Trending Clojure Projects

This page lists the top trending Clojure projects based on the growth of GitHub stars.
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Top 50 Trending Clojure Projects

  1. spacewar

    Space War starting in Episode 55 of cleancoders.com

  2. instant

    Instant is a modern Firebase. We make you productive by giving your frontend a real-time database.

  3. squint

    Light-weight ClojureScript dialect

  4. typedclojure

    An optional type system for Clojure

  5. datalevin

    A simple, fast and versatile Datalog database

  6. jet

    CLI to transform between JSON, EDN, YAML and Transit using Clojure (by borkdude)

  7. penpot

    Penpot: The open-source design tool for design and code collaboration

  8. GokuRakuJoudo

    config karabiner with ease

  9. biff

    A Clojure web framework for solo developers.

  10. logseq

    A local-first, non-linear, outliner notebook for organizing and sharing your personal knowledge base. Use it to organize your todo list, to write your journals, or to record your unique life.

  11. flow-storm-debugger

    A debugger for Clojure and ClojureScript with some unique features.

  12. xtdb

    An immutable SQL database for application development, time-travel reporting and data compliance. Developed by @juxt

  13. rebel-readline

    Terminal readline library for Clojure dialects

  14. maelstrom

    A workbench for writing toy implementations of distributed systems.

  15. polylith

    A tool used to develop Polylith based architectures in Clojure.

  16. Metabase

    The easy-to-use open source Business Intelligence and Embedded Analytics tool that lets everyone work with data :bar_chart:

  17. cherry

    Experimental ClojureScript to ES6 module compiler

  18. cljfx

    Declarative, functional and extensible wrapper of JavaFX inspired by better parts of react and re-frame

  19. rewrite-clj

    Rewrite Clojure code and edn

  20. portal

    A clojure tool to navigate through your data. (by djblue)

  21. missionary

    A functional effect and streaming system for Clojure/Script

  22. electric

    Electric Clojure: full-stack differential dataflow for UI (by hyperfiddle)

  23. sci

    Configurable Clojure/Script interpreter suitable for scripting and Clojure DSLs

  24. cider-nrepl

    A collection of nREPL middleware to enhance Clojure editors with common functionality like definition lookup, code completion, etc.

  25. nrepl

    A Clojure network REPL that provides a server and client, along with some common APIs of use to IDEs and other tools that may need to evaluate Clojure code in remote environments.

  26. kaocha

    Full featured next gen Clojure test runner

  27. swarmpit

    Lightweight mobile-friendly Docker Swarm management UI

  28. helix

    A simple, easy to use library for React development in ClojureScript. (by lilactown)

  29. reitit

    A fast data-driven routing library for Clojure/Script

  30. hickory

    HTML as data (by clj-commons)

  31. functional-programming-learning-path

    ✨ A Learning Path for Functional Programming

  32. programming-language-research

    ✨ Programming Language Research, Applied PLT & Compilers

  33. anvil-runtime

    The runtime engine for hosting Anvil web apps

  34. babashka

    Native, fast starting Clojure interpreter for scripting

  35. joy

    A full stack web framework written in janet (by joy-framework)

  36. martian

    The HTTP abstraction library for Clojure/script, supporting OpenAPI, Swagger, Schema, re-frame and more (by oliyh)

  37. clerk

    ⚡️ Moldable Live Programming for Clojure

  38. libpython-clj

    Python bindings for Clojure

  39. ClojureDart

    Clojure dialect for Flutter and Dart

  40. zprint

    Executables, uberjar, and library to beautifully format Clojure and Clojurescript source code and s-expressions.

  41. jepsen

    A framework for distributed systems verification, with fault injection

  42. malli

    High-performance data-driven data specification library for Clojure/Script.

  43. clojure-lsp

    Clojure & ClojureScript Language Server (LSP) implementation

  44. cheshire

    Clojure JSON and JSON SMILE (binary json format) encoding/decoding

  45. mulog

    μ/log is a micro-logging library that logs events and data, not words!

  46. clj-kondo

    Static analyzer and linter for Clojure code that sparks joy

  47. nbb

    Scripting in Clojure on Node.js using SCI

  48. editscript

    A library to diff and patch Clojure/ClojureScript data structures

  49. graalvm-clojure

    This project contains a set of "hello world" projects to verify which Clojure libraries do actually compile and produce native images under GraalVM.

  50. claypoole

    Claypoole: Threadpool tools for Clojure

ABOUT: The growth percentage is calculated as the increase in the number of stars compared to the previous month. We list only projects that have at least 500 stars and a GitHub organization logo set.

Index

What are some of the trending open-source Clojure projects? This list will help you:

Project Growth
1 spacewar 3.7%
2 instant 3.1%
3 squint 3.1%
4 typedclojure 2.8%
5 datalevin 2.8%
6 jet 2.7%
7 penpot 2.6%
8 GokuRakuJoudo 2.2%
9 biff 2.2%
10 logseq 2.2%
11 flow-storm-debugger 2.1%
12 xtdb 2.0%
13 rebel-readline 2.0%
14 maelstrom 1.7%
15 polylith 1.6%
16 Metabase 1.6%
17 cherry 1.5%
18 cljfx 1.4%
19 rewrite-clj 1.3%
20 portal 1.3%
21 missionary 1.2%
22 electric 1.2%
23 sci 1.2%
24 cider-nrepl 1.1%
25 nrepl 1.1%
26 kaocha 1.1%
27 swarmpit 1.1%
28 helix 1.1%
29 reitit 1.1%
30 hickory 1.1%
31 functional-programming-learning-path 1.0%
32 programming-language-research 1.0%
33 anvil-runtime 0.9%
34 babashka 0.9%
35 joy 0.9%
36 martian 0.9%
37 clerk 0.9%
38 libpython-clj 0.9%
39 ClojureDart 0.9%
40 zprint 0.9%
41 jepsen 0.8%
42 malli 0.8%
43 clojure-lsp 0.8%
44 cheshire 0.8%
45 mulog 0.8%
46 clj-kondo 0.8%
47 nbb 0.8%
48 editscript 0.8%
49 graalvm-clojure 0.8%
50 claypoole 0.8%

Did you know that Clojure is
the 28th most popular programming language
based on number of references?