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elm-compiler

Fast, unofficial Elm 0.19.1 compiler written in Rust — drop-in replacement for elm (npm: @spottt/elm-compiler)

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GITHUB · launched Sep 28, 2026 · 24 upvotes (top 34%) · 0 views

Niche: programming language compilers · 77 launches, 2 in the last 7 days ▼ -60% · Explore this niche →

Category and tags

  • Horizontal
  • Dev tools
  • Developer
  • Not AI
  • Hobby / open-source project
  • compiler
  • elm
  • elm-lang
  • npm
  • rust

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Could you build this?

No Re-implementing a complete, specification-compliant compiler for a functional language with Hindley-Milner type inference in Rust requires deep compiler engineering expertise.

What it would actually take: The architecture comprises a lexical analyzer, parser, Elm AST, Hindley-Milner type inference engine, optimization passes, and JavaScript code generator. The hard parts are accurately replicating Elm's custom type system, exhaustiveness checking, precise error formatting, and runtime guarantees without deviations from the official Haskell compiler.

Competitors

Other products that read as similar to this one : 681 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.

Attention rank: #273 of 682 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).

Launched 331 days after the earliest competitor.

  • flashtex · github · 2026-09-12 · 52 upvotes · similarity 0.62
  • rust-go-compiler · github · 2026-11-02 · 17 upvotes · similarity 0.57
  • ra-jit · github · 2026-10-19 · 188 upvotes · similarity 0.52
  • Hybrid-Transpiler · hn · 2025-12-26 · 8 upvotes · similarity 0.51
  • SharpForge · github · 2026-10-03 · 19 upvotes · similarity 0.51
  • Writing Rust modules for the xv6 kernel · hn · 2025-12-01 · 5 upvotes · similarity 0.50
  • benchfmt.rs · github · 2026-11-02 · 30 upvotes · similarity 0.49
  • scivolo · github · 2026-10-20 · 37 upvotes · similarity 0.49

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