Scheme C

Open-source Scheme projects categorized as C

Top 4 Scheme C Projects

  1. cyclone

    :cyclone: A brand-new compiler that allows practical application development using R7RS Scheme. We provide modern features and a stable system capable of generating fast native binaries.

  2. Stream

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  3. ol

    Otus Lisp (Ol) is a purely functional multi-platform Scheme dialect with built-in FFI and infix math.

    Project mention: Otus Lisp | news.ycombinator.com | 2025-06-22

    Interesting; it's an opinionated implementation of R7RS. Lost of deviations is here:

    https://github.com/yuriy-chumak/ol/blob/master/doc/R7RS-DIFF...

  4. Schemings

    You dig Scheme. The world is coded in C. You get both.

  5. sph-sc

    compiles scheme-like s-expressions to c

NOTE: The open source projects on this list are ordered by number of github stars. The number of mentions indicates repo mentiontions in the last 12 Months or since we started tracking (Dec 2020).

Scheme C discussion

Scheme C related posts

  • A Performance Comparison of Modern Garbage Collectors (2021) [pdf]

    1 project | news.ycombinator.com | 30 Oct 2024
  • Best implementation for standalone + browser executable?

    2 projects | /r/scheme | 23 Feb 2023
  • How to Detect a Cycle in a Linked List

    1 project | dev.to | 11 Feb 2023
  • Which Scheme for compiling C to use in WASM?

    2 projects | /r/scheme | 15 Jan 2023
  • Tail Call Optimization by Base Jumping off the Stack

    1 project | dev.to | 9 Jan 2023
  • Treesitter conceals by default. What do you think about that?

    2 projects | /r/neovim | 26 Oct 2022
  • Learn Scheme by Example: Tk GUI with Chicken Scheme

    5 projects | dev.to | 12 Nov 2021
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    getstream.io | 23 Dec 2025
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Index

What are some of the best open-source C projects in Scheme? This list will help you:

# Project Stars
1 cyclone 868
2 ol 267
3 Schemings 100
4 sph-sc 21

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