Common Lisp

A powerful, multi-paradigm Lisp known for its flexibility and metaprogramming.

Resources & Links

💻 Tools & Compilers

Clozure Common Lisp

Clozure CL (often called CCL for short) is a free Common Lisp implementation.

Lisp-to-JavaScript compiler

A Lisp-to-JavaScript compiler bootstrapped from Common Lisp.

LispWorks

A commercial implementation of Common Lisp with an IDE, powerful debugging tools, and a wide range of libraries.

Portacle

Portacle is a complete IDE for Common Lisp that you can take with you on a USB stick.

Steel Bank Common Lisp

Steel Bank Common Lisp (SBCL) is a high performance Common Lisp compiler.

💬 Community, Chat & Forums

Common Lisp on Reddit

Common Lisp on Reddit.

📚 Learning & Educational Resources

Common Lisp: A Gentle Introduction to Symbolic Computation

A well-regarded beginner's book for those new to Common Lisp.

Practical Common Lisp

A free, online book that is widely recommended for beginners to learn Common Lisp. It covers key topics from basic to advanced.

🌍 Official & Core Resources

Common-Lisp.net

The goal of the website is to provide the Common Lisp community with development resources and to work as a starting point for new programmers.

📰 News & Blogs

Planet Lisp

Planet Lisp is a meta blog that collects the contents of various Lisp-related blogs.