Steel Bank Common Lisp (SBCL): High-Performance Open-Source Common Lisp Compiler
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Summary
Steel Bank Common Lisp (SBCL) is a high-performance, open-source Common Lisp compiler with a permissive license. It provides a complete development environment including a debugger, profiler, code coverage tool, and other extensions. SBCL supports multiple operating systems including Linux, BSDs, macOS, Solaris, and Windows, with the latest version being 2.6.3 released in March 2026.
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It is open source / free software, with a permissive license.
In addition to the compiler and runtime system for ANSI Common Lisp, it provides an interactive environment including a debugger, a statistical profiler, a code coverage tool, and many other extensions.
SBCL runs on Linux, various BSDs, macOS, Solaris, and Windows.
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