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Top 23 C Compiler Projects

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  1. acwj

    A Compiler Writing Journey

    Project mention: A Compiler Writing Journey | news.ycombinator.com | 2026-03-24

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  3. emojicode

    😀😜🔂 World’s only programming language that’s bursting with emojis

  4. tinycc

    Unofficial mirror of mob development branch

    Project mention: Tiny C Compiler | news.ycombinator.com | 2026-05-11

  5. mir

    A lightweight JIT compiler based on MIR (Medium Internal Representation) and C11 JIT compiler and interpreter based on MIR

    Project mention: C, Just in Time | news.ycombinator.com | 2026-04-28

  6. nature

    The Nature Programming Language

    Project mention: Nature Programming Language | news.ycombinator.com | 2025-12-23

  7. umka-lang

    Umka: a statically typed embeddable scripting language

    Project mention: Umka: A statically typed embeddable scripting language | news.ycombinator.com | 2026-05-06

  8. BarraCUDA

    Open-source CUDA, Triton and HIP compiler targeting multiple GPU and CPU architectures.

    Project mention: BarraCUDA Open-source CUDA compiler targeting AMD GPUs | news.ycombinator.com | 2026-02-17

  9. ruby-packer

    Packing your Ruby application into a single executable.

  10. SmallerC

    Simple C compiler

  11. ring

    A simple, lightweight, flexible, embeddable, portable and multi-paradigm dynamic programming language for developing applications, tools, and domain-specific languages (by ring-lang)

  12. shecc

    A self-hosting and educational C optimizing compiler

  13. Cuik

    A Modern C11 compiler (STILL EARLY)

  14. amacc

    Small C Compiler generating ELF executable Arm architecture, supporting JIT execution

  15. lacc

    A simple, self-hosting C compiler

  16. libfsm

    DFA regular expression library & friends

  17. holyc-lang

    HolyC compiler & transpiler

  18. flang

    Flang is a Fortran language front-end designed for integration with LLVM.

  19. wax

    A tiny programming language that transpiles to C, C++, Java, TypeScript, Python, C#, Swift, Lua and WebAssembly 🚀

  20. bic

    A C interpreter and API explorer.

  21. nvc

    VHDL compiler and simulator

    Project mention: SUS Lang: The SUS Hardware Description Language | news.ycombinator.com | 2025-07-07

  22. cproc

    C compiler (mirror)

  23. c2compiler

    the c2 programming language

    Project mention: Un nuevo C: el C++ ligero. | dev.to | 2026-03-23

  24. felix

    The Felix Programming Language (by felix-lang)

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).

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

# Project Stars
1 acwj 13,231
2 emojicode 3,404
3 tinycc 2,927
4 mir 2,576
5 nature 2,244
6 umka-lang 2,057
7 BarraCUDA 1,697
8 ruby-packer 1,588
9 SmallerC 1,554
10 ring 1,450
11 shecc 1,369
12 Cuik 1,275
13 amacc 1,060
14 lacc 987
15 libfsm 979
16 holyc-lang 968
17 flang 855
18 wax 845
19 bic 843
20 nvc 836
21 cproc 834
22 c2compiler 831
23 felix 817

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