Plank
A compiled language you can read in an evening
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Plank is a small compiled language whose whole compiler is one Python file. Structs, enums with match, optionals, closures, lists and dicts, a garbage collector, and native binaries through LLVM on macOS and Linux. Free and open source.
PH · launched Oct 21, 2026 · 1 upvote (top 67%) · 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
- Open Source
- Developer Tools
- GitHub
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Could you build this?
Partial A small toy compiler in a single Python file is within reach of AI-assisted coding, but a real language with a GC and LLVM native codegen requires compiler expertise to debug and harden.
What it would actually take: The stack is a Python-hosted frontend (lexer, parser, type checker) emitting LLVM IR via llvmlite or the LLVM C API, plus a runtime for the garbage collector and standard collections. The hard parts are type-system soundness, codegen correctness, and GC design, which need an engineer who understands compilers and LLVM.
Competitors
Other products that read as similar to this one : 106 launches clear the similarity bar, closest 8 shown.
Attention rank: #70 of 107 (itself plus its competitors, highest first, normalized so YC and Product Hunt are compared fairly).
Launched 354 days after the earliest competitor.
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