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Awesome Esolangs

Curated list of awesome Esoteric languages and resources

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Languages

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A stack-based 2d language with support for reflection.

1+

A surprisingly user-friendly language with a highly-limited instruction set.

78

A single-character command language focused around the numbers 7 and 8.

ajsone

Language defined completely in JSON.

AlmostBinary

Code in binary and run on any platform.

ArnoldC

Based on the best one-liners of Arnold Schwarzenegger.

Befunge

Two-dimensional language.

Benedictum

Latin-themed Brainfuck derivative where source code reads as prayer.

Brackets

Language made of brackets, a lot of brackets.

Brainfuck

Minimalist language using only 8 single-character commands.

C Flat

Musical language focused on sound rather than notation with creative freedom in mind.

CellTail

A 1d celular automata based language, supports a complex pattern matching syntax.

Charcoal

Concise language for sketching ASCII art.

Chef

Programs that look like cooking recipes.

Chicken

Only 1 valid symbol: 'chicken'.

ChuckScript

Unary-based language, where the code is a single number.

COW

Brainfuck variant using twelve variations of moos as instructions.

DNA#

Language based on the structure of the DNA.

Dots

A turing-complete language using "." symbol only.

Electra

Code like an electrician.

Emojicode

Full-blown programming language consisting of emojis.

Enterprise™

Non deterministic unnecessarily statically typed language.

False

Heavily obfuscated language with a minimal implementation.

Fetlang

Designed such that source code looks like poorly written fetish erotica.

FlipJump

1 instruction: Flip a bit, then Jump. The simplest OISC.

Folders

Code written with folders.

FreakC

Full-blown programming language with NSFW contents and memes.

Fugue

Music as source code.

Golfscript

Stack oriented, aimed at solving problems in as few keystrokes as possible.

Haifu

Designed with the core values of Eastern philosophy in mind.

INTERCAL

Parody language intended to be completely different from other languages.

Japt

Reduced JavaScript for golfing.

Jelly

Golfing language based on J.

JellyScript

Brainfuck-based with delicious jelly.

JSFuck

Esoteric programming style based on the atomic parts of JavaScript.

In 3 lists

Lazy K

Minimal, turing-complete pure functional language without extra features.

legit

Programs defined entirely by the graph of the git repository instead of its contents.

LolCode

Language with keywords based on the lolcat meme expressions.

Malbolge

Named after the 8th level of hell, is designed to be as difficult as possible to program.

Mindfck

High level language that transpiles to Brainfuck.

Monicelli

Programming using Italian-like gibberish.

Ni

Brainfuck-based with more helpful instructions.

Omgrofl

Syntax resembling Internet slang.

Ook!

Brainfuck-based language, where the commands are orangutan words.

Orca

Livecoding environment to quickly create procedural audio sequencers.

Piet

Language in which programs look like abstract paintings using colors as code. Named after Piet Mondrian.

RASEL

Fungeoid with no limits on program space, float precision, and with a bit of random access to stack.

reMorse

Morse-styled language.

Rockstar

Designed for creating computer programs that are also song lyrics.

In 2 lists

Shakespeare

Language where the code appear to be Shakespearean plays.

Schoenberg

The MIDI Esoteric Programming Language.

Spooky

The scariest programming language :jack_o_lantern: :skull:.

Suzy

3D language inspired in Befunge.

Technologic

Language in which programs look like the lyrics to the Daft Punk song Technologic.

Thue

Matrioshka language based on nondeterministic string rewriting of a semi-Thue grammar.

Tru

A stack-based language with prefix-free brackets.

Turtle

Uses long-term storage for memory use.

Unary

Brainfuck-based language where all the commands are 0.

Unary Except Every Zero Is Replaced with the Title of This Programming Language or, Alternately, Is Replaced with the…

Derivative of Unary in which every zero is replaced with the title of the programming language being discussed.

Unlambda

Obfuscated functional programming.

Velato

Language that uses MIDI files as source, programs are defined by the pitch and order of notes.

Vigil

Only Vigil is truly vigilant about not allowing code that fails to pass programmatic specifications.

In 2 lists

Watson

Stack-based Turing-incomplete configuration files.

文言 (Wenyan)

Closely follows the grammar and tone of classical Chinese literature.

Whenever

Language that does things whenever it wants.

Whitespace

Use only white-characters (space, tabs and newlines).

WordLang

A language based on meaning-like grammar that produces output.

Z

Use only the letter z.

ZOMBIE

Inherently evil multithreaded language designed for Necromancers.

Algorithms

πfs

Pi-based storage system, store your data by searching a matching sequence in pi.

In 3 lists

Stacksort

Sorts a list by searching answers in Stack Overflow and executing code snippets until is sorted.

Others

asmbf

The only true brainfuck assembler toolkit.

CSS-only-chat

A truly monstrous async web chat using no JS whatsoever on the frontend.

In 2 lists

FizzBuzzEnterpriseEdition

Simple FizzBuzz game implemented under the most strict enterprise standards.

In 4 listsDetails

MalbolgeLisp

A Lisp interpreter in Malbolge Unshackled.

NoCode

Secure and reliable applications. Write nothing; deploy nowhere.

In 2 lists

Petrovich

Operating System concept based on random actions and rewards/punishments.

vapor.js

The World's Smallest & Fastest JavaScript Library.

In 2 lists

Resources

DM's Esoteric Programming Languages

List of esoteric languages and algorithms written by dangermouse.

Esofiles

The Esoteric Files Archive, an archive of implementations of esoteric programming languages and examples.

Esolang

Wiki of esoteric programming languages and related Resources.

Esoteric Codes

Articles and documents collection.

Rosettacode

Provides examples in different languages, including esoteric languages.

In 2 lists

Wikipedia/Esoteric programming languages

Wikipedia list of esoteric languages.

Esolang List of ideas

Compilation of ideas for esoteric languages and related.

Articles

Let's Build a Basic Interpreter (Ruslan's Blog)

Series of articles explaining the basics of compilers and interpreters and how to build one.

In 2 lists

Six programming paradigms that will change how you think about coding

Post by Yevgeniy Brikman describing different programming paradigms that are not commonly applied.

The Fun (and Madness) of Esoteric Programming Languages

Straightforward introduction to esoteric languages with examples.

On the Turing Completeness Of MS PowerPoint

Turing Machine on PowerPoint.

Community

Anarchy Golf

Informal golfing problems server.

Code Golf Stack Exchange

Golfing problems and answers.

In 2 lists

Freenode IRC Channel

The #esoteric IRC channel on freenode.

Reddit Esolangs

Reddit community on esolangs.

Esolangs Discord Server

A Discord community about esoteric languages.

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