Hare programming language
Shares rank 121 of 163 programming languages by recommenders
Recommended for its goals and for the work of its creator on projects like sway and aerc; critics say it may stay niche without Mac and Windows targets.
Recommended for its goals and for the work of its creator on projects like sway and aerc; critics say it may stay niche without Mac and Windows targets.
9 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 7
- criticize it
- 2
- approval share
- 78%
Recommended in 4 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: recommended
- July 2026: recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 7 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 3.5 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 4 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Appreciated goals and creator's work
“I greatly appreciate his work on Harelang, sway, and aerc”
Comment from 23 Jul 2026 in “Codeberg Bans Cryptocurrency Projects” “I do appreciate most of it's goals”
Comment from 15 Feb 2026 in “Hare 0.26.0 Released”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Does not target Mac or Windows
“I suspect it'll never be more than a small niche if it doesn't target Mac and Windows.”
Comment from 3 Jan 2026 in “The C3 Programming Language” Not practical for everyday use
“interesting but not practical for my own uses”
Comment from 2 Jun 2026 in “QBE – Compiler Back end: Version 1.3”
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See all 163 programming languages, rankedWhat people said
7 of the 9 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“I greatly appreciate his work on Harelang, sway, and aerc”
“this allows a language like Hare to be used for windows too”
“interesting but not practical for my own uses”
“Hare doesn't even have inline asm.”
“I do appreciate most of it's goals”
“Projects like Hare are probably a good fit for such an idea”
“I suspect it'll never be more than a small niche if it doesn't target Mac and Windows.”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.