# Mine IDE for Coalton and Common Lisp

11 Hacker News commenters recommended Mine IDE for Coalton and Common Lisp and 1 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 4 of 13 months. It meets the Hacker Approved badge rule.

**Verdict:** People recommend it as a fast, friendly IDE for Coalton and Common Lisp, especially for newcomers on Windows. One commenter found it a weird goal for a Common Lisp IDE.

## Why people recommend it

- Friendly gateway for newcomers to Common Lisp (2 comments): "I like that mine solves those for a newcomer, especially on Windows." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47906657)) "trying to be a friendlier gateway into trying Common Lisp" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47991873))
- Welcome addition to the Common Lisp community (2 comments): "Very cool project and welcome edition to the CL community!" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47906139)) "looks like a welcome alternative" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47904985))

## What people warn about

- Needs tutorials and sample projects (1 comments): "I have "mine" their text editor, now I just need some tutorials and sample projects to go with it." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48287796))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [JetBrains IDEs](https://hackerapproved.com/p/jetbrains-ides.md): 233 recommend
- [IntelliJ IDEA](https://hackerapproved.com/p/intellij-idea.md): 206 recommend
- [Microsoft Visual Studio](https://hackerapproved.com/p/visual-studio.md): 165 recommend
- [Delphi](https://hackerapproved.com/p/delphi.md): 126 recommend
- [Xcode](https://hackerapproved.com/p/xcode.md): 100 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Mine IDE for Coalton and Common Lisp", https://hackerapproved.com/p/mine-ide-for-coalton-and-common-lisp/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).