Version 0.1: Now Available

A compiled language
that reads like Python.

Vexel compiles to native machine code via LLVM, includes automatic garbage collection, and ships with first-class SDL2 support for games and graphics.

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Windows x64, Linux and macOS coming soon

hello.vx

fn main():
    print("Hello, World!")

fn fib(n: int) -> int:
    if n <= 1:
        return n
    return fib(n - 1) + fib(n - 2)

# vexel run hello.vx

Native Speed

Compiles to machine code via LLVM: the same backend powering Clang, Rust, and Swift.

Readable Syntax

Indentation-based, English-readable syntax. If you know Python, you already know Vexel.

Built for Games

First-class SDL2 integration. Open a window, draw sprites, handle input: out of the box.

Garbage Collected

Automatic memory management via a mark-and-sweep runtime. No malloc, no free.

Vexel in Practice

Select an example to explore the language.

hello.vx

fn main():
    print("Hello, World!")

add.vx

fn add(a: int, b: int) -> int:
    return a + b

fn main():
    let result: int = add(3, 4)
    print(result)

fib.vx

fn fib(n: int) -> int:
    if n <= 1:
        return n
    return fib(n - 1) + fib(n - 2)

fn main():
    for i in 0..10:
        print(fib(i))

game.vx

import sdl

fn main():
    let win = sdl.Window("Vexel", 800, 600)
    while win.open():
        win.clear(color.black)
        win.draw_text("Hello!", 400, 300)
        win.present()