# wren

**Repository Path**: mirrors_daimajia/wren

## Basic Information

- **Project Name**: wren
- **Description**: The Wren Programming Language
- **Primary Language**: Unknown
- **License**: MIT
- **Default Branch**: master
- **Homepage**: None
- **GVP Project**: No

## Statistics

- **Stars**: 0
- **Forks**: 0
- **Created**: 2021-10-22
- **Last Updated**: 2025-11-18

## Categories & Tags

**Categories**: Uncategorized

**Tags**: None

## README

Wren is a *small, clean, fast, class-based scripting language.* Think Smalltalk
in a Lua-sized package.

```dart
IO.print("Hello, world!")

class Wren {
  adjectives = ["small", "clean", "fast"]
  languageType {
    "scripting"
  }
}
```

 *  **Wren is small.** The codebase is under 4,000 semicolons which keeps the
    language and libraries small enough to fit in your head. You can skim
    [the whole thing][src] in one sitting.

 *  **Wren is clean.** The codebase is *small*, but not *dense*. It is readable
    and [lovingly-commented][nan]. It's written in warning-free standard C99.

 *  **Wren is fast.** A fast single-pass compiler to tight bytecode, and a
    compact object representation help Wren [compete with other dynamic
    languages][perf].

 *  **Wren is class-based.** There are lots of scripting languages out there,
    but many have unusual or non-existent object models. Wren places
    [classes][] front and center.

 *  **Wren is a scripting language.** Wren is intended for embedding in
    applications. It has no dependencies, a small standard library,
    and [an easy-to-use C API][embedding].

[src]: https://github.com/munificent/wren/tree/master/src
[nan]: https://github.com/munificent/wren/blob/46c1ba92492e9257aba6418403161072d640cb29/src/wren_value.h#L378-L433
[perf]: http://munificent.github.io/wren/performance.html
[classes]: http://munificent.github.io/wren/classes.html
[embedding]: http://munificent.github.io/wren/embedding-api.html