# ring-lang/ring

A simple, lightweight, flexible, embeddable, portable and multi-paradigm dynamic programming language for developing applications, tools, and domain-specific languages

Repository: https://github.com/ring-lang/ring
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/ring-lang-ring
Homepage: https://ring-lang.github.io
Language: C
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: programming-language, compiler, virtual-machine, ring, language, ring-programming-language, imperative-programming-language, procedural, object-oriented, functional-programming, declarative-language, natural-language, desktop, web, mobile, games, windows, linux, macos, webassembly
Last push: 2026-08-25T12:17:55+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 90/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 99, release rhythm 74, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3814, "days_push": 8, "days_rel": 98, "gap_med": 80, "n_releases_24m": 8}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1460, forks 434 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:47.314222+00:00)

## What it is
Ring is a simple, lightweight, embeddable, multi-paradigm dynamic programming language implemented in C, supporting imperative, procedural, object-oriented, functional, declarative, and natural-language programming. It ships with batteries-included libraries for building console, GUI, web, game, and mobile applications across many platforms including WebAssembly.

## Use cases
- build a general-purpose application in a simple dynamic language
- create domain-specific languages without writing a compiler
- develop desktop GUI applications with RAD tools
- make 2D games with a built-in game engine
- embed a scripting language into a C/C++ application
- write frontend web code compiled to WebAssembly
- build mobile apps from one language

## When to choose
- you want a lightweight, embeddable scripting language with a small C implementation
- you need flexible syntax and DSL creation without parser tooling
- you want one language spanning desktop, web, mobile, and games
- you prefer natural-language-style and declarative programming constructs

## When to avoid
- you need a large ecosystem, mature package registry, or big community
- you require maximum runtime performance or heavy concurrency tooling
- your team sticks to mainstream languages for hiring and tooling
- you need first-class async or strong static typing

## Facets
- artifact type: library
- maturity: active
- function: programming-language, compiler, interpreter, game-engine, gui
- domain: programming-languages, compilers, web-development, desktop-applications, mobile-development
- platform: windows, wasm, cross-platform, cpp
- tags: dynamic-language, multi-paradigm, embeddable, natural-language-programming, virtual-machine, domain-specific-languages, game-development, linux, macos, android

## Member repositories
- ring-lang/ring (main) score 90

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:47.314222+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 2026-08-30T08:20:16.380133+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/ring-lang/ring (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:47.314222+00:00, sha da08f559a752)
  - homepage: https://ring-lang.github.io (fetched 2026-08-29T11:44:07.524866+00:00, sha 3cf80d25cd6a)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.