# Wisp (Lisp syntax)

Hacker Approved page: https://hackerapproved.com/p/wisp/

7 people recommended Wisp (Lisp syntax) in Hacker News comments and 1 criticized it, November 2025 to October 2026. It was recommended in 4 of 12 months, in 6 threads. It does not meet the Hacker Approved badge rule.

**Verdict:** Free indentation-based Lisp syntax people use for practical tools and experiments. Critics find it harder to read than Scheme and worry about ecosystem compatibility.

Summary written by Claude from 9 comments. It was written before the November 2026 recount, and 7 of those comments still count.

## Why people recommend it

- Used to build practical tools (2 comments in the sample): "If it is such a problem you can use wisp to write your packages." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47489279)) "I made a little tool for Ralphing on Sprites" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46692708))
- Fits users' own use cases (1 comment in the sample): "I was looking for something like it so I could use it to quickly test the web builds of my tauri mobile app." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47156181))
- Seen as a cool example (1 comment in the sample): "I think this is a pretty cool example" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47032648))

## The badge

A product earns the Hacker Approved badge when at least 10 people recommend it, recommenders outnumber critics at least 2 to 1 (mixed feelings count toward neither side), it was recommended in at least 4 of the 12 months and in at least 5 different threads, and no single thread supplies more than half of the people who recommend it. Health and money products are never badged.

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Wisp (Lisp syntax)", https://hackerapproved.com/p/wisp/ (7 recommend, 0 mixed, 1 criticize; Hacker News comments, November 2025 to October 2026).

Counts updated 2 Nov 2026, with data through October 31, 2026.