Mojo programming language will become open-source soon

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by birdculture • 26 days ago

34 16 26 days ago

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cl3misch2• 26 days ago

The title makes me happy, but the link just goes to a signup page?

Their homepage (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/) doesn't say anything about it.

gabrielsroka• 26 days ago

It's on https://mojolang.org

cl3misch2• 24 days ago

What 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

We have committed to open-sourcing Mojo in Fall 2026.

microflash3• 26 days ago

Once 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• 26 days ago

Why is that?

microflash3• 25 days ago

It’s now on the whims of Qualcomm, a for-profit company.

adamnemecek2• 26 days ago

If you are talking about the Qualcomm acquisition that was a different Modular.

ModernMech• 26 days ago

https://www.modular.com/blog/qualcomm-to-acquire-modular

maxloh• 26 days ago

I 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• 26 days ago

Maybe a better link: https://mojolang.org/docs/faq/#will-mojo-be-open-sourced

linzhangrun• 25 days ago

Feel 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• 25 days ago

Too little too late

nojito• 25 days ago

I'd argue now is the perfect time because of the growth of agentic programming.

Mojo programming language will become open-source soon

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