Shiden

Shiden is a high-performance ahead-of-time compiled language focused on speed, predictability, and low-level control, with a syntax familiar to Rust and JavaScript.

Note:

Old Varient in Other/rust.zip

Why Shiden?

Shiden is designed for developers who want the performance of systems languages without the complexity that often comes with them.

It focuses on:

• predictable performance
• simple syntax
• direct access to system primitives
• minimal runtime overhead

Goal

Shiden aims to combine the performance and control of Rust with the simplicity of scripting languages while exposing low-level system primitives directly.

Platforms

Platform	Arch	Support	Phase
linux	x86_64	No	N/A
linux	arm	No	N/A
windows	x86_64	No	N/A
macos	N/A	No	N/A
More architectures and platforms are planned.

Installation

Going to be added soon

Ecosystem

• 🧠 VSCode-Extension
• 🍽️ Flavortown-Project
• 📚 Shiden-Docs
• 📦 Shiden-Package-Registry (hint...)
• 🧪 Benchmarks (hmm very soon)
  (thanks kde emoji picker)

CLI - Assembly version

Command	Description	Status
shiden run	release mode by default, add --debug for debug mode
shiden check	runs checks
shiden new {name}	creates a new project
shiden init	initializes project in current directory
shiden compile	compiles Shiden (run does the same anyway)
shiden help	shows help

Shiden init/new folder formats

my_project/  
├── shiden.toml         // Manifest  
├── src/  
│   └── main.sd         // Executable entry  
├── tests/  
│   └── example.sd  // doesn't work yet  
├── build/              // Compiled binaries  
│   ├── cache/   // Build cache (none)  
│   ├── linux/   // Linux target  
│   ├── windows/ // Windows target  
│   └── macos/   // macOS target  
└── README.md  

Supporters

Shiden is a project supported by GitBook! If you want to support the project then consider sponsoring or donating! It really helps a lot and is very much appreciated.

Contributing

If you do wanna contribute then feel free to create issues or pull requests! Love the support. Also Checkout the CONTRIBUTING.md for more details on how to contribute.

License

Licensed under the MIT License. See the LICENSE file for details.

AI Notice

Used AI for inline code completions, documentation writing and for debugging.