ashinn/chibi-scheme

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1390 stars · 159 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

Chibi-Scheme is a minimal Scheme implementation designed to be embedded as an extension and scripting language in C programs. It supports R7RS-small, lightweight VM-based threads, multiple isolated VMs per process, and has no external dependencies.

Use cases

• embed a scripting language in a C application
• add a small Scheme interpreter to a game or tool
• run multiple isolated script VMs in different OS threads
• experiment with R7RS-small Scheme
• run Scheme in the browser via Emscripten
• script mobile apps on iOS or Android

When to choose

• you need a tiny, dependency-free scripting engine for a C project
• you want standards-compliant R7RS-small Scheme
• you need multiple isolated interpreter instances or lightweight threads
• you target constrained or unusual platforms like Plan 9 or Emscripten

When to avoid

• you need maximum runtime performance for compute-heavy workloads
• you want a large ecosystem of third-party libraries
• you need a general-purpose standalone scripting language like Python or Lua with batteries included

Facets

library · maturity stable

interpreter programming-language embedded programming-languages developer-tools embedded-systems windows bsd cross-platform wasm c scheme r7rs extension-language scripting small-footprint vm linux macos android ios

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