BEbehnamoh·Feb 27, 2024Submission
List of application software built with Common Lisp
4 points · Open discussionazzamsa
awesome-cl-software
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awesome-cl-software
List of awesome application software built with Common Lisp
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| Period | Start (UTC) | End (exclusive, UTC) | Mentions | Submissions | Comments |
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| 2017 | 2017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 2018 | 2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | 2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | 2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | 2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2023 | 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 1 | 0 |
What Hacker News says
3 sourcesAlright, here's my little selection of projects.
If you don't see a project in your field it doesn't mean there is no software or library.
Are they as awesome as the Rust/Go projects? It depends.
Is it an exhaustive list? No.
For a list of companies using CL and more projects, old or current, see the other links.
## Music
- [OpusModus](http://opusmodus.com/) - a comprehensive computer-aided environment for the whole work of music composition. [Proprietary].
- [OM7](https://github.com/openmusic-project/om7) - a new implementation of the OpenMusic visual programming and computer-aided composition environment including a number of improvements on graphical interface, computational mode, and connection to external software libraries. [GPL3][2].
- [ScoreCloud](https://scorecloud.com/) - A web and mobile application to automatically create musi
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c notation from music performance or recordings. Built with LispWorks.
## DB tools
- [Pgloader](https://github.com/dimitri/pgloader/) - Migrate to PostgreSQL in a single command!. [PostgreSQL License]
- [Pgchart](https://github.com/dimitri/pgcharts) - A self-contained web application that takes as input an SQL query text and outputs its data as a chart. [No License Specified]
## Utils
- [Cepl](https://github.com/cbaggers/cepl) - Code Evaluate Play Loop. [2-clause BSD].
- [Regex-coach](http://weitz.de/regex-coach/) - a graphical application for Windows which can be used to experiment with (Perl-compatible) regular expressions interactively. Freeware.
## Text editors
- [Lem](https://github.com/cxxxr/lem) - Common Lisp editor/IDE with high expansibility. [MIT]. Works for many languages, has a LSP client.
## Math
- [Maxima](https://sourceforge.net/projects/maxima/files/) - Computer Algebra System written in Common Lisp. [GPL2].
- https://github.com/susam/mathb A math pastebin
## Graphics
- [Sketch](https://github.com/vydd/sketch) -A Common Lisp framework for the creation of electronic art, visual design, game prototyping, game making, computer graphics, exploration of human-computer interaction, and more.
## Productivity
- [Grammarly](https://www.grammarly.com/) - Grammar checking. [Proprietary].
- [Deftask](https://deftask.com/) - Painless task management for teams. [Partly Open Source].
- [Ichiran](https://github.com/tshatrov/ichiran) - Linguistic tools for texts in Japanese language. [MIT].
- [Ballish](https://gitlab.com/ralt/ballish - a pretty fast code search tool.
### Window Manager
- [Stumpwm](https://github.com/stumpwm/stumpwm) - The Stump Window Manager.
## Mobile Applications
- [ScoreCloud Express](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/scorecloud-express/id566535238) - An iPhone and iPad application that automatically creates music notation from music performance or recordings.
### Games
Just 2:
- Kandria https://kandria.com/
- [sucle](https://github.com/terminal625/sucle) - A Minecraft clone (voxel game engine). [MIT].
- [Notalone](https://github.com/borodust/notalone) - You wake up nowhere in the night. Hungry zombies around, but your ol' pal "BOOMSTICK" is with you. [GPL3]
My selection comes from https://github.com/azzamsa/awesome-cl-software
Awesome Common Lisp Application Software
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