Clojure Hosted on Go

Glojure

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Glojure is an interpreter for Clojure, hosted on Go. Glojure provides easy access to Go libraries, similar to how Clojure provides easy access to Java frameworks.

Glojure is in early development; expect bugs, missing features, and limited performance. Backwards compatibility is not guaranteed until a v1 release. That said, it is used successfully in hobby projects and runs a significant subset of the (transformed) core Clojure library.

Note that unlike most other Go implementations of Clojure, Glojure is a "hosted" language - a term used to describe languages that are implemented in terms of a host language (in this case, Go). This means that all Go values can be used as Glojure values and vice versa.

Prerequisites

Before you get started with Glojure, make sure you have installed and have knowledge of Go (version 1.19 or higher).

Installation

Glojure is currently available from source for all platforms where Go can run, and it requires at least go 1.24.

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