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peklaiho/madlisp
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Lisp interpreter for the MadLisp language.

v1.0.1(2y ago)41.5kMITPHPPHP >=7.4

Since May 18Pushed 2y ago1 watchersCompare

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MadLisp
=======

[](#madlisp)

MadLisp is a [Lisp](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisp_%28programming_language%29) interpreter written in PHP.

Requirements
------------

[](#requirements)

The project requires PHP 7.4 or newer and [Composer](https://getcomposer.org/).

Quickstart
----------

[](#quickstart)

Create a new directory and require the project using composer:

```
$ mkdir mylisp
$ cd mylisp
$ composer require peklaiho/madlisp

```

Use the `vendor/bin/madlisp` executable to start the interpreter. Start the REPL with the `-r` option:

```
$ vendor/bin/madlisp -r
>

```

You can evaluate Lisp code interactively inside the REPL:

```
> (+ 1 2 3)
6

```

Alternatively you can evaluate a file that contains Lisp code:

```
$ echo "(+ 1 2 3)" > mylisp.mad
$ vendor/bin/madlisp mylisp.mad
6

```

Documentation
-------------

[](#documentation)

The full [documentation](http://madlisp.com/) is available on the project website.

Status
------

[](#status)

The language seems stable at this point so I am releasing it as 1.0. Please report any issues.

License
-------

[](#license)

MIT

###  Health Score

28

—

LowBetter than 54% of packages

Maintenance31

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity22

Limited adoption so far

Community7

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity42

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Every ~0 days

Total

2

Last Release

730d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/795f20341ae961fc920f9283578d4aca4041b8915b91929cffa77ddc7c0e30c6?d=identicon)[peklaiho](/maintainers/peklaiho)

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Top Contributors

[![peklaiho](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/12524574?v=4)](https://github.com/peklaiho "peklaiho (218 commits)")

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Tags

lisplisp

###  Code Quality

TestsPHPUnit

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