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clojurescript

Clojure to JS compiler

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What it is

Clojure to JS compiler

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Where it is used

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What people are saying

I love this trend of building compilers for existing languages that target Javascript. Other 2 languages with fully functional Javascript compilers that are worth checking out:…

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This week on Hacker News

Nov 7–Nov 14 UTC · Direct repository links and separately labeled related project stories. Indexed through 11/14/2026, 6:01:08 PM UTC.

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Mentions over time

HN mentions by year88 dated mentions

Observed mentions: 2011-07-20 23:29:35 UTC to 2026-03-08 18:00:50 UTC.

051015202011-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2012-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 13 mentions; 4 submissions, 9 comments20112012-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2013-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 16 mentions; 1 submissions, 15 comments2013-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2014-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 7 mentions; 0 submissions, 7 comments2014-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2015-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 8 mentions; 0 submissions, 8 comments2015-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2016-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 22 mentions; 4 submissions, 18 comments2016-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 8 mentions; 1 submissions, 7 comments2017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 2 mentions; 0 submissions, 2 comments2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 2 mentions; 0 submissions, 2 comments20182019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 comments2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 5 mentions; 0 submissions, 5 comments2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 comments2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 2 mentions; 1 submissions, 1 comments2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2027-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 1 submissions, 0 comments. Incomplete calendar period.2026*

* An incomplete calendar period is marked with an outlined bar. Its count is not directly comparable with a full period.

Counts come from the repository’s dated source evidence. Index cutoff: 2026-11-02 08:16:59 UTC.

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20112011-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2012-01-01 00:00:00 UTC1349
20122012-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2013-01-01 00:00:00 UTC16115
20132013-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2014-01-01 00:00:00 UTC707
20142014-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2015-01-01 00:00:00 UTC808
20152015-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2016-01-01 00:00:00 UTC22418
20162016-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC817
20172017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC202
20182018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC202
20192019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC101
20202020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC505
20212021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC101
20222022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC000
20232023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC000
20242024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC211
20252025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC000
2026 (partial)2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2027-01-01 00:00:00 UTC110

From the project README

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Read the project’s introduction
What is ClojureScript? ClojureScript is a compiler for Clojure that targets JavaScript. It is designed to emit JavaScript code which is compatible with the advanced compilation mode of the Google Closure optimizing compiler. Official web site: https://clojurescript.org Releases and dependency information Latest stable release: 1.12.145 All released versions Clojure deps.edn dependency information: org.clojure/clojurescript {:mvn/version "1.12.145"} Leiningen dependency information: [org.clojure/clojurescript "1.12.145"] Maven dependency information: <dependency> <groupId>org.clojure</groupId> <artifactId>clojurescript</artifactId> <version>1.12.145</version> </dependency> Getting Started Read the Quick Start guide. Read the Documentation. Try a tutorial. Companies using ClojureScript Questions, Feedback? Please point all of your questions and feedback to the Clojure mailing list. There is a community run ClojureScript user mailing list and the IRC channel, #clojurescript on freenode.net, is quite active. There is also a community run Slack channel. The Jira bug/feature tracking application is located at https://clojure.atlassian.net/browse/CLJS. Before submitting issues please read the Reporting Issues page first. Developers Welcome ClojureScript operates under the same license as Clojure. All contributors must have a signed CA (Contributor's Agreement) and submit their patch via the appropriate channels. If you're interested in contributing to the project, please see the contributing page on clojure.org. For more information about working on the compiler and testing check the Developer section of the wiki. YourKit YourKit has given an open source license for their profiler, greatly simplifying the profiling of ClojureScript performance. YourKit supports open source projects with its full-featured Java Profiler. YourKit, LLC is the creator of YourKit Java Profiler and YourKit .NET Profiler, innovative and intelligent tools for profiling Java and .NET applications. License Copyright (c) Rich Hickey. All rights reserved. The use and distribution terms for this software are covered by the Eclipse Public License 1.0 (https://opensource.org/license/epl-1-0/) which can be found in the file epl-v10.html at the root of this distribution. By using this software in any fashion, you are agreeing to be bound by the terms of this license. You must not remove this notice, or any other, from this software.
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