carp-lang/Carp
A statically typed lisp, without a GC, for real-time applications. observed · 2026-10-09
Health v2 · maintenance only
77/100
- Activity 97
- Release rhythm 37
- Longevity 100
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-10-21. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 3935
- days_rel: 206
- days_push: 19
- n_releases_24m: 1
Adoption not part of the score
6061 stars · 188 forks observed · 2026-10-09
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded
Carp is a statically typed Lisp programming language with deterministic memory management and no garbage collector, implemented in Haskell. It targets real-time, performance-sensitive applications such as games, sound synthesis, and visualizations, with straightforward C interop and a REPL.
Use cases
- write games in a lisp without a garbage collector
- real-time audio synthesis programming language
- statically typed functional lisp
- interactive programming with a repl and macros
- interoperate with C code from a lisp
- learn a lisp with ownership-based memory management
When to choose
- you want lisp ergonomics with C-like performance and no GC pauses
- you are building real-time software like games or audio tools
- you value explicit allocation and deterministic memory management
- you want easy integration with existing C libraries
When to avoid
- you need a production-ready language for critical projects - it is a research project
- you need a large ecosystem, package manager, or extensive libraries
- you prefer garbage-collected or dynamically typed languages
- you need broad platform or tooling support beyond major desktop OSes
Facets
cli-tool · maturity experimental
programming-language compiler interpreter programming-languages compilers windows cpp cli lisp static-typing no-gc functional-programming real-time repl ownership c-interop game-development linux macos
1 source
- readme: https://github.com/carp-lang/Carp · fetched 2026-10-09 · cbe0a8fed7fc
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| carp-lang/Carp | main | 77 |
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