xcc C compiler
Shares rank 12 of 18 c compilers by recommenders
People recommend xcc as a fast, readable C compiler that runs standard C code with no changes, and find it cool and useful. No criticism was recorded.
People recommend xcc as a fast, readable C compiler that runs standard C code with no changes, and find it cool and useful. No criticism was recorded.
8 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 8
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 4 of 13 months
- November 2025: recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 8 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 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
Fast on plain C code
“Those are some pretty fine speedups, from naive C, with no alterations from the standard "C" code”
Comment from 19 Oct 2026 in “Ask HN: How to deal with shipping AI-written code you don't understand?” “worth mentioning for being fast-enough to run C like scripting”
Comment from 29 Apr 2026 in “C, Just In Time!” Seen as cool and useful
“I think your project is both cool and potentially very useful and I'm glad you mentioned it on HN!”
Comment from 21 Oct 2026 in “Ask HN: How to deal with shipping AI-written code you don't understand?” “I like it! The Rust crew would love this I bet.”
Comment from 19 Oct 2026 in “Ask HN: How to deal with shipping AI-written code you don't understand?”
Other c compilers people recommend
The four most recommended other c compilers, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fil-C | 160 | 60 | 73% | 13 | — | Approved |
| Claude's C Compiler | 39 | 83 | 32% | 5 | — | — |
| Visual C++ | 29 | 17 | 63% | 12 | — | — |
| Tiny C Compiler (TCC) | 22 | 3 | 88% | 9 | — | Approved |
| xcc C compilerThis page | 8 | 0 | 100% | 4 | — | — |
What people said
7 of the 8 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“I think your project is both cool and potentially very useful and I'm glad you mentioned it on HN!”
“I like it! The Rust crew would love this I bet.”
“Those are some pretty fine speedups, from naive C, with no alterations from the standard "C" code”
“worth mentioning for being fast-enough to run C like scripting”
“really easy to read and well written and easy to comprehend code”
“I do think the world needs more C compilers”
“I built the playground for my language using that”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.