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Awesome Lisp Companies

58 mentions on Hacker News by 10 people: 2 stories, 56 comments · first 2018-07-02 · latest 2026-07-17

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  1. …https://ciel-lang.org/ (shameless plug) --- > It’s currently used in … more example companies: https://github.com/azzamsa/awesome-lisp-companies/ also: https://lisp-screenshots.org/ --- > at the cost of slightly slower startup times that…
    comment by vindarel · 2026-07-17 · in A Road to Lisp: Which Lisp
  2. Examples with screenshots: http://lisp-screenshots.org/ Some companies: https://github.com/azzamsa/awesome-lisp-companies/ (Routific, Google's ITA Software, SISCOG running resource planning in transportation, trading, big data analysis,…
    comment by vindarel · 2026-03-12 · in SBCL: A Sanely-Bootstrappable Common Lisp (2008) [pdf]
  3. …usage (sorry, words are important, FUD is too close from hasty wording or hasty conclusions): https://github.com/azzamsa/awesome-lisp-companies/ (example companies using CL today, and yes some pick it for new projects, and yes some hire)…
    comment by vindarel · 2025-11-03 · in Lisp: Notes on its Past and Future (1980)
  4. …indeed. Do we have or will we have a useful-enough market presence? Here are some more companies: https://github.com/azzamsa/awesome-lisp-companies/ (only the ones we know about)
    comment by vindarel · 2025-10-26 · in Clojure Land – Discover open-source Clojure libraries and frameworks
  5. https://github.com/azzamsa/awesome-lisp-companies
    comment by reikonomusha · 2025-08-24 · in Dynamically patch a Python function's source code at runtime
  6. …it isn't mainstream, is it important, if not, what's the cursor? elements to not judge in the void https://github.com/azzamsa/awesome-lisp-companies/ (some are hiring) (that's just the companies we know, nothing official)…
    comment by vindarel · 2025-04-06 · in Blacksmithing and Lisp
  7. …trading, designing programmable chips, big data analytics… present companies (that we know about): https://github.com/azzamsa/awesome-lisp-companies/
    comment by vindarel · 2024-10-16 · in Hofstadter on Lisp (1983)
  8. …use it professionally. And pick it as first choice. Like, is CL all the rage in quantum computing? https://github.com/azzamsa/awesome-lisp-companies/ for some, prototyping goes to production: https://blog.funcall.org/lisp%20psychoacoustics/…
    comment by vindarel · 2024-10-16 · in Common Lisp implementation of the Forth 2012 Standard
  9. …thanks to Common Lisp. fun fact: there is a Common Lisp NFS Server inside the Boeings 747 and 777. https://github.com/azzamsa/awesome-lisp-companies/ (nothing official) a new one: when people in Norway drive under tunnels, they do it…
    comment by vindarel · 2024-06-06 · in Ask HN: 30y After 'On Lisp', PAIP etc., Is Lisp Still "Beating the Averages"?
  10. …than one thinks, because it is still used in the industry, it is still chosen by new companies. https://github.com/azzamsa/awesome-lisp-companies/ (nothing official here) For instance, CL seems a corner stone for quantum computing these…
    comment by vindarel · 2024-05-22 · in A Road to Common Lisp (2018)
  11. …(jzon or shasht), new ones since 2018 too, but that's a detail. BTW, see also a list of companies: https://github.com/azzamsa/awesome-lisp-companies/ (nothing official, we add when we find one) ## Other resources The Cookbook (to which I…
    comment by vindarel · 2024-05-22 · in A Road to Common Lisp (2018)
  12. …projects, also comes from Google developers. While we're at it, some more companies using CL today: https://github.com/azzamsa/awesome-lisp-companies/
    comment by vindarel · 2024-04-16 · in Google Common Lisp Style Guide
  13. …of libraries: https://github.com/CodyReichert/awesome-cl Some companies, the ones we hear about: https://github.com/azzamsa/awesome-lisp-companies/ and oh, some more editors besides Emacs or Vim: https://lispcookbook.github.io/cl-cookbook/e…
    comment by vindarel · 2024-02-15 · in Why is Common Lisp not the most popular programming language?
  14. yet no other language gives so many tools to the developer… quantum companies would disagree. https://github.com/azzamsa/awesome-lisp-companies/ (BTW: CL isn't Smalltalk which isn't uniquely that anymore, we do use source files and we can…
    comment by vindarel · 2024-02-15 · in Why is Common Lisp not the most popular programming language?
  15. …( https://screenshotbot.io ), the Kandria game ( https://kandria.com/ ), and the companies in https://github.com/azzamsa/awesome-lisp-companies and on LispWorks and Allegro's Success Stories. https://github.com/tamurashingo/reddit1.0/…
    comment by vindarel · 2024-02-12 · in We need to talk about parentheses (2020)
  16. …[2] https://jobs.lever.co/dodmg/af802f7f-4e44-4457-9e49-14bc47bd... [3] https://github.com/azzamsa/awesome-lisp-companies
    comment by reikonomusha · 2024-01-30 · in A Tour of the Lisps
  17. …[2] https://jobs.lever.co/dodmg/af802f7f-4e44-4457-9e49-14bc47bd... [3] https://github.com/azzamsa/awesome-lisp-companies
    comment by reikonomusha · 2024-01-30 · in A Tour of the Lisps
  18. …to find Clojure companies (and them to find you) than Common Lisp ones. You might want to peruse https://github.com/azzamsa/awesome-lisp-companies from time to time and see if any have openings. There's other resources linked too and of…
    comment by Jach · 2024-01-30 · in A Tour of the Lisps
  19. …is Common Lisp. Some industrial uses: - http://www.lispworks.com/success-stories/index.html - https://github.com/azzamsa/awesome-lisp-companies/ - https://lisp-lang.org/success/ Example companies: Intel's programmable chips, the ACL2…
    comment by vindarel · 2023-07-26 · in Mark Watson's Lisp books
  20. Hey there, newer member of the first group here. Please see https://github.com/azzamsa/awesome-lisp-companies/ to update your meta-comment. So, is CL used in the industry today, yes or no? Personal note: I much prefer to maintain a…
    comment by vindarel · 2023-07-03 · in Steel Bank Common Lisp
  21. Common Lisp has many industrial uses though. ( https://github.com/azzamsa/awesome-lisp-companies/ https://lisp-lang.org/success/ http://www.lispworks.com/success-stories/index.html such as https://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/moore/acl2/…
    comment by vindarel · 2023-06-29 · in Racket: Lisp for the modern day
  22. A few more that we know of, using CL today: https://github.com/azzamsa/awesome-lisp-companies/ Others: https://lisp-lang.org/success/
    comment by vindarel · 2023-06-05 · in Why Lisp Syntax Works
  23. yes https://github.com/azzamsa/awesome-lisp-companies http://lisp-lang.org/success/ industrial theorem prover, design of Intel chips, quantum compilers... and little me, being more productive and having more fun than with python to deploy…
    comment by vindarel · 2023-05-14 · in Successful Lisp: How to Understand and Use Common Lisp (1999)
  24. …lately; Feetr (finance): https://twitter.com/feetr_io/status/1587182923911991303 ) https://github.com/azzamsa/awesome-lisp-companies/ > Give us an HTTP (1.x & 2.0) and WebSockets libraries How so? We have those libraries. HTTP/2:…
    comment by vindarel · 2023-05-07 · in Why Lisp?
  25. The corollary question: examples of companies who use CL: https://github.com/azzamsa/awesome-lisp-companies/
    comment by vindarel · 2023-05-05 · in Paradigms of A.I. Programming: Case Studies in Common Lisp (1991)
  26. …an overview for 2022: https://lisp-journey.gitlab.io/blog/these-years-in-common-li... companies: https://github.com/azzamsa/awesome-lisp-companies/ pgloader went from Python to CL: https://tapoueh.org/blog/2014/05/why-is-pgloader-so-much-fa…
    comment by vindarel · 2023-01-11 · in Learn Lisp the Hard Way
  27. "Who's Using Lisp?" but today? An ongoing list: https://github.com/azzamsa/awesome-lisp-companies/ (Google (they also contribute to SBCL), quantum computing companies, Intel, millions-LOC CAD systems, chatbots companies, trading services,…
    comment by vindarel · 2022-12-22 · in Common Lisp – Myths and Legends (2002)
  28. …You can still complain, but not for the same reason ;) BTW this one is the list they are based on: https://github.com/azzamsa/awesome-lisp-companies/ See also https://lisp-lang.org/success/ http://www.lispworks.com/success-stories/index.htm…
    comment by vindarel · 2022-11-04 · in Why Lisp?
  29. The list of companies is taken from https://github.com/azzamsa/awesome-lisp-companies/ which is slightly more up to date. For libraries, your link lists projects hosted on their Gitlab, so I'd refer to this one:…
    comment by vindarel · 2022-11-04 · in Why Lisp?
  30. …still used in production, by Big Corps©, small companies, solo devs, for old projets or new ones. https://github.com/azzamsa/awesome-lisp-companies/ https://lisp-lang.org/success/ Google (ITA Software, used by travel search engines),…
    comment by vindarel · 2022-11-04 · in Why Lisp?
  31. …examples?? - http://www.lispworks.com/success-stories/index.html - https://lisp-lang.org/success/ - https://github.com/azzamsa/awesome-lisp-companies/ - Clojure? - https://github.com/vindarel/list-of-languages-implemented-in... -…
    comment by vindarel · 2022-09-28 · in What Makes Lisp Unique?
  32. …Grammarly, SRI (?), MIND.AI, and others as well (or at least used to). Check out [1]. [1] https://github.com/azzamsa/awesome-lisp-companies
    comment by reikonomusha · 2022-09-05 · in Common Lisp vs Racket
  33. …and to a (non official and growing) list of companies using CL: https://github.com/azzamsa/awesome-lisp-companies/
    comment by vindarel · 2022-07-30 · in SBCL – New in Version 2.2.7
  34. …JSON library (new ones since 2018 too), but that's a detail. BTW, see also a list of companies: https://github.com/azzamsa/awesome-lisp-companies/ ## Community We are also on Discord: https://discord.gg/hhk46CE and on Libera Chat. ##…
    comment by vindarel · 2022-06-06 · in A Road to Common Lisp (2018)
  35. Some companies: https://github.com/azzamsa/awesome-lisp-companies/ An interview: https://lisp-journey.gitlab.io/blog/lisp-interview-kina/ Hint: all Quantum computing companies, Google for ITA Software, the NASA for James-Webb's planning…
    comment by vindarel · 2022-04-27 · in Tutorial Series to learn Common Lisp quickly
  36. My previous employer is on this list: https://github.com/azzamsa/awesome-lisp-companies The driver is actually that the company needs people with a specific skillset, and their tooling is in lisp. As I saw elsewhere on HN today: "you can…
    comment by klyrs · 2022-02-02 · in Running Lisp in Production (2020)
  37. See: https://github.com/azzamsa/awesome-lisp-companies/ (to everyone answering: is your company listed there?? Thanks in advance) See also this recent interview: https://lisp-journey.gitlab.io/blog/lisp-interview-kina/ (and I also do for a…
    comment by vindarel · 2022-01-30 · in SBCL: New in Version 2.2.1
  38. also me o/ and https://github.com/azzamsa/awesome-lisp-companies/ (but I understand your feeling^^)
    comment by vindarel · 2021-10-27 · in Why Lisp? (2015)
  39. Fixed: https://github.com/azzamsa/awesome-lisp-companies/commit/7fb...
    comment by lioeters · 2021-10-12 · in Companies that use Lisp extensively
  40. …be fairly explicit about their intent. Here's an issue where they discussed the decision recently: https://github.com/azzamsa/awesome-lisp-companies/issues/43 .
    comment by eatonphil · 2021-10-11 · in Companies that use Lisp extensively
  41. …Twitter, LinkedIn… sometimes very informal ones. Some companies still pick up CL, for instance: https://github.com/azzamsa/awesome-lisp-companies/ (it's possible that Ravenpack is still hiring?). A good way is of course to learn CL and…
    comment by vindarel · 2021-10-02 · in Common Lisp
  42. …too, like https://github.com/CodyReichert/awesome-cl and a list of (current, existing) companies: https://github.com/azzamsa/awesome-lisp-companies/ Hopefully it's easier than ever to have your questions answered and start hacking in Lisp!…
    comment by vindarel · 2021-10-02 · in Common Lisp
  43. …-- has there ever been a 3D modeling program written in Clojure? Will there ever be?) https://github.com/azzamsa/awesome-lisp-companies is an ongoing collection of companies known to be using CL. In terms of "industries", right now quantum…
    comment by Jach · 2021-09-01 · in Some thoughts about raising the profile of Lisp
  44. …data when we find it, but it makes our answer to "who uses CL?" way better than only 2 years ago: https://github.com/azzamsa/awesome-lisp-companies/ Google (still, with ITA Software, people from Google contribute heavily to SBCL), Intel…
    comment by vindarel · 2021-08-09 · in Lisping at JPL (2020)
  45. > anyone uses it in industry we just don't get the news. Now we have some pointers: https://github.com/azzamsa/awesome-lisp-companies/ There are big names and companies in a diversity of areas. > lack of intuitiveness towards Julia syntax…
    comment by vindarel · 2021-07-20 · in Julia and the Reincarnation of Lisp (2020)
  46. At least now we have a list of companies not to be ashamed of: https://github.com/azzamsa/awesome-lisp-companies/ There are big names and big players. Now to see one pushing CL is another topic.
    comment by vindarel · 2021-07-20 · in Julia and the Reincarnation of Lisp (2020)
  47. …(Atom, Sublime, VSCode, Jupyter…) https://lisp-lang.org/success/ (and https://github.com/azzamsa/awesome-lisp-companies )
    comment by vindarel · 2021-03-17 · in Writing Small CLI Programs in Common Lisp
  48. Still, for some example companies: https://github.com/azzamsa/awesome-lisp-companies
    comment by vindarel · 2021-02-02 · in Why I still Lisp
  49. …transport optimisation), ACL2 (industry-strength theorem prover)… https://lisp-lang.org/success/ https://github.com/azzamsa/awesome-lisp-companies (disclaimer: these resources are not complete)
    comment by vindarel · 2021-01-20 · in Lispsyntax.jl: A Clojure-like Lisp syntax for julia
  50. OK, I want to know what's your product! (and if we can add your company to the "lisp companies" list https://github.com/azzamsa/awesome-lisp-companies ?)
    comment by vindarel · 2020-12-16 · in Ask HN: I want to start learning Lisp. Where do I begin?