClojureDart	➕ 23⭐
	ClojureWasm	➕ 23⭐
	ClojureScript	➕ 19⭐
	Basilisp 🔗	➕ 19⭐
	Gloat	➕ 19⭐
	Joker 🔗	➕ 18⭐
	Lux	➕ 17⭐
	mino 🔗	➕ 16⭐
	go-joker 🔗	➕ 15⭐
	nbb	➕ 12⭐
	Cloture	➕ 12⭐
	SCI	➕ 11⭐
	ClojureCLR	➕ 10⭐
	Squint 🔗	➕ 10⭐
	Clojerl 🔗	➕ 9⭐
	Ferret 🔗	➕ 8⭐
	Swish	➕ 7⭐
	Cljam 🔗	➕ 7⭐
	ClojureRS	➕ 5⭐
	Cherry 🔗	➕ 5⭐
	Liz	➕ 4⭐
	Kiso 🔗	➕ 4⭐
	Beagle	➕ 4⭐
	zygomys 🔗	➕ 2⭐
	Rhine	➕ 2⭐
	CLClojure	➕ 2⭐
	nanoclj	➕ 2⭐
	clojurust	➕ 2⭐
	Pixie	➕ 1⭐
	Arcadia 🔗	➕ 1⭐
	wisp 🔗	➕ 1⭐
	TimL	➕ 1⭐
	Joxa	➕ 1⭐
	LispSyntax.jl	➕ 1⭐
	Lokke	➕ 1⭐
	Rustly	➕ 1⭐
	clojure-clr-next	➕ 1⭐
	Lithium	➕ 1⭐
	Kapok 🔗	➕ 1⭐
	Bridje	➕ 1⭐
	Gojure	➕ 1⭐
	Venice	➕ 1⭐
	Javelin	➕ 1⭐
	clojure-rt	➕ 1⭐
	clojure-py	➕ 1⭐

⚡ Most active

Most contributed to the default branch over the last 2 months

Icon	Name	New commits
	mino 🔗	➕ 1658 commits
	Phel 🔗	➕ 1297 commits
	go-joker 🔗	➕ 991 commits
	Venice	➕ 552 commits
	clojurust	➕ 259 commits
	let-go 🔗	➕ 241 commits
	clojure-rt	➕ 183 commits
	Beagle	➕ 163 commits
	Swish	➕ 132 commits
	Bridje	➕ 128 commits

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Icon	Name	New commits
	Sheaf 🔗	➕ 99 commits
	Gloat	➕ 93 commits
	clojure-py	➕ 93 commits
	Cljam 🔗	➕ 80 commits
	jank 🔗	➕ 54 commits
	Hy 🔗	➕ 48 commits
	ClojureCLR	➕ 46 commits
	babashka 🔗	➕ 39 commits
	Joker 🔗	➕ 36 commits
	Carp	➕ 35 commits
	ClojureWasm	➕ 34 commits
	FOL	➕ 25 commits
	Janet 🔗	➕ 20 commits
	Squint 🔗	➕ 20 commits
	Lux	➕ 18 commits
	Cream	➕ 18 commits
	ClojureDart	➕ 14 commits
	Clojure 🔗	➕ 8 commits
	ClojureScript	➕ 7 commits
	SCI	➕ 7 commits
	nbb	➕ 6 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
	Beagle	15 May 2026
	clojure-py	24 Apr 2026
	mino 🔗	13 Apr 2026
	Kiso 🔗	03 Mar 2026
	clojurust	02 Mar 2026
	Cljam 🔗	22 Feb 2026
	Cream	22 Feb 2026
	Swish	10 Feb 2026
	Gloat	02 Feb 2026
	ClojureWasm	01 Feb 2026

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Icon	Name	Created
	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	4.3k⭐
	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	953⭐
	ClojureC	A Clojure implementation on top of C	Clojure	921⭐
	Squint 🔗	Light-weight ClojureScript dialect	Clojure	852⭐
	TimL	Clojure like language which compiles down to VimL	Vim Script	679⭐
	Cherry 🔗	Experimental ClojureScript to ES6 module compiler	Clojure	641⭐
	Rhine	🏞 an OCaml compiler for an untyped lisp	OCaml	635⭐
	clojure-scheme	Clojure to Scheme to C to the bare metal.	Clojure	565⭐
	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⭐
	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	505⭐
	Fleck	A LISP that runs wherever Bash is	Shell	504⭐
	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	458⭐
	let-go 🔗	Almost Clojure written in Go.	Go	433⭐
	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⭐
	Rustly	A Clojure to Rust transpiler	Clojure	166⭐
	JO Clojure	Fast Embeddable Clojure in C/C++	C++	152⭐
	Clojurescript-Lua	Clojurescript running on lua ! In construction	Clojure	150⭐
	Cream	Fast starting Clojure runtime built with GraalVM native-image + Crema	Clojure	142⭐
	clojure-clr-next	Next generation of ClojureCLR under development.	F#	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	103⭐
	ClojureScript-Terra	A Terra-backed ClojureScript compiler	Clojure	88⭐
	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⭐
	ClojuRust	A proof of concept version of Clojure in Rust.	Rust	55⭐
	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⭐
	ClojureRust	Clojure to Rust compiler	Rust	40⭐
	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	26⭐
	FOL		HTML	24⭐
	ClojuRS	A fun clojure implementation in Rust	Rust	17⭐
	mino 🔗	A tiny, embeddable, REPL-friendly Lisp implemented in pure ANSI C.	C	16⭐
	go-joker 🔗	A personal twist on the original Clojure interpreter and linter, slightly mad, Go-ing places	Go	15⭐
	Closhure	Lisp for .NET	C#	10⭐
	Swish	A Clojure inspired Lisp written by Claude Code in Swift. For embedding or compiling to Swift.	Swift	9⭐
	Lemma 🔗	A Lisp designed to integrate with Lua.	Lua	9⭐
	Kiso 🔗	ClojureScript-to-JavaScript compiler in TypeScript. Zero dependencies.	TypeScript	8⭐
	Charon 🔗	Charon is a functional, LISP flavoured language that compiles to Lua.	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-metal	Implementation of Clojure running on native code.	Clojure	6⭐
	clojure-rt		C++	4⭐
	Beagle	a typed Lisp authoring surface for agent-written dynamic code.	Clojure	4⭐
	Rusjure	A compiler and a programming language highly inspired by Clojure.	Rust	4⭐
	Clarp	[Cl]ojure runtime for C Sh[arp]	C#	2⭐
	clojurust	Clojure and Rust	Rust	2⭐
	clojure-py	Clojure core on Python 3.14t via PyO3	Python	1⭐

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

Usage

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Warning

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