SharpForge
C# subset compiler written in JavaScript with ECMA-335 IL/PE output, a managed runtime, debugger and browser IDE (SharpForge Studio).
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Details
- External ID
- 1402948787
- Source
- GITHUB
- Company
- —
- Product
- SharpForge
- Website domain
- github.io
- Launched
- Oct. 3, 2026
- Cohort
- —
- Upvotes
- 19
- Upvotes percentile
- 0.44
- Tags
- browser-ide, cil, compiler, csharp, dap, debugger, dotnet, ecma-335, hot-reload, ide, il, javascript, lsp, managed-runtime, msbuild, visual-designer, webassembly
Enrichment
- Niche
- developer tools and programming utilities
- Vertical
- Horizontal
- Function
- Dev tools
- Audience
- Developer
- AI stance
- Not AI
- Project type
- Hobby / open-source project
- Normalized one-liner
- in-browser c# compiler and ide for developers
- Manually corrected
- False
Could you build this?
No Building a custom C# subset compiler targeting ECMA-335 IL/PE binaries, paired with an in-browser managed runtime VM, garbage collector, and stepping debugger, requires deep compiler and runtime systems engineering.
What it would actually take: The architecture requires an AST parser and semantic analyzer for C#, an ECMA-335 PE/COFF assembler emitting binary CLI assemblies, and a browser-based stack VM with managed memory/GC implemented in WebAssembly or JavaScript. It also requires an interactive debugger capable of bytecode single-stepping, stack unwinding, and breakpoint management. This demands specialized expertise in compiler construction, runtime virtual machine design, and binary specification compliance.
Competitors
Other products that read as similar to this one — 199 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.
Attention rank: #123 of 200 (itself plus its competitors, highest first — normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).
Launched 336 days after the earliest competitor.
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