# LDC (LLVM D Compiler)

5 Hacker News commenters recommended LDC (LLVM D Compiler) and 0 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 3 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Free LLVM-based compiler for the D language that people recommend for strong D support, including on macOS, and fast runtime results.

## Why people recommend it

- Strong D language support (2 comments): "A good chunk of the community uses LDC or GDC for that exact reason." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50137277)) "gdc and ldc offer top notch D support for the Mac." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46176694))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [GCC](https://hackerapproved.com/p/gcc.md): 138 recommend
- [Clang](https://hackerapproved.com/p/clang.md): 74 recommend
- [Free Pascal compiler](https://hackerapproved.com/p/free-pascal.md): 38 recommend
- [GraalVM Native Image](https://hackerapproved.com/p/graalvm-native-image.md): 31 recommend
- [.NET Native AOT](https://hackerapproved.com/p/net-native-aot.md): 26 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "LDC (LLVM D Compiler)", https://hackerapproved.com/p/ldc/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).