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Crafting Interpreters

Ever wanted to make your own programming language or wondered how they are designed and built?

craftinginterpreters.com Education / Coding Education

AI Benchmark
Desktop
Mobile
Monthly visits
88.1K
Down5.1%MoMSep 2026
Public revenue
Undisclosed
No public revenue evidence yet
Entry price
Unknown
Freemium model, plan pricing not identified yet
Creators
Ray
GitHub @inblossoms+1 more creators
Launched
9y ago
2017-01-15 · Est.

Traffic

Monthly visitsData through Sep 2026
Events2 changes · 1 marketing move

Marketing moves

Launches, search & content, referrals, promotions
  • Launched on 阮一峰周刊投稿Launch

    【开源自荐】Rox:一个使用 Rust 实现的解释器 — ## 🧠 **简介.** Rox is a strongly-typed, tree-walk interpreter, implemented in Rust. Based on the excellent book [Crafting Interpreters](https://craftinginterpreters.com/) by Bob Nystrom, this implementation diverges to Rust patterns, focusing on memory safety, strict type checking, and a robust error-handling architect…

    Jan 10 · 10mo agoLaunch page

  • Launched on Show HN (6 pts)Launch

    Tack, a fast lightweight scripting language for games and embedding — Hi HN! Tack is a scripting language I've been working on sporadically for the past year or so, and intensely for the past few weeks. It or…

    May 14, 2023 · 3y agoLaunch page

  • Launched on Show HN (2 pts)Launch

    The Motion Language — Hey, (This is my first HN Post) I've been developing a programming language with help from the book Crafting Interpreters ( ). I want you…

    Apr 21, 2023 · 3y agoLaunch page

  • Launched on Show HN (3 pts)Launch

    Venom, a lean-and-mean virtual stack machine — Hey HN! I want to share a project I've been working on: a handcrafted virtual stack machine with a reduced instruction set. The programs f…

    Feb 2, 2023 · 3y agoLaunch page

  • Launched on Show HN (13 pts)Launch

    “Crafting Interpreters” chap 10: functions and closures

    Aug 1, 2017 · 9y agoLaunch page

Third-party reviews & case dossiers

Acquisition breakdowns, engineer reviews & open-source metrics
Show HN
2023-02-02Source
Post excerpt:
Hey HN! I want to share a project I've been working on: a handcrafted virtual stack machine with a reduced instruction set. The programs for the VM are written in a minimal, dynamically-typed, Turing-complete programming language featuring basic data types, pointers, functions, structures, and flow control. The project's goal was purely educational, and I'm
Show HN
2023-04-21Source
Post excerpt:
Hey, (This is my first HN Post) I've been developing a programming language with help from the book Crafting Interpreters ( http://craftinginterpreters.com/ ). I want you to meet the Motion Language: var x; var y => 10; var z => 2; print x * y; func add(a, b) => { var new => (a + b); print new; return new; } Motion is a dynamically typed general purpose prog
Show HN
2023-05-14Source
Post excerpt:
https://github.com/PlumeCat/tack Hi HN! Tack is a scripting language I've been working on sporadically for the past year or so, and intensely for the past few weeks. It originated out of a desire for something that was like Lua, but with a more familiar syntax, and without some of the other surprises in Lua such as the 1-indexed tables. It's also been a grea
Ruanyf Weekly
2026-01-10Source

Traffic sources

Sep 2026

Traffic breakdown

No traffic channel or country breakdown data for this website yet.

Search

Domain authority —Domain registered 2015-11-16

No search keyword data for this website yet.

Traffic data: Vaneform

Pricing

Website does not list public plan prices.

Trial: None · Observed 2026-11-03 · Source page

Pages & changes

Tracked since 2017-01-16

Key pages

Weekly snapshots

Changes

  1. Nov 1 · 12d ago

    Removed technology: Apache HTTP ServerFeatures

    Apache HTTP Server→—

  2. Nov 1 · 12d ago

    Adopted technology: NginxFeatures

    —→Nginx

Design

First-screen visual analysis & :root CSS

Editorial (Light canvas, balanced density) featuring editorial serif headline layout and illustration / character art visuals.

First-screen preview · click to zoom

First-screen pitch & conversion flow

“CRAFTING INTERPRETERS”

Editorial Serif Headline hero structure paired with direct checkout / view pricing CTA and no explicit trust bar.

Conversion path: Editorial Serif Headline + Illustration / Character Art → Direct Checkout / View Pricing

Palette · click to copy

5-D design score8.2 / 10
Typography
8.0
Color & Contrast
8.0
Layout & Spacing
8.0
Craft & Polish
8.0
Distinctiveness
9.0

Structure

Fonts
Amatic SC / Crimson Text
Primary visual
Illustration / Character Art
Social proof
No Explicit Trust Bar
Navigation
No Explicit Nav
Theme & density
Light · Balanced
Corners & depth
Sharp · Hairline borders
Preview full AI design brief (includes :root CSS variables & layout rules)Style tokens only; never copy brand names, logos, copy, or images
# Design Brief: Editorial (with Hand-Drawn & Sketch)

Oversized serif headlines, narrow reading columns, and magazine-inspired grid layouts.

## Design Tokens

```css
:root {
  --background: #ffffff;
  --surface: #e5e2dd;
  --foreground: #252525;
  --muted-foreground: #8e8e88;
  --accent: #2787a8;
  --radius: 0px;
  --font-heading: "Amatic SC", ui-sans-serif, system-ui, sans-serif;
  --font-body: "Crimson Text", ui-sans-serif, system-ui, sans-serif;
}
```

Color area ratio: Background #FFFFFF (~34%) · Surface #E5E2DD (~30%) · Text #252525 (~7%) · Muted Text #8E8E88 (~3%) · Accent #2787A8 (~27%). Background and surface dominate the canvas; reserve the accent color for primary buttons and active states.

## Layout & Conversion Structure

- Hero layout: Editorial Serif Headline
- Navigation: No Explicit Nav
- Theme & density: Light · Balanced
- Border radius & elevation: Sharp; no drop shadows—separate layers with hairline borders and whitespace
- Primary visual medium: Illustration / Character Art
- Conversion CTA: Direct Checkout / View Pricing
- Headline hook: Category Positioning Anchor
- Hero components: Custom Illustration
- Spatial layout notes: Editorial Serif Headline hero structure paired with direct checkout / view pricing CTA and no explicit trust bar.
- Visual summary: Editorial (Light canvas, balanced density) featuring editorial serif headline layout and illustration / character art visuals.

## Avoid

- Generic SaaS hero templates
- Cramped multi-column feature grids
- Neon cyber accents

Implement the UI following the design tokens and layout specifications above: use only these color variables, and reserve the accent color strictly for primary actions and active states. Adopt only this visual style—never copy any reference product’s brand name, logo, copy, or imagery.

Questions & evidence

How much website traffic does Crafting Interpreters get?
Vaneform estimates 88.1K website visits in 2026-09. Visits can include repeat visits; this estimate does not measure paying customers or revenue.Source

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