cd /news/developer-tools/rue-higher-level-than-rust-but-lower… · home topics developer-tools article
[ARTICLE · art-32490] src=github.com ↗ pub= topic=developer-tools verified=true sentiment=· neutral

Rue: Higher level than Rust but lower level than Go

A developer has open-sourced Rue, a new programming language positioned as higher-level than Rust but lower-level than Go, built primarily to experiment with compiler construction and test Claude's capabilities in compiler development. The project is currently in early stages and the creator warns it is not yet production-ready.

read1 min views3 publishedJun 18, 2026

Caution

Listen, this repo is just for fun. I had it private, but I care more about being able to run GitHub Actions to make sure that things are good, so I'm open sourcing this repo. Not everything in here is good, or accurate, or anything: I'm just messing around. Feel free to take a look but don't look too much into this just yet. Someday I'll actually talk about this.

rue is a programming language. Right now, it's a very basic one.

I am building this project for two main reasons:

  • I want to play around with a compiler
  • I want to see how good Claude is at building compilers

I have some ideas for where I want rue to go, but everything is subject to change at the moment.

Licensed under either of

  • Apache License, Version 2.0
(
[LICENSE-APACHE](/rue-language/rue/blob/trunk/LICENSE-APACHE)or[http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0](http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0)) - MIT license
(
[LICENSE-MIT](/rue-language/rue/blob/trunk/LICENSE-MIT)or[http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT](http://opensource.org/licenses/MIT))

at your option.

Unless you explicitly state otherwise, any contribution intentionally submitted for inclusion in the work by you, as defined in the Apache-2.0 license, shall be dual licensed as above, without any additional terms or conditions.

── more in #developer-tools 4 stories · sorted by recency
── more on @rue 3 stories trending now
sponsored brought to you by zahid.host 4,200+ EU-deployed projects
reading about agents? ship yours in a single git push.

Run your AI side-project on zahid.host

EU-based hosting, git-push deploys, automatic HTTPS, no cold starts. Free tier with a custom domain — perfect for shipping the agent you just read about.

$git push zahid main
Live at https://your-agent.zahid.host
Get free account → Pricing
from €0/mo · no card required
LIVE [news/rue-higher-level-tha…] indexed:0 read:1min 2026-06-18 ·