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Jolt — Clojure Without the JVM

jolt-lang.net ↗ · Developer Corner · score 84.0
○Open: public page gives enough substance to understand the site $Paid: pricing, booking, ecommerce, subscription, or paid access is visible ADAds: visible ad load or ad-supported content ✦Pretty: notable design, copy, craft, or presentation ◆Pro: polished, finished-feeling, serious, or operationally mature ◇Niche: specific audience, workflow, or unusually focused use case ◉Human: personal, local, community, civic, handmade, or real-person signal !Suspicious: scammy, spammy, trust theater, finance fog, or credibility concern

Jolt is a self-hosted Clojure implementation that runs on Scheme, targeting Chez natively and Gambit-compiled JavaScript.

Why it surfaced

This is a notably specific piece of language machinery: its Clojure-written compiler compiles itself, while `jolt build` packages the runtime, standard library, application, and dependencies into one standalone binary. The homepage also embeds a live browser REPL, giving the project a working demonstration rather than just a list of ambitions.

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