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Bara Lang 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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| 🇬🇧 English | 🇧🇬 Български |
|---|---|
| English Documentation | Българска Документация |
Quick Links
- GitHub/GitLab: lisp-nim
- Build:
make build && make check - Tests: 276+ tests across 8 test suites
- AI Integration: DeepSeek API, OpenAI-compatible, Xiaomi MiMo
- Test Suite: Clojure Test Suite Compatibility — cross-dialect compliance testing
Why Bara Lang?
Unlike every other Clojure dialect, Bara Lang 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 |
| Bara Lang | None — completely standalone |
Unique Advantages
- Native HAMT Persistent Data Structures — Built from scratch in Nim (Persistent Vector, Map, Set with structural sharing)
- Multiple Targets — Native binary, shared library (.so/.dll), WASM, and JavaScript from one codebase
- AOT Compiler — Clojure → Nim → C → native, running at C speed
- Nim/C Interop — Direct FFI without JVM bridging overhead
- AI-Native Tooling — Built-in AI integration for code generation, optimization, and debugging
- Concurrency Without JVM — Atoms, Agents, and core.async channels without Java threads
- Tiny Binaries — Single executables under 1MB with no runtime dependencies