Awesome Janet

Curated list of libraries and tooling for the Janet programming language: https://janet-lang.org

If you have a library or package you're working on, or have come across one, feel free to make a PR.

Table of Contents

• Awesome Janet
• Editors
  • Emacs
  • Vim
  • VS
• JPM installable packages
  • Package Management
  • Web
    • Frameworks
    • Server
    • Client
  • Game Dev
    • Graphics
  • GUI
  • Database
  • Serialization
  • Random
• Related tooling/projects

Editors

This section doesn't need much explanation.

Emacs

• janet-mode Major mode for editing Janet files
• inf-janet Comint mode for wrapping an inferior Janet process

Vim

• janet.vim Syntax files for Janet in Vim

VS

• vscode-janet Visual Studio Code plugin (Syntax highlighting, Eval sexp/file)

JPM installable packages

JPM (Janet Package Manager) is the official package manager of Janet and comes with the Janet distribution.

Package Management

• pkgs The official package listing for Janet.
• hermes Nix/Guix like software environment manager.

Web

Frameworks

• Joy Full stack web framework

Server

• Circlet HTTP and networking library with a Clojure Ring-like abstraction.

Client

• jurl Janet bindings for libcurl

Game Dev

Graphics

• Jaylib Janet bindings to Raylib.

GUI

• janetui Bindings to libui
• webview Electron-like webview bindings.

Database

• sqlite3 Sqlite bindings
• janet-pq Postgres bindings
• janet-redis Redis bindings

Serialization

• json JSON library
• jdn Janet Data Notation library

Random

• Spork Various Janet utility modules (includes a code formatter).
• janet-sh Shell like short hands for running commands in janet code.

Related tooling/projects

Projects that are not necessarily written in Janet or directly in the Janet/JPM ecosystem, but are of potential interest to the Janet audience and have direct usage for Janet projects.

• Puny GUI Pre-built cross-platform distribution of Janet runtime with extras (native GUI, libcurl, sqlite)
• swig (add-janet-branch) SWIG auto-generates bindings from C header files and/or SWIG interface files, and produces the appropriate Janet-wrap bindings (tested/used on IUP, libcurl, libcairo and more).