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#1 Show HN: dockerc – Docker image to static executable "compiler"

374 points | 135 comments | Mar 06, 2024 | by NilsIRL

#2 Show HN: Cannoli – A compiler for a subset of Python written in Rust

292 points | 94 comments | May 17, 2018 | by joncatanio

#3 Show HN: Jaws – a JavaScript to WASM ahead-of-time compiler

290 points | 107 comments | Nov 09, 2024 | by drogus

#4 Show HN: My C compiler compiled itself

275 points | 128 comments | Dec 03, 2024 | by keyvank

#5 Show HN: Lambda-8cc – An x86 C compiler written in untyped lambda calculus

249 points | 29 comments | Oct 06, 2022 | by woodrush

#6 Show HN: QBE – a new compiler back end

241 points | 68 comments | Apr 23, 2016 | by mpu

#7 Show HN: How to write a tiny compiler

224 points | 63 comments | Feb 09, 2017 | by viebel

#8 Show HN: macOS-cross-compiler – Compile binaries for macOS on Linux

215 points | 75 comments | Feb 17, 2024 | by shepherdjerred

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#9 Show HN: Joy – a Go to JavaScript compiler

201 points | 98 comments | Dec 12, 2017 | by matthewmueller

#10 Show HN: A compiler and VM for a simple language, in 150 lines of code

200 points | 45 comments | Jul 16, 2022 | by p4bl0

#11 Show HN: Otterkit – COBOL compiler for .NET

192 points | 77 comments | Jan 17, 2023 | by KTSnowy

#12 Show HN: Homebrew 16bit CPU from 74HC logic with C compiler and Unix-like OS

192 points | 42 comments | Dec 08, 2023 | by pconst167

#13 Show HN: TinyGo – LLVM-based Go compiler for microcontrollers

177 points | 22 comments | Aug 18, 2018 | by ngaut

#14 Show HN: My own C compiler (just for fun)

175 points | 50 comments | Jun 14, 2016 | by rcorcs

#15 Show HN: A work-in-progress C compiler from scratch

159 points | 42 comments | Aug 03, 2021 | by r1chardnl

#16 Show HN: C#-to-JavaScript compiler powered by Microsoft Roslyn

155 points | 96 comments | Jan 15, 2015 | by DuoCode

#17 Show HN: Lady Deirdre 2 – Rust Framework for Compilers and LSP Servers

141 points | 36 comments | Jun 21, 2024 | by Eliah_Lakhin

#18 Show HN: ShivyC – Hobby C compiler created in Python

120 points | 11 comments | Mar 30, 2018 | by ssarodia

#19 Show HN: Z80 Compiler Visualization

109 points | 33 comments | Apr 29, 2017 | by sehugg

#20 Show HN: I wrote a .NET to JS compiler. Here's an XNA demo compiled to JS.

103 points | 18 comments | May 31, 2011 | by kevingadd

#21 Show HN: My Turbo Pascal compiler in JavaScript

101 points | 81 comments | Oct 18, 2013 | by lkesteloot

#22 Show HN: Simple virtual machine, assembler, and C compiler

99 points | 14 comments | Dec 07, 2016 | by ronsor

#23 Show HN: Million 3 – Optimizing compiler for React

97 points | 54 comments | Feb 02, 2024 | by aidenyb

#24 Show HN: Faster.js – a micro-optimizing JavaScript compiler

89 points | 32 comments | Apr 20, 2018 | by vzhou842

#25 Show HN: Making a Compiler to Prove Tmux Is Turing Complete

88 points | 12 comments | Mar 15, 2024 | by willhbr

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#26 Show HN: Python-to-Python compiler for some 3.6 features in older versions

87 points | 107 comments | Apr 27, 2017 | by nvbn

#27 Show HN: High-performance ahead-of-time compiler for Machine Learning

83 points | 35 comments | Dec 13, 2018 | by andrew-wja

#28 Show HN: Compiler using Lisp’s macro system for metaprogramming C-like languages

80 points | 32 comments | Jan 05, 2018 | by dis0rdr

#29 Show HN: Excel to Python Compiler

79 points | 36 comments | May 23, 2024 | by narush

#30 Show HN: AVR-VM – VM with JIT-compiler for ATMega32 written in Rust

78 points | 11 comments | Feb 21, 2017 | by MackieLoeffel

#31 Show HN: Cupertino.js – A JavaScript to Cocoa compiler and runtime

77 points | 23 comments | Aug 23, 2014 | by jermar

#32 Show HN: A Lisp compiler and environment in Go

76 points | 20 comments | Sep 27, 2015 | by eatonphil

#33 Show HN: Wrote a tiny WebAssembly (wat2wasm) compiler in Go

75 points | 2 comments | Nov 01, 2022 | by thomscoder

#34 Show HN: A compiler for a small language into x86-64 assembly

74 points | 22 comments | Apr 29, 2020 | by EllipticCurve

#35 Show HN: JSONSchema to TypeScript compiler

72 points | 34 comments | Apr 25, 2017 | by bcherny

#36 Show HN: Moon – 3kb JavaScript UI compiler

71 points | 50 comments | Jul 28, 2018 | by kbr

#37 Show HN: es6_maps, new Elixir syntax feature via runtime compiler hacking

71 points | 30 comments | May 12, 2024 | by kzemek

#38 Show HN: Free Code Editor for Pair Programming with Compilers and Autocomplete

71 points | 25 comments | Jun 04, 2015 | by asadlionpk

#39 Show HN: Compiler Fundamentals – Closure Conversion

70 points | 7 comments | Feb 16, 2019 | by rain1

#40 Show HN: Standalone Jdk.compiler, Java Compiler Framework and Tree API

69 points | 13 comments | Oct 10, 2023 | by kohlschuetter

#41 Show HN: My "weekend" project, an ML dialect and compiler

68 points | 13 comments | Nov 14, 2012 | by texodus

#42 Show HN: Scala-ts – Scala to TypeScript compiler

66 points | 14 comments | Dec 09, 2016 | by miloszpp

#43 Show HN: Diez – open-source framework and compiler for design languages

65 points | 14 comments | Nov 18, 2019 | by zackbrown

#44 Show HN: Just.sh – compiler that turns Justfiles into portable shell scripts

64 points | 25 comments | Dec 26, 2023 | by jstrieb

#45 Show HN: Ultra Tiny Compiler in less than 90 lines of code

61 points | 9 comments | Apr 04, 2016 | by medv

#46 Show HN: Pascal to LLVM Compiler in Haskell

61 points | 4 comments | Mar 16, 2020 | by sam46

#47 Show HN: SharePad.io – A collaborative code editor and compiler

60 points | 29 comments | Jan 01, 2021 | by yufw

#48 Show HN: WIP C compiler in Go, inspired by 8cc

60 points | 12 comments | Mar 17, 2015 | by andrewchambers

#49 Show HN: Fork, a toy self-hosting language and compiler that compiles to C

58 points | 3 comments | Oct 06, 2018 | by mcilloni

#50 Show HN: Simplexhc – Haskell to LLVM compiler (design phase)

55 points | 14 comments | Jun 25, 2017 | by bollu

#51 Show HN: Codon: A Compiler for High-Performance Pythonic Applications and DSLs [pdf]

54 points | 19 comments | Mar 12, 2023 | by sargstuff

#52 Show HN: BrainIDE – A feature-packed Brainfuck compiler

53 points | 30 comments | Jun 01, 2022 | by LovetheFrogs

#53 Show HN: A tiny WASM compiler and runtime for demonstration purposes

48 points | 19 comments | Nov 13, 2022 | by thomscoder

#54 Show HN: A self-hosted js compiler in 1k loc

47 points | 13 comments | Feb 10, 2017 | by Schampu

#55 Show HN: xocc – C compiler based on BSD license

39 points | 17 comments | Mar 21, 2021 | by steven_known

#56 Show HN: Js2glsl ShaderToy – Source to Source Compiler from JavaScript to GLSL

38 points | 7 comments | Aug 03, 2015 | by albinofrenchy

#57 Show HN: Compiler Playground for energy-efficient embedded dataflow processor

37 points | 17 comments | Feb 27, 2025 | by keyi

#58 Show HN: I wrote a VM and Compiler for a small language in Go

37 points | 2 comments | May 04, 2020 | by madrafi

#59 Show HN: Common Lisp Vim Compiler Plug-In

34 points | 7 comments | Dec 30, 2023 | by djha-skin

#60 Show HN: Synesthesia – Optimizing brainfuck compiler implemented as Nim macros

33 points | 3 comments | Feb 11, 2019 | by jeff_ciesielski

#61 Show HN: a compiler from Python syntax to JavaScript syntax (like CoffeeScript)

32 points | 18 comments | Oct 29, 2010 | by endian

#62 Show HN: My startup, Compilr, an online IDE & compiler. Has over 30,000 users

24 points | 36 comments | Feb 08, 2011 | by phankinson

#63 Show HN: ClavaScript: a ClojureScript syntax to JavaScript compiler

24 points | 1 comments | Aug 19, 2022 | by Borkdude

#64 Show HN: Chibicc – A Small C Compiler

22 points | 3 comments | Sep 30, 2020 | by rui314

#65 Show HN: Online Python Compiler with Libraries

18 points | 18 comments | Mar 11, 2025 | by andycloke

#66 Show HN: Prolog compiler and interpreter in pure JavaScript

15 points | 4 comments | Oct 25, 2015 | by jldupont

#67 Show HN: C Injection Compiler – Program your text files in C

15 points | 3 comments | Oct 21, 2022 | by robalni

#68 Show HN: 50 days study C compiler

15 points | 2 comments | Sep 03, 2020 | by truongpt

#69 Show HN: C# compiler with Go-like tooling (build small/standalone/native apps)

14 points | 1 comments | Jun 25, 2021 | by MStrehovsky

#70 Show HN: A toy compiler of a Scala subset

13 points | 0 comments | Aug 22, 2021 | by myk9001

#71 Show HN: Optimizing compiler for a large subset of C, written in Rust

11 points | 6 comments | Oct 22, 2024 | by xqb64

#72 Show HN: A tiny x86 compiler with ELF and PE target

11 points | 2 comments | Jan 09, 2017 | by l0n3_c0d3r

#73 Show HN: Super Simple Static Site Compiler

9 points | 2 comments | Sep 13, 2014 | by rickr

#74 Show HN: A single pass, self-hosting compiler for the Oberon-07 language (JVM)

9 points | 2 comments | Oct 23, 2017 | by lboasso

#75 Show HN: Transcrypt Python to JavaScript compiler can now generate native JavaScript components

9 points | 1 comments | Feb 22, 2018 | by JdeH

#76 Show HN: I Ported GHC Haskell Compiler to Windows 11 ARM. MC Gift

9 points | 0 comments | Dec 24, 2024 | by gulinss

#77 Show HN: A LESS compiler for all platforms

9 points | 0 comments | Oct 24, 2011 | by chris_engel

#78 Show HN: TOCC – A Tiny DFA to C Compiler

9 points | 0 comments | Feb 12, 2020 | by LakshyAAAgrawal

#79 Show HN: Poodle, Python-to-PDDL Compiler and AI Planning SDK

9 points | 0 comments | Sep 17, 2019 | by grandrew

#80 Show HN: 8cc.cr – compile-time C compiler implemented as Crystal macros

9 points | 0 comments | Dec 28, 2016 | by make_now_just

#81 Show HN: A Dynamic CSS Compiler for WordPress

8 points | 4 comments | Jul 11, 2016 | by ykadosh

#82 Show HN: Philip2 – an Elm-to-OCaml compiler

8 points | 1 comments | Jan 03, 2019 | by pbiggar

#83 Show HN: Awesome-Compilers List

8 points | 1 comments | May 13, 2017 | by aalhour

#84 Show HN: A Tiny Compiler for a Tiny Functional Language

8 points | 0 comments | May 26, 2024 | by DoubleDecoded

#85 Show HN: Java to PHP Compiler

7 points | 3 comments | Dec 12, 2014 | by eridal

#86 Show HN: WebAssembly from the Ground Up – learn WASM by building a compiler

7 points | 1 comments | Mar 12, 2025 | by pdubroy

#87 Show HN: PHP Compiler to .Net

7 points | 1 comments | Apr 07, 2019 | by bogdanu

#88 Show HN: Rcjit – An experimental Jit Compiler for R

7 points | 1 comments | Jun 22, 2017 | by fritzo

#89 Show HN: wazero compiler ported to 4 new OSes

7 points | 0 comments | Nov 30, 2024 | by ncruces

#90 Show HN: HCC the C –> SPIR-V Compiler for Vulkan

7 points | 0 comments | Apr 19, 2023 | by heroseh

#91 Show HN: A complete compiler for a simple language (less than 150 LoC of OCaml)

7 points | 0 comments | Aug 23, 2021 | by p4bl0

#92 Show HN: A practical relational query compiler in 500 lines of code

7 points | 0 comments | Oct 11, 2016 | by jamii

#93 Show HN: Nature – Modern System-Level Programming Language and Compiler

6 points | 2 comments | Sep 26, 2023 | by weiwenhao

#94 Show HN: I implemented Tilde – Operator for Go Compiler after months of research

6 points | 2 comments | Jun 21, 2021 | by Dentrax

#95 Show HN: Bad Language: A lisp-looking language with interpreter and JS compiler

6 points | 2 comments | Apr 25, 2018 | by quickthrower2

#96 Show HN: Cwerg -a lightweight compiler back end

6 points | 1 comments | Jun 01, 2021 | by muth02446

#97 Show HN: GLSL Compiler - UglifyJS for WebGL

6 points | 0 comments | Jan 04, 2012 | by LPCRoy

#98 Show HN: One-pass lambda-to-C compiler

6 points | 0 comments | Aug 31, 2021 | by Joker_vD

#99 Show HN: Stylis – CSS Compiler

6 points | 0 comments | Dec 09, 2016 | by thysultan

#100 Show HN: The Super Tiny Compiler, in Go

6 points | 0 comments | Apr 14, 2016 | by hazbo

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