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A curated list of awesome Common Lisp frameworks, libraries and other shiny stuff.

93 mentions on Hacker News by 13 people: 2 stories, 91 comments · first 2017-07-10 · latest 2026-10-06

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  1. …It really depends on what you're doing, but many sorts of common tasks have a library to help. https://github.com/CodyReichert/awesome-cl Plus, it's straightforward to make use of libraries with a C API, there are a few slower ways to call…
    comment by Jach · 2026-10-06 · in Why Common Lisp is now the best programming language
  2. …lazy sequences and built-in general-purpose pattern matching. we can explore libraries on https://github.com/CodyReichert/awesome-cl/ concise literals: serapeum's dict or other libraries bring you { } for hash tables and the like.…
    comment by vindarel · 2026-07-17 · in A Road to Lisp: Which Lisp
  3. https://github.com/CodyReichert/awesome-cl lists some concurrency packages, such as https://github.com/sionescu/bordeaux-threads and https://github.com/sharplispers/lparallel , as being "so widespread and solid that they became community…
    comment by rmunn · 2026-07-10 · in A road to Lisp: Why Lisp
  4. …comment about Lisp in web apps today, if I may. We have a choice of web servers and web libraries ( https://github.com/CodyReichert/awesome-cl/#web-development ), and we live in happy times where HTMX or Datastar are great fit for Lisp -as…
    comment by vindarel · 2026-05-19 · in Lisp in Web-Based Applications (2001)
  5. …Links to Coalton and related libraries and apps (included Lem editor's mode and a web playground): https://github.com/CodyReichert/awesome-cl/#typing
    comment by vindarel · 2026-03-12 · in SBCL: A Sanely-Bootstrappable Common Lisp (2008) [pdf]
  6. …of concurrency approaches with Common Lisp including async ones. Ones of note are listed here: https://github.com/CodyReichert/awesome-cl?tab=readme-ov-fil... Usually they are still built on the native threads, though, but cl-coroutine is…
    comment by Jach · 2026-02-25 · in Steel Bank Common Lisp
  7. …and database programming" - more? ps: today we maintain a list of pretty decent libraries: https://github.com/CodyReichert/awesome-cl/
    comment by vindarel · 2026-02-24 · in Steel Bank Common Lisp
  8. ….asd file declaration, you'll be fine. more: https://lispcookbook.github.io/cl-cookbook/ libraries: https://github.com/CodyReichert/awesome-cl/
    comment by vindarel · 2025-12-11 · in Common Lisp, ASDF, and Quicklisp: packaging explained
  9. I'll invite to explore the CL ecosystem starting with https://github.com/CodyReichert/awesome-cl/ (it might be larger than one thinks) In terms of asynchronous programming, not built-in to implementations (like, no green threads), we have…
    comment by vindarel · 2025-10-26 · in Clojure Land – Discover open-source Clojure libraries and frameworks
  10. nice thanks, I'll check them out. They are also on https://github.com/CodyReichert/awesome-cl/
    comment by vindarel · 2025-10-12 · in Show HN: A Lisp Interpreter for Shell Scripting
  11. …are a bit too random or early. You can look at a curated list of Common Lisp libraries here: https://github.com/CodyReichert/awesome-cl/
    comment by vindarel · 2025-07-25 · in Lisp project of the day
  12. for folks looking for libraries: https://github.com/CodyReichert/awesome-cl/ (I don't know for popularity but my personal opinion is that CL is still unmatched: this level of interactive development + good debugging tools + excellent…
    comment by vindarel · 2025-04-23 · in Graphics livecoding in Common Lisp
  13. …(some are hiring) (that's just the companies we know, nothing official) https://github.com/CodyReichert/awesome-cl/
    comment by vindarel · 2025-04-06 · in Blacksmithing and Lisp
  14. …a graphical frontend as mentioned earlier) (find the links and more scientific libraries for CL on https://github.com/CodyReichert/awesome-cl )
    comment by vindarel · 2025-01-28 · in Maxima in the browser using Embedded Common Lisp on WASM
  15. …standard method for installing Common Lisp packages :) Although there are alternatives, too - https://github.com/CodyReichert/awesome-cl#library-manager
    comment by contrapunctus · 2024-10-14 · in AP5 - Declarative Programming Library For Common Lisp (1995)
  16. I think https://github.com/CodyReichert/awesome-cl with a bit more trimming/tagging and interactivity (e.g. show all "stars") to empower users to explore the ecosystem and build their own image is a better way. There should also be a large…
    comment by BoingBoomTschak · 2024-08-30 · in CIEL Is an Extended Lisp
  17. …well advanced). also https://github.com/bradleyjensen/shcl , a POSIX shell. As always: see more on https://github.com/CodyReichert/awesome-cl#shells-shells-int...
    comment by vindarel · 2024-08-30 · in CIEL Is an Extended Lisp
  18. It looks like CL is all the rage for quantum computing (and some AI companies). https://github.com/CodyReichert/awesome-cl Thinking about recent feedback: - https://blog.funcall.org//lisp%20psychoacoustics/2024/05/01/... (…
    comment by vindarel · 2024-07-29 · in My mental model of setf was wrong
  19. …second, third… up to 9nth). --- https://lispcookbook.github.io/cl-cookbook/editor-support.ht... https://github.com/CodyReichert/awesome-cl
    comment by vindarel · 2024-07-29 · in My mental model of setf was wrong
  20. …the CLHS (available for dash, zeal and emacs too!), https://lispcookbook.github.io/cl-cookbook/ and https://github.com/CodyReichert/awesome-cl , anyway. Truly, someone could tie himself to SBCL and its extensions and get a much more modern…
    comment by BoingBoomTschak · 2024-07-25 · in Defense of Lisp macros: The automotive field as a case in point
  21. …also https://github.com/cxxxr/cl-lsp ## Libraries He doesn't mention this list, what a shame: https://github.com/CodyReichert/awesome-cl => the CL ecosystem is probably bigger than you thought. Sincerely, only recently, great packages…
    comment by vindarel · 2024-05-22 · in A Road to Common Lisp (2018)
  22. …fast and that includes libraries for mundane tasks. (for more CL<->Python if anyone's interested: https://github.com/CodyReichert/awesome-cl?tab=readme-ov-fil... )
    comment by vindarel · 2024-05-12 · in Homoiconic Python
  23. …are a few game engines[0] for CL, but most of them seem to be catered specifically to 2D games. [0] https://github.com/CodyReichert/awesome-cl?tab=readme-ov-fil...
    comment by Zambyte · 2024-04-27 · in Leaving Rust gamedev after 3 years
  24. …I hope https://lispcookbook.github.io/cl-cookbook/editor-support.ht... (see more from https://github.com/CodyReichert/awesome-cl?tab=readme-ov-fil... https://cl-community-spec.github.io/pages/index.html and some more)
    comment by vindarel · 2024-03-03 · in KamilaLisp – A functional, flexible and concise Lisp
  25. …( https://www.reddit.com/r/lisp/comments/107oejk/these_years_i... ) A curated list of libraries: https://github.com/CodyReichert/awesome-cl Some companies, the ones we hear about: https://github.com/azzamsa/awesome-lisp-companies/ and oh,…
    comment by vindarel · 2024-02-15 · in Why is Common Lisp not the most popular programming language?
  26. …does it) or to install implementations, or software. I bet the ecosystem is bigger than many think: https://github.com/CodyReichert/awesome-cl and anyone would be amazed by its stability.
    comment by vindarel · 2024-02-15 · in Why is Common Lisp not the most popular programming language?
  27. …more than Emacs these days: https://lispcookbook.github.io/cl-cookbook/editor-support.ht... - https://github.com/CodyReichert/awesome-cl for libraries - https://www.classcentral.com/report/best-lisp-courses/#ancho... - a recent overview of…
    comment by vindarel · 2023-10-11 · in Common Lisp: An Interactive Approach (1992)
  28. More HTML generators for CL: https://github.com/CodyReichert/awesome-cl#html-generators-a... there are lispy ones (Spinneret), Django-like ones (Djula, I like it, easy to use and extend), HTML-based allowing for inline Lisp code (Ten),…
    comment by vindarel · 2023-09-26 · in Spinneret: A modern Common Lisp HTML generator
  29. …for networking, for writing concurrent or asynchronous code, for graphics, I refer the reader to https://github.com/CodyReichert/awesome-cl but yes, CL won't have the best libraries in some scenarii (GUI? Tk libs are good, we have Gtk4, a…
    comment by vindarel · 2023-07-26 · in Mark Watson's Lisp books
  30. …it. - https://github.com/fukamachi/clack - https://lispcookbook.github.io/cl-cookbook/web.html - https://github.com/CodyReichert/awesome-cl#web-frameworks
    comment by vindarel · 2023-06-17 · in Reddit 1.0 was written in Lisp
  31. …written in CL. https://github.com/bradleyjensen/shcl (it doesn't have completion. Not active.) https://github.com/CodyReichert/awesome-cl#shells-shells-int...
    comment by vindarel · 2023-05-25 · in Show HN: Mount Unix system into Common Lisp image
  32. …(check out the editors section: Atom/Pulsar, VSCode, Sublime, Jetbrains, Lem...) - https://github.com/CodyReichert/awesome-cl to find libraries Also: - https://stevelosh.com/blog/2018/08/a-road-to-common-lisp/ -…
    comment by vindarel · 2023-05-14 · in Successful Lisp: How to Understand and Use Common Lisp (1999)
  33. …WebSockets libraries How so? We have those libraries. HTTP/2: https://github.com/zellerin/http2/ https://github.com/CodyReichert/awesome-cl
    comment by vindarel · 2023-05-07 · in Why Lisp?
  34. https://github.com/CodyReichert/awesome-cl#parallelism-and-c... https://github.com/thezerobit/green-threads edit: static typing https://github.com/coalton-lang/coalton
    comment by medo-bear · 2023-05-07 · in Why Lisp?
  35. …you also left out some pretty big ones - sbcl and ecl. for more common lisp libraries see https://github.com/CodyReichert/awesome-cl
    comment by medo-bear · 2022-12-16 · in Kilo Lisp: A Kilo Byte-Sized Lisp System
  36. …from Python: https://github.com/marcoheisig/cl4py/ There might be more CL libraries than you think! https://github.com/CodyReichert/awesome-cl (or at least a project sufficiently advanced on your field to join forces ;) )
    comment by vindarel · 2022-11-15 · in Lisp-stick on a Python
  37. …to date. For libraries, your link lists projects hosted on their Gitlab, so I'd refer to this one: https://github.com/CodyReichert/awesome-cl
    comment by vindarel · 2022-11-04 · in Why Lisp?
  38. …±28MB unzipped and instantaneous startup times. https://lispcookbook.github.io/cl-cookbook/web.html https://github.com/CodyReichert/awesome-cl#web-frameworks https://lisp-journey.gitlab.io/blog/lisp-for-the-web-deploy-...
    comment by vindarel · 2022-10-04 · in Building a Startup on Clojure
  39. …https://opendsa-server.cs.vt.edu/ https://opendsa-server.cs.vt.edu/OpenDSA/Books/PL/html/index.html https://github.com/CodyReichert/awesome-cl#data-structures
    comment by sargstuff · 2022-09-29 · in Ask HN: I like studying the concept of abstractions
  40. …into Electron (or Neutralino) is easy, once you have your standalone binary (I'll blog about that). https://github.com/CodyReichert/awesome-cl#gui
    comment by vindarel · 2022-09-12 · in Common Lisp vs Racket
  41. …but you don't have to. There are libraries, some quite good, here's an incomplete collection: https://github.com/CodyReichert/awesome-cl It's also easy to interface with C libraries or Java libraries, there are options to interface with…
    comment by Jach · 2022-08-20 · in How I learned to stop worrying and love macros
  42. …s://lispcookbook.github.io/cl-cookbook/editor-support.ht... and other pages on the wiki may help you. https://github.com/CodyReichert/awesome-cl#community has a list of community spots if you want to seek out other opinions. The SBCL…
    comment by Jach · 2022-08-14 · in Paradigms of Artificial Intelligence Programming (1992)
  43. A google search would point you towards Hunchentoot, and https://github.com/CodyReichert/awesome-cl to a couple choices.
    comment by vindarel · 2022-08-08 · in AllegroServe, a web server written in Common Lisp
  44. > Lisp has next to no numerical libraries IIRC ? https://github.com/CodyReichert/awesome-cl#machine-learning https://github.com/CodyReichert/awesome-cl#numerical-and-sci...
    comment by medo-bear · 2022-07-21 · in New Lisp-Stat Release
  45. won't answer but a good starting point is https://github.com/CodyReichert/awesome-cl#numerical-and-sci... , did you see it? It has some libraries, for example magicl is developed by and for Quantum companies.
    comment by vindarel · 2022-07-21 · in New Lisp-Stat Release
  46. …ube.com/watch?v=XFc513MJjos&feature=youtu.be ## Libraries He doesn't mention this list, what a shame: https://github.com/CodyReichert/awesome-cl => the CL ecosystem is probably bigger than you thought. Sincerely, only recently, great…
    comment by vindarel · 2022-06-06 · in A Road to Common Lisp (2018)
  47. …you could try MGL or CLML! https://github.com/melisgl/mgl - https://github.com/mmaul/clml - https://github.com/CodyReichert/awesome-cl#machine-learning MGL's auhor [won]( https://github.com/melisgl/higgsml ) the Higgs Boson ML Challenge.
    comment by vindarel · 2022-05-03 · in Why Hy?
  48. …ORM -> postmodern or Mito (or more). IDK about Nix but several people are working with CL and Guix. https://github.com/CodyReichert/awesome-cl What worked out for me was to write companion services in CL, instead of extending my big Django…
    comment by vindarel · 2022-05-03 · in Why Hy?
  49. …//mikelevins.github.io/posts/2020-12-18-repl-driven/ There might be more CL libraries than you think: https://github.com/CodyReichert/awesome-cl but I'm not that a zealot to say you can ignore Python's ecosystem, especially in certain…
    comment by vindarel · 2022-05-03 · in Why Hy?
  50. …quick look: https://lisp-journey.gitlab.io/who/ - is this mystery used by people for today's needs? https://github.com/CodyReichert/awesome-cl
    comment by vindarel · 2022-04-27 · in The Mysteries of Lisp (2015)