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- Complete independence from Java ecosystem (JVM, GraalVM, Closure)
- Native HAMT persistent data structures built from scratch in Nim
- Multi-target compilation (native, shared lib, WASM, JS)
- AI-native tooling and concurrency without JVM threads

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Clojure/Nim Documentation

A Clojure dialect that compiles to Nim → C → native binaries. The only standalone Clojure implementation completely free from the Java ecosystem.

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  • GitHub/GitLab: lisp-nim
  • Build: make build && make check
  • Tests: 276+ tests across 8 test suites
  • AI Integration: DeepSeek API, OpenAI-compatible, Xiaomi MiMo

Why Clojure/Nim?

Unlike every other Clojure dialect, Clojure/Nim has zero dependency on the Java ecosystem — no JVM, no GraalVM, no Google Closure Compiler, no Java standard library.

Dialect Java Ecosystem Dependency
Clojure (JVM) Full — runs on JVM
ClojureScript Heavy — Google Closure Compiler
Babashka Medium — GraalVM native-image
Clojure/Nim None — completely standalone

Unique Advantages

  1. Native HAMT Persistent Data Structures — Built from scratch in Nim (Persistent Vector, Map, Set with structural sharing)
  2. Multiple Targets — Native binary, shared library (.so/.dll), WASM, and JavaScript from one codebase
  3. AOT Compiler — Clojure → Nim → C → native, running at C speed
  4. Nim/C Interop — Direct FFI without JVM bridging overhead
  5. AI-Native Tooling — Built-in AI integration for code generation, optimization, and debugging
  6. Concurrency Without JVM — Atoms, Agents, and core.async channels without Java threads
  7. Tiny Binaries — Single executables under 1MB with no runtime dependencies