bakpakin/Fennel

Health v2 · maintenance only

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2745 stars · 131 forks observed · 2026-08-28

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

Fennel is a Lisp dialect that compiles to Lua with zero runtime overhead and full Lua compatibility. It supports compile-time macros, pattern matching, and can be embedded as a single-file library for runtime extensibility.

Use cases

• write lisp code that compiles to lua
• script games with a lisp language
• embed a scripting language in my lua application
• use macros and pattern matching on the lua runtime
• compile lisp to readable lua output
• script neovim or window managers with lisp

When to choose

• you want lisp syntax and macros while targeting the Lua ecosystem
• you need zero-overhead compiled output with no runtime dependency
• you want an embeddable scripting language for games, editors, or embedded devices

When to avoid

• you need multithreading or features beyond the Lua runtime's limitations
• your team is unfamiliar with Lisp syntax
• you need a large standard library ecosystem

Facets

cli-tool · maturity stable

compiler interpreter programming-language programming-languages compilers developer-tools lua cross-platform cli embedded lisp lua macros s-expressions luajit embeddable transpiler programming-language game-development

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