---
key: pl/nim
kind: plang
name: "Nim"
url: https://plangs.page/nim
---

# Nim

> Statically typed, compiled language focusing on performance and elegant syntax, compilable to C, C++, and JavaScript.

General-purpose, statically typed, compiled programming language designed for performance and elegant syntax. It supports multiple paradigms including imperative, functional, and metaprogramming. Nim can compile to C, C++, and JavaScript, making it suitable for system programming, web, and embedded applications.

## Facts

- Appeared: 2008
- Homepage: https://nim-lang.org/
- GitHub: https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim
- Languish ranking: #130

## Relationships

### Paradigms

- [Compiled](https://plangs.page/paradigm/compiled)
- [Concurrent](https://plangs.page/paradigm/concurrent)
- [Functional](https://plangs.page/paradigm/functional)
- [General-Purpose](https://plangs.page/paradigm/general-purpose)
- [Imperative](https://plangs.page/paradigm/imperative)
- [Macros](https://plangs.page/paradigm/macro)
- [Metaprog](https://plangs.page/paradigm/metaprogramming)
- [Multi](https://plangs.page/paradigm/multi)
- [Object-Oriented](https://plangs.page/paradigm/oop)
- [Procedural](https://plangs.page/paradigm/procedural)

### Platforms

- [Android](https://plangs.page/platform/android)
- [Apple](https://plangs.page/platform/apple)
- [ARM](https://plangs.page/platform/arm)
- [BSD](https://plangs.page/platform/bsd)
- [Cross-Platform](https://plangs.page/platform/cross)
- [Linux](https://plangs.page/platform/linux)
- [Node.js](https://plangs.page/platform/nodejs)
- [OSX](https://plangs.page/platform/osx)
- [RISC-V](https://plangs.page/platform/riscv)
- [Windows](https://plangs.page/platform/windows)
- [WWW](https://plangs.page/platform/web)
- [x86-64](https://plangs.page/platform/x86-64)

### Type Systems

- [Inferred](https://plangs.page/type-system/inferred)
- [Object-Oriented](https://plangs.page/type-system/object)
- [Static](https://plangs.page/type-system/static)
- [Strong](https://plangs.page/type-system/strong)
- [Structural](https://plangs.page/type-system/structural)

### Compiles To

- [C](https://plangs.page/c)
- [C++](https://plangs.page/c++)
- [JavaScript](https://plangs.page/javascript)
- [Objective-C](https://plangs.page/objective-c)

### Influenced By

- [Ada](https://plangs.page/ada)
- [C](https://plangs.page/c)
- [C++](https://plangs.page/c++)
- [Lisp](https://plangs.page/lisp)
- [Python](https://plangs.page/python)
- [Rust](https://plangs.page/rust)

### Influenced

- [V](https://plangs.page/v)

### Written With

- [C](https://plangs.page/c)
- [Nim](https://plangs.page/nim)

### Used to Write

- [Nim](https://plangs.page/nim)

### Licenses

- [MIT](https://plangs.page/license/mit)

### Tags

- [3D Graphics](https://plangs.page/tag/3dg)
- [Application](https://plangs.page/tag/app)
- [CLI](https://plangs.page/tag/cli)
- [Compiler](https://plangs.page/tag/compiler)
- [Data Analysis](https://plangs.page/tag/analysis)
- [Editor](https://plangs.page/tag/editor)
- [Educational](https://plangs.page/tag/edu)
- [Embedded System](https://plangs.page/tag/embedded)
- [Games](https://plangs.page/tag/games)
- [Interpreter](https://plangs.page/tag/interpreters)
- [IoT](https://plangs.page/tag/iot)
- [Ray Tracer](https://plangs.page/tag/ray-tracer)
- [Scripting](https://plangs.page/tag/scripting)
- [Statistics](https://plangs.page/tag/stats)
- [Visualization](https://plangs.page/tag/viz)