# esseks/monicelli

An esoteric programming language, come se fosse antani.

Repository: https://github.com/esseks/monicelli
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/monicelli
Language: C++
License: GPL-3.0
License Family: copyleft
Last push: 2025-11-23T18:29:36+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 53/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 53, release rhythm 26, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4296, "days_push": 283, "days_rel": 283, "gap_med": 185.0, "n_releases_24m": 3}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1380, forks 53 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:33.854613+00:00)

## What it is
Monicelli is an esoteric programming language based on the 'supercazzole' gibberish from the Italian comedy film Amici Miei. It ships with mcc, an LLVM-based compiler that translates Monicelli source files into native executables that can link directly with C/C++ code.

## Use cases
- write programs in an esoteric joke language
- compile supercazzola-based source code to native binaries
- learn how to build a compiler with LLVM
- link esoteric language code with C/C++ programs
- explore hand-written parser and lexer design with ragel

## When to choose
- you want a fun, joke-driven programming language for entertainment or demos
- you want a small real-world codebase to study compiler construction with LLVM
- you need to mix esoteric-language object files with C/C++ code

## When to avoid
- you need a practical language for real software projects
- you need Windows support, since mcc currently requires a POSIX system
- you want a large ecosystem, standard library, or community packages

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: active
- function: compiler, programming-language, interpreter
- domain: programming-languages, compilers, developer-tools
- platform: cpp, cli
- tags: esoteric-language, llvm, supercazzola, italian-comedy, compiler-toolchain, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- esseks/monicelli (main) score 53

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:33.854613+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 2026-08-30T04:40:14.611488+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/esseks/monicelli (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:33.854613+00:00, sha 3806a0bb7407)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.