FreedomLang
Libc-Free Native Tools, Explicit State — No VM, No Hidden Jobs
FreedomLang is a small ahead-of-time systems programming language that compiles directly to libc/CRT-free native x86-64 binaries on Linux, macOS, and Windows. It models concurrency as real OS processes with filesystem-visible state, and enforces a strict separation between expected world conditions (handled as explicit data) and bugs (which terminate immediately). The compiler itself is written in readable JavaScript and lowers source through a compact IR to native artifacts.
Source code is parsed and lowered through a compact IR by a Node.js-based compiler, emitting libc-free ELF64 machine code on Linux or native assembly on macOS and Windows, with concurrency handled via OS fork/CreateProcess and filesystem-visible job state.
systems programmers and tool builders who need auditable, libc-free native binaries
Background.
- Status
- launched
- Business model
- free
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