Tape Language

Welcome to the official Tape language community! 📼

Tape is a modern systems programming language built for developers who want complete control and clarity—spanning from freestanding kernel code to full UI applications and scripts with a single toolchain and mental model.

🚀 What makes Tape unique?

• One Language, Kernel to UI: Write bare-metal OS code, backend logic, and declarative component UIs without context-switching between languages.
• Source Regions: Co-locate logic, interfaces, styles, tests, and assets in single files using dedicated #code, #view, #style, #test, and #resource regions.
• Predictable & Explicit: No LLVM dependency, no forced garbage collection, no hidden allocations, and direct machine code generation (x86-64 & ARM64).
• Compile-Time Metaprogramming: Use @tape {} blocks and @emit to run code and generate type-specialized structures directly at compile time without generic complexity.

💡 Why Join Our Discord?

• Showcase & Collaborate: Share your Tape projects, custom UI components, OS experiments, or code snippets.
• Get Help & Support: Ask compiler/syntax questions, debug your code, and get assistance with tape-lsp or tooling setup.
• Contribute to the Ecosystem: Help shape language evolution, suggest features, optimize backends, and discuss compiler architecture.
• Systems Programming Discussions: Engage in deep dives on low-level dev, direct codegen, TAC IR, and low-footprint application design.

Whether you're building a lightweight kernel, crafting a slick native GUI, or just exploring modern systems language design, come hang out and build with us!

🌐 Learn more: tapelang.org