factor/factor
Factor programming language observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
74/100
- Activity 99
- Release rhythm 28
- Longevity 100
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: 453
- age_days: 6371
- days_rel: 267
- days_push: 10
- n_releases_24m: 2
Adoption not part of the score
1850 stars · 222 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
Factor is a concatenative, stack-based programming language with dynamic types, extensible syntax, macros, and garbage collection. It ships a fully compiled implementation with a large standard library, interactive development tools, and cross-platform standalone deployment.
Use cases
- learn concatenative stack-based programming
- build portable cross-platform applications
- prototype interactively in a compiled language
- write scripts with a rich standard library
- deploy standalone binaries on Windows, macOS, and Linux
- explore macro and extensible syntax systems
When to choose
- you want a stack-based concatenative language with a full standard library
- you need interactive development with compiled performance
- you want portable standalone binaries across major platforms
When to avoid
- you need arm64 support, which is not yet available
- your team requires mainstream language ecosystem and hiring pool
- you need stable GUI support on newer Linux (GTK2 dependency issues)
Facets
application · maturity active
programming-language interpreter compiler gui cli programming-languages compilers developer-tools cross-platform windows cross-platform cli concatenative stack-based-language dynamic-typing macros garbage-collection interactive-development standalone-deployment linux macos
3 sources
- readme: https://github.com/factor/factor · fetched 2026-08-28 · 61b9bb9dc00a
- homepage: https://factorcode.org/ · fetched 2026-08-29 · d081fbad2b1a
- site_page: https://docs.factorcode.org/ · fetched 2026-08-29 · d97e3ded2a82
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| factor/factor | main | 74 |
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