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Almost Clojure written in Go.

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I made a Clojure-like language in Go, boots in 7ms

by marcingas·May 9, 2026·292 points·85 comments
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●●●BangerWizardryBig BrainNiche Gem

Runs a Clojure dialect in 10MB binaries while Babashka needs a 30x larger JDK.

Strengths
  • •95% pass rate on the jank-lang Clojure test suite proves real compatibility.
  • •AOT compilation to single static binaries eliminates runtime dependency hell.
  • •Two-way Go interop lets you call Go functions from Lisp and vice versa.
Weaknesses
  • •Not a drop-in replacement; existing Clojure projects need manual adjustments.
  • •Lacks the massive ecosystem of libraries available in the official JVM runtime.
Target Audience

Clojure developers, Go enthusiasts, embedded systems engineers

Similar To

Babashka · Jank · ClojureScript

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