Rui CarmoScheme is a LISP dialect that has not just gone its own way (as is usual with LISPs) but also achieved IEEE standardization. With a focus on lexical scope and tail call optimization, it actually contributed many of its ideas back into Common LISP.
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| Compilers | 2026 | loko | optimizing Scheme compiler for Linux, NetBSD, and bare hardware |
| 2023 | guile-hoot | an AOT Scheme to WebAssembly compiler |
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| whiffle | a minimal Scheme-to-C compiler |
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| 2021 | Kawa | a Scheme that runs on the JVM |
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| ribbit | small and portable Scheme implementation with AOT compilation and 4K footprint |
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| 2019 | Chez Scheme | a high-performance Scheme compiler |
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| 2018 | gerbil Scheme | a layer over Gambit |
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| 2016 | Cyclone Scheme | Supports multiple native threads |
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| Larceny Scheme | Compiles to Intel and ARM machine code |
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| Microscheme | A compiler for the Arduino |
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| Chicken Scheme | One of the most well-known compilers |
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| Frameworks | 2025 | artanis | a web application framework |
| Interpreters | 2026 | Wile | R7RS Scheme in pure Go for embedding |
| puppy-scheme | Self-hosting Scheme compiler that targets WebAssembly using the WASM GC proposal, keeping outputs tiny (~137 bytes). |
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| 2025 | steel | an empedded Scheme interpreter written in Rust |
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| stak | a R7RS Scheme interpreter written in Rust |
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| 2023 | chibi-scheme | an embeddable Scheme interpreter |
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| zuo | a tiny Racket for scripting (written in C) |
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| Gauche | can create standalone executables |
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| 2022 | owl | a Scheme interpreter written in C, that can apparently also compile to C |
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| Kernel | a Scheme-like dialect of Lisp in which everything is a first-class object. |
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| 2021 | armpit Scheme | an ancient R7RS interpreter |
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| S7 Scheme | a TinyScheme variant designed for embedding into other projects |
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| 2020 | Guile | the GNU Scheme implementation, which has a JIT |
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| 2019 | bobscheme | A suite of Scheme implementations in Python and C++ including an interpreter, VM and compiler to WebAssembly |
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| schemy | a .NET embeddable Scheme interpreter |
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| 2016 | s9fes | A well-documented interpreter that can run on Plan9 |
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| 2014 | IronScheme | Runs atop the .NET DLR |
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| Libraries | 2020 | r-cade | a Racket library for doing simple retro-style games |
| 2019 | scheme-lib | A set of libraries for Chez |
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| thunderchez | More libraries for Chez Scheme |
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| Tools | 2026 | Ruckus | a Racket IDE for iOS |
| 2021 | Alive | VS Code extension |
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| 2019 | chez-exe | A tool to generate standalone executables with Chez |
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| Tutorials | 2025 | guile-examples | examples and tutorials for Guile |