Compiler and standard library for the Spice programming language.

This is the home repo of the Spice programming language. Spice is a compiled language which sets a focus on performance and practicality. It is considered as a systems language, which means it is especially useful to write cli tools or device drivers. Spice supports cross-compilation to all target platforms, listed below.

If you like Spice, please consider a GitHub star! ⭐

Please visit the documentation at spicelang.com.
We also have a Spice playground where you can try things: spice.compiler-explorer.com
Code coverage can be found at coverage.spicelang.com.

There are downloadable packages available for all supported platforms:

git clone https://github.com/spicelang/spice.git
cd spice

There is a batch/shell script called dev-setup to help you with that. It will do the following things:

• Make sure you have all dependencies
• Clone and build the required LLVM version with the required settings to the llvm subdirectory
• Download all required third-party libs to the lib subdirectory
• Build Spice for the first time into the build subdirectory

Use this command to run it:

./dev-setup.sh # Linux
# or
.\dev-setup.bat # Windows

There is also a batch/shell script to rebuild Spice. Use the following command to run it:

./build.sh # Linux
# or
.\build.bat # Windows

You can find the build output in the build subdirectory.

Currently, Spice only offers stable support for linux/x86_64, linux/aarch64, windows/x86_64, darwin/aarch64 and webassembly. But you can try to compile to the following architectures without any stability promises:

aarch64, amdgpu, armv5, armv6, armv7, mips, nvptx, powerpc, riscv, webassembly, x86, x86_64

If you want to contribute to this project, please ensure you comply with the contribution guidelines.

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