# Ruchy - Self-Hosting Programming Language
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Ruchy is a self-hosting programming language with comprehensive tooling and quality engineering practices based on Toyota Way principles.
## Quick Start
```bash
# Install from crates.io
cargo install ruchy
# Run a one-liner
ruchy -e "println('Hello, World!')"
# Start the REPL
ruchy repl
# Run a script
ruchy run script.ruchy
# Check syntax
ruchy check script.ruchy
# Format code
ruchy fmt script.ruchy
# Lint code
ruchy lint script.ruchy
```
## Current Status - v1.88.0 (September 2025)
### 🎯 Book Compatibility: 95.6%
- **219 of 229** examples passing
- **100%** test coverage
- **94.0/100** TDG quality score (A grade)
- **Path to 100%**: Only 2 critical bugs remaining
### 🚀 Recent Achievements
- Main function auto-execution implemented
- Format string processing fixed (`{:.2}` now works)
- Comprehensive error handling (try-catch-finally, throw, panic!)
- Pattern matching with destructuring (arrays, tuples, objects)
- PMAT v2.68.0+ quality enforcement integrated
### 📊 Quality Metrics
- **Code Quality**: 94.0/100 TDG score across 361 files
- **Test Coverage**: 49.90% overall, 81.2% transpiler
- **Zero Technical Debt**: No TODO/FIXME/HACK comments
- **Pre-commit Gates**: Automated quality enforcement
## Key Features
### Self-Hosting Capability
- Bootstrap compiler written in Ruchy
- Transpiles to Rust for compilation
- Type inference with Algorithm W
- Complete language features for compiler development
### Language Features
- **Pipeline Operator**: `data |> transform |> filter`
- **Pattern Matching**: With guards: `x if x > 0 => "positive"`
- **Lambda Syntax**: Both `|x| x + 1` and `x => x + 1`
- **Module System**: `use`, `mod`, and `::` path resolution
- **Error Handling**: Result/Option types with `?` operator
- **Collections**: HashMap, HashSet with standard methods
- **String/Array Methods**: Comprehensive built-in methods
### CLI Commands
| `ruchy check` | Syntax validation |
| `ruchy fmt` | Code formatting |
| `ruchy lint` | Quality analysis |
| `ruchy test` | Test execution |
| `ruchy ast` | AST visualization |
| `ruchy run` | Script execution |
| `ruchy repl` | Interactive environment |
| `ruchy transpile` | Convert to Rust |
### REPL Features
- Tab completion with context awareness
- Syntax highlighting
- Persistent history across sessions
- Multiline editing
- Magic commands (`:help`, `:load`, `:save`)
- Resource limits (memory, timeout, stack depth)
## Example Code
```rust
// Function definition
fun parse_expr(tokens: Vec<Token>) -> Result<Expr, ParseError> {
match tokens.first() {
Some(Token::Number(n)) => Ok(Expr::Literal(*n)),
Some(Token::Ident(name)) => Ok(Expr::Variable(name.clone())),
_ => Err(ParseError::UnexpectedToken)
}
}
// Pipeline operator
[1, 2, 3, 4, 5]
|> sum()
// Pattern matching with guards
match user_input {
n if n > 0 => "positive",
0 => "zero",
1..=10 => "small range",
_ => "other"
}
// Collections
let mut map = HashMap()
map.insert("key", "value")
map.get("key").unwrap()
```
## Quality Engineering
### Code Quality Standards
- **Complexity Limits**: Functions must have cyclomatic complexity ≤10
- **Zero SATD Policy**: No TODO/FIXME/HACK comments allowed
- **Lint Compliance**: All clippy warnings treated as errors
- **Pre-commit Hooks**: Automated quality gates prevent regressions
### Testing
- Unit tests for core functionality
- Integration tests for CLI commands
- Property-based testing for mathematical invariants
- Fuzz testing for edge case discovery
### Quality Gate Script
```bash
# Run quality checks
./scripts/quality-gate.sh src
# Checks performed:
# - Function complexity ≤10
# - No technical debt comments
# - All tests passing
```
## Development
```bash
# Clone repository
git clone https://github.com/paiml/ruchy.git
cd ruchy
# Build
cargo build --release
# Run tests
cargo test
# Check quality
./scripts/quality-gate.sh src
# Install locally
cargo install --path .
```
## Documentation
- [Language Specification](./docs/SPECIFICATION.md)
- [Development Roadmap](./docs/execution/roadmap.md)
- [Change Log](./CHANGELOG.md)
- [Contributing Guidelines](./CLAUDE.md)
## Related Projects
- [ruchy-book](https://github.com/paiml/ruchy-book) - Language documentation and examples
- [rosetta-ruchy](https://github.com/paiml/rosetta-ruchy) - Algorithm implementations
- [ruchyruchy](https://github.com/paiml/ruchyruchy) - Test suite
## License
MIT OR Apache-2.0