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A curated list of links and information on the most important, influential, and interesting esoteric programming languages.
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A curated list of links and information on the most important, influential, and interesting esoteric programming languages.

Host: GitHub
URL: https://github.com/nikumu/awesome-esolangs
Owner: nikumu
License: mit
Created: 2024-10-21T22:49:39.000Z (2 months ago)
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        # Awesome Esolangs



  

      

  



Curated list of awesome esoteric programming languages and resources.

Explore creative and unconventional languages that challenge traditional logic and inspire new ways of thinking about code and computation.

> An esoteric programming language, or esolang, is a computer programming language designed to experiment with weird ideas, to be hard to program in,

> or as a joke, rather than for practical use. 

## Contents

* [Esolangs](#esolangs)

* [Resources](#resources)

* [Articles](#articles)

* [Books](#books)

* [Community](#community)

## Esolangs

* [Ajsone](https://www.quaxio.com/ajsone) - Language defined completely in JSON.

* [ArnoldC](https://esolangs.org/wiki/ArnoldC) - Based on the best one-liners of Arnold Schwarzenegger.

* [Asciidots](https://esolangs.org/wiki/AsciiDots) - Esolang inspired by ASCII art.

* [Befunge](https://esolangs.org/wiki/Befunge) - Two-dimensional language.

* [BIRL](https://birl-language.github.io/) - Language inspired by a [YouTube video](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zwvsa7DzzHY) that went viral, and many of its commands are quotes from the video.

* [Brain](https://esolangs.org/wiki/Brain) - An esoteric programming language compiler on top of LLVM based on Brainfuck.

* [Brainfuck](https://esolangs.org/wiki/Brainfuck) - Minimalist language using only 8 single-character commands.

* [Charcoal](https://github.com/somebody1234/Charcoal) - Concise language for sketching ASCII art.

* [Chef](http://www.dangermouse.net/esoteric/chef.html) - Programs that look like cooking recipes.

* [Chicken](https://esolangs.org/wiki/Chicken) - Only 1 valid symbol: 'chicken'.

* [ChuckScript](https://github.com/angrykoala/chuckscript) - Unary-based language, where the code is a single number.

* [COW](https://esolangs.org/wiki/COW) - Brainfuck variant designed humorously with Bovinae in mind. COW has twelve instructions (four more than Brainfuck) and is Turing-complete.

* [DNA#](https://esolangs.org/wiki/DNA-Sharp) - Language based on the structure of the DNA.

* [Dots](https://github.com/josconno/dots) - A turing-complete language with only one symbol: ".".

* [Emojicode](http://www.emojicode.org) - Full-blown programming language consisting of emojis.

* [Enterprise™](https://github.com/joaomilho/Enterprise) - Non deterministic unnecessarily statically typed language.

* [False](http://strlen.com/false-language) - Heavily offuscated language with a minimal implementation.

* [Fetlang](https://github.com/Property404/fetlang) - Designed such that source code looks like poorly written fetish erotica.

* [FreakC](https://esolangs.org/wiki/FreakC) - Experimental Batch-like language written in Batch which compiles to Batch

* [Funciton](https://esolangs.org/wiki/Funciton) - Two-dimensional, minimalistic, declarative programming language 

* [Headache](https://github.com/LucasMW/Headache) - Programming Language that compiles to 8 Bit Brainfuck.

* [INTERCAL](http://www.catb.org/~esr/intercal/) - Parody language intended to be completely different from other languages.

* [JSFuck](https://esolangs.org/wiki/JSFuck) - Esoteric programming style based on the atomic parts of JavaScript.

* [LolCode](https://esolangs.org/wiki/LOLCODE) - Language with keywords based on the lolcat meme expressions.

* [Malbolge](http://www.lscheffer.com/malbolge.shtml) - Named after the 8th level of hell, is designed to be as difficult as possible to program.

* [Omgrofl](https://esolangs.org/wiki/Omgrofl) - Syntax resembling Internet slang.

* [Ook!](http://www.dangermouse.net/esoteric/ook.html) - Brainfuck-based language, where the commands are orangutan words.

* [Orca](https://esolangs.org/wiki/Orca) - Two-dimensional esoteric programming language in which every letter of the alphabet is an operation, where lowercase letters operate on bang, uppercase letters operate each frame.

* [reMorse](http://esolangs.org/wiki/reMorse) - Morse-styled language.

* [Rockstar](https://github.com/dylanbeattie/rockstar) - Designed for creating computer programs that are also song lyrics.

* [Piet](http://www.dangermouse.net/esoteric/piet.html) -  Language in which programs look like abstract paintings using colors as code. Named after Piet Mondrian.

* [Shakespeare](http://shakespearelang.sourceforge.net) - Language where the code appear to be Shakespearean plays.

* [Suzy](https://esolangs.org/wiki/Suzy) - 3D language inspired in Befunge.

* [Thue](https://esolangs.org/wiki/Thue) - Matrioshka language based on nondeterministic string rewriting which the author describes as a constraint-programming version of a Turing tarpit.

* [Unary](https://esolangs.org/wiki/Unary) - Brainfuck-based language where all the commands are 0.

* [Unlambda](https://esolangs.org/wiki/Unlambda) - minimal functional esoteric programming language based on combinatory logic. Notably, it was the first functional paradigm Turing tarpit.

* [Velato](https://esolangs.org/wiki/Velato) - Language that uses MIDI files as source, programs are defined by the pitch and order of notes.

* [Whenever](http://www.dangermouse.net/esoteric/whenever.html) - Language that does things whenever it wants.

* [Whitespace](http://web.archive.org/web/20150623025348/http://compsoc.dur.ac.uk/whitespace) - Use only white-characters (space, tabs and newlines).

* [Z](https://esolangs.org/wiki/Z) - Z is a programming language, which uses only lowercase and capital Z, space, and newline.

## Resources

* [Esolang](https://esolangs.org) - Wiki of esoteric programming languages and related Resources.

## Articles

* [The Aesthetics of Multicoding Esolangs)](https://stars.library.ucf.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1037&context=elo2020) - The aesthetics of multicoding esolangs article.

## Books

* [Strange Code: Esoteric Languages That Make Programming Fun Again](https://www.amazon.com/Strange-Code-Esoteric-Languages-Programming/dp/1718502400) - Strengthen your overall coding skills by exploring the wonderful, wild, and often weird world of esoteric languages.

## Community

* [Reddit Esolangs](https://www.reddit.com/r/esolangs) - Reddit community on esolangs.