# Borgo

7 Hacker News commenters recommended Borgo and 3 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 3 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** A language that compiles to Go, praised for its design ideas; critics say it is inactive, with its last commit over a year old.

## Why people recommend it

- Looked really good at first (1 comments): "It looked really good! But seems kinda dead" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46482491))
- Possibly the AST approach needed (1 comments): "I think it may be the AST that we all need." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47225687))

## What people warn about

- Last commit over a year ago (2 comments): "Though I think it's more of a hobby language. The last commit was > 1 year ago." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46154375)) "seems to be abandoned. Last commit a year ago." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46351974))
- Not actively developed, immature (2 comments): "it's not yet mature and not being actively developed" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45937483)) "It looked really good! But seems kinda dead" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46482491))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Rust](https://hackerapproved.com/p/rust.md): 2039 recommend
- [Go](https://hackerapproved.com/p/go-programming-language.md): 1254 recommend
- [Python](https://hackerapproved.com/p/python.md): 1067 recommend
- [Zig](https://hackerapproved.com/p/zig.md): 743 recommend
- [TypeScript](https://hackerapproved.com/p/typescript.md): 574 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Borgo", https://hackerapproved.com/p/borgo/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).