Ask HN: List of (open source) C compilers

13 points by fm77 2 years ago | 6 comments
Over the years I found quite some interesting C compiler projects here on HN, sometimes introduced as its on thread, sometimes buried as a simple link deep down in some comments. Here and there I bookmarked them, but certainly not all.

It would be cool if we had one single page where all the wonderful compiler projects are collected, so my question is: can we somehow compile/assemble/put together a list of C compilers in this thread in the form of

  *) Name of the project
  *) Link to homepage/sourcecode
  *) programming language used for the compiler
  *) compiles to … (x86 binary, asm-text, etc…)
  *) whatever else might be interesting
Tiny compilers / unfinished projects / educational projects / subsets of C / etc… are also very welcome.
  • rurban 2 years ago
    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_compilers

    gcc Clang Chibicc Pcc Tinycc (tcc) Lcc Cproc Amsterdam Compiler Toolkit Compcert Ch ...

    • tmtvl 2 years ago
      Project name: Vacietis

      URL: https://github.com/vsedach/Vacietis

      Programming language used for the compiler: Common Lisp

      Compiles to: Common Lisp

      • eimrine 2 years ago
        Clang, TCC (sorry for not giving details because I have not really used them). Closed source compilers I know are VS and Borland.
        • fm77 2 years ago
          cproc: a C11 compiler

            *) https://github.com/michaelforney/cproc
  *) programming language used for the compiler: C
  *) using QBE as a backend - https://c9x.me/compile/
          • fm77 2 years ago
            chibicc: A Small C Compiler

              *) https://github.com/rui314/chibicc
  *) programming language used for the compiler: C
  *) emits assembly text (x86-64)
            • simonblack 2 years ago
              Most of us have just used gcc since the mid-90s.

              Laziness, I know. But it's there on the machine, so we use it.