# kitlang/kit

Kit: a magical, high performance programming language, designed for game development.

Repository: https://github.com/kitlang/kit
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/kitlang-kit
Language: Haskell
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Last push: 2021-08-14T01:21:10+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2952, "days_push": 1846, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1028, forks 33 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:17.318235+00:00)

## What it is
Kit is a statically typed programming language that compiles to C, offering modern features like type inference, algebraic data types, pattern matching, and a typed term rewriting system for metaprogramming. It was designed for high performance, cross-platform game development as an alternative to C/C++, and includes a build tool driven by YAML project configuration.

## Use cases
- write high performance games without manual C boilerplate
- compile a modern language down to portable C
- use existing C libraries directly without writing wrappers
- learn how a compiler implemented in Haskell works
- prototype DSLs via compile-time term rewriting

## When to choose
- you want C-level performance with a more expressive type system
- you need direct interop with C libraries without bindings
- you're targeting game development on a pre-alpha experimental language

## When to avoid
- you need a production-ready, actively maintained language
- you want garbage collection and a large ecosystem out of the box
- you need long-term stability or community support

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: abandoned
- function: compiler, programming-language, build-tool, cli
- domain: programming-languages, compilers
- platform: cross-platform, windows, cpp
- tags: systems-language, compiles-to-c, game-development, pre-alpha, haskell-compiler, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- kitlang/kit (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:17.318235+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T07:07:47.073784+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/kitlang/kit (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:17.318235+00:00, sha c30edaf53a9f)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.