AGaghuang·Aug 5, 2026Submission
Soppo – A language that compiles to Go, with the features it's missing
3 points · Open discussionhalcyonnouveau
soppo
Rust2025–2026
halcyonnouveau / soppo
soppo
Go, with the features it's missing.
5Distinct people
7Mentions
0Explicit recommenders
209GitHub stars
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What it is
Go, with the features it's missing.
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Also in these discussions
- borgo-lang/borgo · linked in 2 of the same discussions
Mentioned in the same Hacker News threads. That is not proof they are substitutes.
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Observed mentions: 2025-12-01 14:10:38 UTC to 2026-08-05 08:41:55 UTC.
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| Period | Start (UTC) | End (exclusive, UTC) | Mentions | Submissions | Comments |
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| Dec 2025 | 2025-12-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Jan 2026 | 2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2026-02-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Feb 2026 | 2026-02-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2026-03-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Mar 2026 | 2026-03-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2026-04-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Apr 2026 | 2026-04-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2026-05-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| May 2026 | 2026-05-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2026-06-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Jun 2026 | 2026-06-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2026-07-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Jul 2026 | 2026-07-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2026-08-01 00:00:00 UTC | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Aug 2026 | 2026-08-01 00:00:00 UTC | 2026-09-01 00:00:00 UTC | 1 | 1 | 0 |
What Hacker News says
7 sourcesI'll be happy is Lisette succeeds, but I like Soppo (https://github.com/halcyonnouveau/soppo) for staying closer to Go and not introducing this mismatch.
In Show HN: I made a Clojure-like language in Go, boots in 7msThe issue is there are a number of Golang alternative languages. Solod has a lot of competition (from most to least GitHub stars):
1) https://github.com/vlang/v (Vlang)
2) https://github.com/odin-lang/odin (Odin)
3) https://github.com/goplus/xgo (Xgo, formerly Goplus)
4) https://github.com/borgo-lang/borgo (Borgo)
5) https://github.com/mitchellh/gox (Gox)
6) https://github.com/MadAppGang/dingo (Dingo)
7) https://github.com/ivov/lisette (Lisette)
8) https://github.com/anzellai/sky (Sky)
9) https://github.com/halcyonnouveau/soppo (Soppo)
In Solod v0.1: Go ergonomics, practical stdlib, native C interopLooks cool. Does it have lsp support?
Edit: oh wait, I see from the docs that LSP is supported: https://github.com/halcyonnouveau/soppo
In Soppo: Golang, with the features it's missingThere are several languages that compile to Go, trying to be a better a Go. Off the top of my head: XGo (https://github.com/goplus), Borgo (https://github.com/borgo-lang/borgo), Soppo (https://github.com/halcyonnouveau/soppo)...
In Lisette a little language inspired by Rust that compiles to GoShow HN: Soppo – A Golang superset that adds enums, pattern matching, nil safety
Hey HN, I've been working on Soppo, a language that compiles to Go, adding features to catch errors at compile time instead of runtime: enums with exhaustive matching, `?` for error propagation, and nil safety from static analysis of nil flows (sort of like https://github.com/uber-go/nilaway but currently much less sophisticated). It's designed to still look and feel like Go, and be able to use any Go library directly.
Playground: https://play.soppolang.dev
Not production ready and still a little early in development, but curious what people think about the design.
2 points · Open discussionShow HN: Soppo – A Golang superset that adds enums, pattern matching, nil safety
2 points · Open discussion