rui314/minilisp

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1562 stars · 183 forks observed · 2026-08-28

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

MiniLisp is a small, readable Lisp interpreter written in under 1000 lines of heavily commented C. It supports integers, symbols, cons cells, lexical scoping, closures, macros, and a copying garbage collector.

Use cases

• learn how a Lisp interpreter is implemented in C
• study a minimal garbage collector implementation
• read a small complete interpreter codebase
• run simple Lisp expressions from the command line
• teach programming language concepts like closures and macros
• use as a starting point for building your own interpreter

When to choose

• you want to read and understand a complete Lisp implementation quickly
• you need a tiny educational interpreter with clean, commented code
• you want a minimal Lisp for Unix-like systems with no dependencies

When to avoid

• you need a production-grade Lisp with strings, error handling, and performance
• you need a maintained project with a license for commercial use
• you need a full-featured Scheme or Common Lisp implementation

Facets

cli-tool · maturity maintenance

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