The short version
A lightweight, embeddable Lisp praised for portable scripting without a JVM.
From the HackerLinks archive
Janet
A lightweight, embeddable Lisp praised for portable scripting without a JVM.
At a glance:
First seen:2026-10-24
Last seen:2026-10-24
Times seen:1
Website:janet-lang.org
Why it caught our attention
An enthusiastic user describes choosing Janet for all their agentic scripting.
Where it surfaced on Hacker News
2026-10-24
“The beautiful thing about Janet is how lightweight and portable it is, no JVM. I use Janet for all my agentic scripting. Python is forbidden in my harness. Janet scripts for everything. Love it.”
phillc73 · recommendation · first hand use
Direct HN comment
Jank – The native Clojure dialect with seamless C++ interop