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Mojo programming language will become open-source soon
- cl3misch 4mo agoThe title makes me happy, but the link just goes to a signup page? Their homepage (https://mojolang.org/ https://mojolang.org/) states > The Mojo standard library is fully open-source on GitHub and we welcome contributions! We also plan to open-source the Mojo compiler in 2026. Their roadmap (https://mojolang.org/docs/roadmap/ https://mojolang.org/docs/roadmap/) doesn't say anything about it.
- gabrielsroka 4mo agoIt's on https://mojolang.org https://mojolang.org
- mkl 4mo ago[dead]
- cl3misch 4mo agoWhat exactly? I already quoted what I could find (only very general statements). Ah, seems to be here: https://mojolang.org/docs/faq/#will-mojo-be-open-sourced https://mojolang.org/docs/faq/#will-mojo-be-open-sourced > We have committed to open-sourcing Mojo in Fall 2026.
- microflash 4mo agoOnce upon a time, I was looking forward to open source Mojo, but over years that interest has waned. And with latest acquisition event, the entire thing might as well be dead and buried.
- yhjc2692 4mo agoWhy is that?
- microflash 4mo agoIt’s now on the whims of Qualcomm, a for-profit company.
- brennebeck 4mo agoWhat did you think Modular was prior to the acquisition? I mean, I can understand not being on board with Qualcomm and thinking the stewardship may go awry, but the reason given doesn’t seem to fit a company that raised multiple rounds of funding
- microflash 4mo agoSorry, should've put this: It’s now on the whims of Qualcomm, a for-profit company, who might be only interested in the talent and not what that talent has been doing at Modular.
- adamnemecek 4mo agoIf you are talking about the Qualcomm acquisition that was a different Modular.
- ModernMech 4mo agohttps://www.modular.com/blog/qualcomm-to-acquire-modular https://www.modular.com/blog/qualcomm-to-acquire-modular
- adamnemecek 4mo agoOk it is the same Modular, nvm.
- maxloh 4mo agoI am still waiting for the Mojo language to be fully open source before diving into it. Another language I'm excited about is Carbon. I can't wait for an MVP to actually try it. We have so many new languages incubating in the last few years!
- ChrisArchitect 4mo agoMaybe a better link: https://mojolang.org/docs/faq/#will-mojo-be-open-sourced https://mojolang.org/docs/faq/#will-mojo-be-open-sourced
- linzhangrun 4mo agoFeel sad for Mojo... "like Python but not Python", language like that is basically the uncanny valley for LLMs. Not just a lack of training data problem, it is also very easy to get confused, just like bash and fish. :(
- nylonstrung 4mo agoToo little too late
- nojito 4mo agoI'd argue now is the perfect time because of the growth of agentic programming.