Getting Started | Documentation | Examples
Xen is a loosely-typed, imperative scripting language written in C. Its syntax closely resembles C-like languages and the interpreter itself is a mere 120 Kb in size. Its primary purpose is to serve as a learning project for myself and a fun side project to work on in my free time. It is not designed with the intent of being a serious, production-ready language.
If you want to try Xen out, you can download one of the pre-compiled binaries from our releases. Xen currently has releases for Windows (x64), Linux (x64), and macOS (x64/ARM64).
If you prefer to build from source, you need to be on a system that supports makefiles.
$ git clone https://github.com/XenLanguage/Xen
$ cd Xen
$ make
If you want to specify a platform or target, you can do so like this:
$ export BUILD_TYPE=release
$ export TARGET_PLATFORM=windows
$ make
That's pretty much it. Builds are located in build/.
Since Xen is developed by one guy (me) and since I only have one PC, builds for other platforms are generated using cross-compilation with toolchains like MinGW and osxcross. If you have these toolchains and they're in your path, you can build for all platforms with:
$ make all-platforms
Important
Building from source on platforms other than Linux is not tested.
While an LSP is still in development, there are syntax highlighting support extensions for both VS Code and Neovim:
- Download (VS Code) (Install with
Developer > Install Extension from Directory) - Download (Neovim)
Example code can be found in the examples directory. The syntax.xen file showcases the entire syntax of Xen.
Xen is licensed under the ISC license.