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SerenityOS/jakt

The Jakt Programming Language observed · 2026-08-28

github.com/SerenityOS/jakt · C++ · BSD-2-Clause (permissive) observed · 2026-08-28

Health v2 · maintenance only

76/100

  • Activity 98
  • Release rhythm 35
  • Longevity 100

Flags: no_releases

How is this computed?

round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-02. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.

  • gap_med: n/a
  • age_days: 1581
  • days_rel: n/a
  • days_push: 12
  • n_releases_24m: 0

Full methodology

Adoption not part of the score

2989 stars · 237 forks observed · 2026-08-28

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

Jakt is a memory-safe systems programming language developed by the SerenityOS project, featuring automatic reference counting, strong typing, and bounds checking. It currently works by transpiling to C++ and is under heavy development.

Use cases

  • write memory-safe systems code without a garbage collector
  • learn how a programming language compiler is built
  • contribute to SerenityOS tooling
  • transpile a safe language to C++
  • experiment with reference-counted pointer types

When to choose

  • you want a memory-safe systems language with ARC semantics
  • you're contributing to SerenityOS or its ecosystem
  • you want to study or hack on a compiler written in C++

When to avoid

  • you need a stable, production-ready language
  • you need a mature ecosystem of libraries and tooling
  • you can't rely on clang for the C++ transpilation step

Facets

library · maturity experimental

compiler programming-language programming-languages compilers developer-tools windows cpp memory-safety transpiler systems-programming serenityos linux macos

1 source

Member repositories

RepositoryRoleHealth v2
SerenityOS/jaktmain76

For agents

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