basilisp
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A Clojure-compatible(-ish) Lisp dialect targeting Python 3.10+.
Basilisp is developed on GitHub and
hosted on PyPI. You can fetch Basilisp
using pip:
pip install basilisp
Once Basilisp is installed, you can enter into the REPL using:
basilisp repl
Basilisp documentation can help guide your exploration at the REPL. Additionally, Basilisp features many of the same functions and idioms as Clojure, so you may find guides and documentation there helpful for getting started.
For those who prefer a video introduction, feel free to check out this talk hosted by the London Clojurians group about Basilisp.
Basilisp is a project I (@chrisrink10) created to learn about Python, Clojure, hosted languages, and compilers.
That said, it is generally stable at this point with reasonably high test coverage, linting, and type checking. Work is ongoing to complete the rest of the standard library implementations. I suspect it could be used to build small applications and tools at this point, though I would not recommend it unless you like being an early adopter.
Use in a production setting at your own risk.
Eclipse Public License 1.0
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A Clojure-like lisp written for Python
We found that basilisp demonstrated a healthy version release cadence and project activity because the last version was released less than a year ago. It has 1 open source maintainer collaborating on the project.
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