List of Clojure-inspired programming languages, including ports, dialects, compilers, environments etc.
Updated on: 01 Oct 2026
Total: 113
Top-starred over the last 2 months
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Jolt 🔗 | ➕ 172⭐ |
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Janet 🔗 | ➕ 81⭐ |
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Carp | ➕ 64⭐ |
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babashka 🔗 | ➕ 39⭐ |
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jank 🔗 | ➕ 38⭐ |
| mal | ➕ 37⭐ | |
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let-go 🔗 | ➕ 31⭐ |
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Clojure 🔗 | ➕ 27⭐ |
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Choq | ➕ 22⭐ |
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Squint 🔗 | ➕ 18⭐ |
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| Cljbang | ➕ 16⭐ | |
| clojurust | ➕ 15⭐ | |
| ClojureDart | ➕ 14⭐ | |
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ClojureWasm | ➕ 14⭐ |
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Fennel ↗ 🔗 | ➕ 12⭐ |
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Glojure | ➕ 11⭐ |
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SCI | ➕ 10⭐ |
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Phel 🔗 | ➕ 10⭐ |
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ClojureCLR | ➕ 8⭐ |
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Cherry 🔗 | ➕ 8⭐ |
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nbb | ➕ 7⭐ |
| Joker 🔗 | ➕ 6⭐ | |
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Glisp 🔗 | ➕ 6⭐ |
| Cream | ➕ 6⭐ | |
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Sheaf 🔗 | ➕ 6⭐ |
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Gloat | ➕ 6⭐ |
| mino | ➕ 6⭐ | |
| zygomys 🔗 | ➕ 5⭐ | |
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Lux | ➕ 5⭐ |
| cljgo 🔗 | ➕ 5⭐ | |
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Clojerl 🔗 | ➕ 3⭐ |
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Arcadia 🔗 | ➕ 3⭐ |
| Basilisp 🔗 | ➕ 3⭐ | |
| Ferret 🔗 | ➕ 2⭐ | |
| Cloture | ➕ 2⭐ | |
| Swish | ➕ 2⭐ | |
| clojure-rt | ➕ 2⭐ | |
| wisp 🔗 | ➕ 1⭐ | |
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Fleck | ➕ 1⭐ |
| Liz | ➕ 1⭐ | |
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Kalai | ➕ 1⭐ |
| JO Clojure | ➕ 1⭐ | |
| clojure-clr-next | ➕ 1⭐ | |
| Lithium | ➕ 1⭐ | |
| Bridje | ➕ 1⭐ | |
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Venice | ➕ 1⭐ |
| Lingy | ➕ 1⭐ | |
| Javelin | ➕ 1⭐ | |
| ClojureElisp | ➕ 1⭐ | |
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go-joker 🔗 | ➕ 1⭐ |
| Beagle | ➕ 1⭐ | |
| Closhure | ➕ 1⭐ | |
| Toccata | ➕ 1⭐ | |
| Bars 🔗 | ➕ 1⭐ |
Most contributed to the default branch over the last 2 months
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Jolt 🔗 | ➕ 1.9k commits |
| Beagle | ➕ 1.7k commits | |
| mino | ➕ 696 commits | |
| clojurust | ➕ 361 commits | |
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Phel 🔗 | ➕ 327 commits |
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babashka 🔗 | ➕ 237 commits |
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let-go 🔗 | ➕ 177 commits |
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Janet 🔗 | ➕ 133 commits |
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ClojureWasm | ➕ 89 commits |
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Sheaf 🔗 | ➕ 80 commits |
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ClojureCLR | ➕ 74 commits |
| ClojureElisp | ➕ 72 commits | |
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go-joker 🔗 | ➕ 71 commits |
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Choq | ➕ 71 commits |
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Gloat | ➕ 63 commits |
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Glojure | ➕ 62 commits |
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Squint 🔗 | ➕ 58 commits |
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Clojure 🔗 | ➕ 38 commits |
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jank 🔗 | ➕ 38 commits |
| cljgo 🔗 | ➕ 35 commits | |
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Lux | ➕ 30 commits |
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SCI | ➕ 26 commits |
| Bridje | ➕ 26 commits | |
| Swish | ➕ 24 commits | |
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nbb | ➕ 20 commits |
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Cherry 🔗 | ➕ 15 commits |
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Venice | ➕ 11 commits |
| ClojureDart | ➕ 10 commits | |
| Clove | ➕ 10 commits | |
| Joker 🔗 | ➕ 9 commits | |
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ClojureScript | ➕ 5 commits |
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Carp | ➕ 5 commits |
| Cloture | ➕ 4 commits | |
| Cljam 🔗 | ➕ 4 commits | |
| Basilisp 🔗 | ➕ 2 commits | |
| Lithium | ➕ 2 commits | |
| Cljbang | ➕ 1 commits |
Most recently created over the past year
| Icon | Name | Created |
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Choq | 08 Aug 2026 |
| Cljbang | 21 Jul 2026 | |
| cljgo 🔗 | 11 Jul 2026 | |
| Bars 🔗 | 02 Jun 2026 | |
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Jolt 🔗 | 01 Jun 2026 |
| Beagle | 15 May 2026 | |
| Bara Lang ↗ | 08 May 2026 | |
| clojure-py | 24 Apr 2026 | |
| mino | 13 Apr 2026 | |
| Clojette | 09 Mar 2026 |
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Kiso 🔗 | 03 Mar 2026 |
| clojurust | 02 Mar 2026 | |
| Cljam 🔗 | 22 Feb 2026 | |
| Cream | 22 Feb 2026 | |
| HC-Lisp 🔗 | 22 Feb 2026 | |
| Swish | 10 Feb 2026 | |
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Gloat | 02 Feb 2026 |
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ClojureWasm | 01 Feb 2026 |
| Clove | 28 Jan 2026 | |
| FOL | 18 Jan 2026 | |
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Sheaf 🔗 | 10 Jan 2026 |
| ClojureElisp | 01 Jan 2026 |
| Icon | Name | Description | Language | Stars |
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Clojure 🔗 | The Clojure programming language | Java | 11k⭐ |
| mal | mal - Make a Lisp | Assembly | 10.7k⭐ | |
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ClojureScript | Clojure to JS compiler | Clojure | 9.4k⭐ |
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Carp | A statically typed lisp, without a GC, for real-time applications. | Haskell | 6.1k⭐ |
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Hy 🔗 | A dialect of Lisp that's embedded in Python | Python | 5.4k⭐ |
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babashka 🔗 | Native, fast starting Clojure interpreter for scripting | Clojure | 4.6k⭐ |
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Janet 🔗 | A dynamic language and bytecode vm | C | 4.4k⭐ |
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jank 🔗 | jank is the native Clojure dialect with seamless C++ interop. | C++ | 3.3k⭐ |
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Fennel ↗ 🔗 | Lua Lisp Language | Fennel | 2.8k⭐ |
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Pixie | A small, fast, native lisp with "magical" powers | Python | 2.4k⭐ |
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Lumo | Fast, cross-platform, standalone ClojureScript environment | Clojure | 1.9k⭐ |
| zygomys 🔗 | Zygo is a Lisp interpreter written in 100% Go. Central use case: dynamically compose Go struct trees in a zygo script, then invoke compiled Go functions on those trees. Makes Go reflection easy. | Go | 1.8k⭐ | |
| Joker 🔗 | Small Clojure interpreter, linter and formatter. | Go | 1.8k⭐ | |
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Lux | The Lux Programming Language | Emacs Lisp | 1.7k⭐ |
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Clojerl 🔗 | Clojure for the Erlang VM (unofficial) | Erlang | 1.7k⭐ |
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Arcadia 🔗 | Clojure in Unity | Clojure | 1.7k⭐ |
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ClojureCLR | A port of Clojure to the CLR, part of the Clojure project | C# | 1.7k⭐ |
| ClojureDart | Clojure dialect for Flutter and Dart | Clojure | 1.6k⭐ | |
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SCI | Configurable Clojure/Script interpreter suitable for scripting and Clojure DSLs | Clojure | 1.4k⭐ |
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Glisp 🔗 | Glisp is a Lisp-based design tool that combines generative approaches with traditional design methods, empowering artists to discover new forms of expression. | TypeScript | 1.2k⭐ |
| Ferret 🔗 | Ferret is a free software lisp implementation for real time embedded control systems. | Makefile | 1.1k⭐ | |
| Planck 🔗 | Stand-alone ClojureScript REPL | C | 1k⭐ | |
| wisp 🔗 | A little Clojure-like LISP in JavaScript | wisp | 986⭐ | |
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ClojureRS | Clojure, implemented atop Rust (unofficial) | Rust | 980⭐ |
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nbb | Scripting in Clojure on Node.js using SCI | Clojure | 969⭐ |
| ClojureC | A Clojure implementation on top of C | Clojure | 919⭐ | |
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Squint 🔗 | Light-weight ClojureScript dialect | Clojure | 904⭐ |
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Glojure | Clojure interpreter hosted on Go, with extensible interop support. | Go | 729⭐ |
| TimL | Clojure like language which compiles down to VimL | Vim Script | 679⭐ | |
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Cherry 🔗 | Experimental ClojureScript to ES6 module compiler | Clojure | 662⭐ |
| Rhine | 🏞 an OCaml compiler for an untyped lisp | OCaml | 633⭐ | |
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let-go 🔗 | Almost Clojure written in Go. | Go | 566⭐ |
| clojure-scheme | Clojure to Scheme to C to the bare metal. | Clojure | 566⭐ | |
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Phel 🔗 | A functional, Lisp-inspired language that compiles to PHP. Inspired by Clojure, Phel brings macros, persistent data structures, and expressive functional idioms to the PHP ecosystem. | PHP | 529⭐ |
| gherkin 🔗 | a functional programming language and interpreter written in GNU Bash 4 | Shell | 522⭐ | |
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Fleck | A LISP that runs wherever Bash is | Shell | 507⭐ |
| ki 🔗 | lisp + mori, sweet.js | JavaScript | 480⭐ | |
| Basilisp 🔗 | A Clojure-compatible(-ish) Lisp dialect hosted on Python 3 with seamless Python interop | Python | 479⭐ | |
| Joxa | A Modern Lisp for the Erlang VM | Erlang | 472⭐ | |
| Cloture | Clojure in Common Lisp | Common Lisp | 402⭐ | |
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Jolt 🔗 | A Clojure compiler implemented on top of Chez Scheme | Scheme | 309⭐ |
| Liz | Lisp-flavored general-purpose programming language (based on Zig) | Clojure | 293⭐ | |
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Kalai | A source-to-source transpiler to convert Clojure to multiple target languages (Rust, C++, Java, ...) | Clojure | 247⭐ |
| clojure-objc | Clojure for objc | Java | 245⭐ | |
| LispSyntax.jl | lisp-like syntax in julia | Julia | 236⭐ | |
| CLClojure | An experimental port of clojure to common lisp. Also some native common lisp implementations of clojure libraries, like seq, persistent vectors, etc. | Common Lisp | 231⭐ | |
| Lokke | Lokke: Clojure for Guile | Scheme | 220⭐ | |
| cljs2go | ClojureScript to Go | Go | 211⭐ | |
| llr | Lisp-like-R: A clojure inspired lisp that compiles to R in R | R | 205⭐ | |
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ClojureWasm | A JVM-free Clojure runtime in Zig — call WebAssembly from Clojure to use libraries written in any language. | Zig | 189⭐ |
| Glojure | The Glojure programming language | Go | 175⭐ | |
| Cream | Fast starting Clojure runtime built with GraalVM native-image + Crema | Clojure | 167⭐ | |
| Rustly | A Clojure to Rust transpiler | Clojure | 167⭐ | |
| uclj | Small, quick, native Clojure interpreter | Clojure | 154⭐ | |
| JO Clojure | Fast Embeddable Clojure in C/C++ | C++ | 153⭐ | |
| Clojurescript-Lua | Clojurescript running on lua ! In construction | Clojure | 151⭐ | |
| clojure-clr-next | Next generation of ClojureCLR under development. | F# | 143⭐ | |
| Cormorant | Clojure(ish) interpreter in Swift | Swift | 133⭐ | |
| Lithium | Clojure-based x86 assembler and toy Lisp compiler | Clojure | 127⭐ | |
| Kapok 🔗 | A Lisp on the Erlang VM | Erlang | 121⭐ | |
| Cljbang | A Clojure-like language that runs as Emacs Lisp. | Emacs Lisp | 116⭐ | |
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Apricot | Clojure-like Lisp on Rubinius | Ruby | 97⭐ |
| ClojureScript-Terra | A Terra-backed ClojureScript compiler | Clojure | 88⭐ | |
| nanoclj | A Tiny Clojure Interpreter | C | 78⭐ | |
| ClojureHaxe | Clojure port written in Haxe targeting multiple platforms | Haxe | 68⭐ | |
| clojurust | Clojure and Rust | Rust | 66⭐ | |
| Bridje | Bridje is a statically typed LISP targeting GraalVM, drawing inspiration from Clojure, Haskell and Kotlin. | Kotlin | 62⭐ | |
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Sheaf 🔗 | A functional language for machine learning. Inspired by Clojure, compiled to GPUs. | Rust | 55⭐ |
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ClojuRust | A proof of concept version of Clojure in Rust. | Rust | 55⭐ |
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Gloat | Glojure AOT Tool | Clojure | 54⭐ |
| Gojure | A compiler from Clojure to Go. | Go | 51⭐ | |
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Venice | Venice, a Clojure inspired sandboxed Lisp dialect with Java interoperability serving as a safe scripting language. | Java | 47⭐ |
| Crisp | Lisp dialect implemented with Crystal | Crystal | 47⭐ | |
| Lingy | Perl | 45⭐ | ||
| ClojureRust | Clojure to Rust compiler | Rust | 40⭐ | |
| Magic | Experimental typed JVM Lisp inspired by Clojure | Java | 34⭐ | |
| FOL | HTML | 32⭐ | ||
| Javelin | Javelin is a dialect of Lisp. It is designed to be an embedded language (minimal Lisp for the Java Virtual Machine). | Java | 31⭐ | |
| ClojureElisp | A Clojure dialect that compiles to Emacs Lisp | Clojure | 30⭐ | |
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go-joker 🔗 | A personal twist on the original Clojure interpreter and linter, slightly mad, Go-ing places | Go | 27⭐ |
| mino | [Discontinued] Embeddable Clojure-inspired Lisp. | C | 26⭐ | |
| Beagle | Beagle is an independent statically typed Lisp derived from Clojure. | Racket | 25⭐ | |
| RubyLisp | A Lisp dialect of Ruby | Ruby | 25⭐ | |
| Risp | a lisp(clojure) in Objective-C, run on OS X and iOS | Objective-C | 25⭐ | |
| cljgo 🔗 | Clojure hosted on Go — AOT-emits Go source (the ClojureScript model), tree-walk REPL, universal Go interop | Go | 24⭐ | |
| Frock | Clojure-flavoured PHP | PHP | 23⭐ | |
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Choq | Choq: Cherry on QuickJS | Rust | 22⭐ |
| Risp | A rusty Lisp inspired by Clojure for usage as simple configuration language | Rust | 18⭐ | |
| ClojuRS | A fun clojure implementation in Rust | Rust | 17⭐ | |
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Cloje | A clone of Clojure built atop Scheme/Lisp | Clojure | 17⭐ |
| Hammock | A partial implementation of Clojure, in pure Ruby | Clojure | 16⭐ | |
| Swish | A Clojure inspired Lisp written by Claude Code in Swift. For embedding or compiling to Swift. | Swift | 12⭐ | |
| Closhure | Lisp for .NET | C# | 11⭐ | |
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Kiso 🔗 | ClojureScript-to-JavaScript compiler in TypeScript. Zero dependencies. | TypeScript | 10⭐ |
| clojure-rt | C++ | 9⭐ | ||
| Toccata | This is the Toccata compiler and core library. Start here. | C | 9⭐ | |
| Lemma 🔗 | A Lisp designed to integrate with Lua. | Lua | 9⭐ | |
| Rouge | Ruby + Clojure = Rouge | Ruby | 9⭐ | |
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Charon 🔗 | Charon is a functional, LISP flavoured language that compiles to Lua. | TypeScript | 8⭐ |
| Clojette | Clojette is an opinionated and fully featured Lisp language for GreyHack written in GreyScript/MiniScript. | JavaScript | 8⭐ | |
| Cljam 🔗 | Clojure interpreter with a tokenizer, reader, macro expander, evaluator, incremental compiler, vite plugin, nREPL server compatible with calva on vscode, embedded browser REPL, CLI compatible with node and bun as host | TypeScript | 7⭐ | |
| Zera-5 | A light-weight Clojure interpreter | JavaScript | 7⭐ | |
| clojure-metal | Implementation of Clojure running on native code. | Clojure | 6⭐ | |
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Rusjure | A compiler and a programming language highly inspired by Clojure. | Rust | 4⭐ |
| Bars 🔗 | Bars - systems programming language with Clojure syntax | Brightscript | 4⭐ | |
| Clarp | [Cl]ojure runtime for C Sh[arp] | C# | 2⭐ | |
| Purisp | A Lisp dialect inspired by Clojure implemented in PureScript | PureScript | 2⭐ | |
| clojure-py | Clojure core on Python 3.14t via PyO3 | Python | 1⭐ | |
| Bara Lang ↗ | Bara lang - Clojure for nim language | Nim | 1⭐ | |
| HC-Lisp 🔗 | HCLIsp - A modern Lisp dialect implementation in TypeScript, inspired by Clojure and Peter Norvig's Lispy project. | TypeScript | 1⭐ | |
| Lispery | Simple embeddable LISP implementation for .NET inspired by Schemy and Clojure. | C# | 0⭐ | |
| NPLisp | An interpreted lisp dialect, inspired by Clojure | Java | 0⭐ | |
| Clove | Clove language — Clojure‑inspired Lisp with native build, OOP syntax, and FFI. | Rust | 0⭐ |
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