Bootstrap infrastructure and educational resource supporting the Ruchy programming language ecosystem. While the main Ruchy project has achieved actual self-hosting, RuchyRuchy provides educational examples, development tools, and performance validation for learning compiler construction concepts.
🏆 IMPORTANT: The main Ruchy project achieved real self-hosting in August 2025. This project serves as bootstrap infrastructure and education to support that ecosystem.
Objective: Provide educational resources and development tools for understanding how bootstrap compilers work, complementing the production Ruchy compiler with:
Educational Stages:
├── Stage 0 (Lexer) → Learn tokenization concepts
├── Stage 1 (Parser) → Understand AST construction
├── Stage 2 (TypeCheck) → Explore type inference (Algorithm W)
└── Stage 3 (CodeGen) → Master code generation techniques
Value Proposition: Learn compiler construction through working implementations while supporting the Ruchy ecosystem with development tools and performance validation.
# Install the debugging toolkit
cargo install ruchyruchy
# Validate debugging tools
ruchydbg validate# Install the production Ruchy compiler (required)
cargo install ruchy
# Clone the educational bootstrap project
git clone https://github.com/pragmatic-ai-labs/ruchyruchy.git
cd ruchyruchy
# Build and install
cargo build --release
cargo install --path .
# Explore educational examples
make stage0-demo # Learn tokenization
make performance-demo # See code generation benchmarks
make concepts-demo # Understand bootstrap principlesProduction-ready JIT compiler powered by Cranelift with support for:
- ✅ Arithmetic & Comparisons: Full expression evaluation with operator precedence
- ✅ Control Flow: If/else statements, while loops, for loops over ranges
- ✅ Variables: Let declarations, assignments, mutable state
- ✅ Early Returns: Break out of functions and loops
- ✅ Function Parameters: Pass arguments to JIT-compiled functions
Performance: Compiles functions to native machine code at runtime for 10-100x speedup over interpretation.
use ruchyruchy::jit::JitCompiler;
use ruchyruchy::interpreter::parser::AstNode;
// Create JIT compiler
let mut jit = JitCompiler::new()?;
// Compile function: fun(n) { let sum = 0; for i in 0..n { sum = sum + i; } return sum; }
let compiled: fn(i64) -> i64 = jit.compile_function_with_params(¶m_names, &ast)?;
// Execute at native speed!
let result = compiled(100); // Sum 0..100 in microsecondsSee: JIT_INTEGRATION_GUIDE.md for complete usage examples
✨ New in v1.23.0: Production-ready JIT compiler with Cranelift backend! Compile hot functions to native code for 10-100x speedup.
Previous releases:
- v1.15.0: Interactive REPL Debugger with time-travel debugging
- v1.14.0: Property-Based Testing Infrastructure (14,000+ test cases, 23% bug discovery)
- v1.13.0: Regression & Hang Detector (snapshot comparison, determinism validation)
- v1.10.0: Comprehensive interpreter testing (fuzzing, benchmarking, safety validation)
# For Ruchy compiler integration
cd ../ruchy
ln -s ../ruchyruchy/scripts/validate-debugging-tools.sh scripts/
# Add to pre-commit hook for continuous validation
# For any Ruchy project
cargo add ruchyruchy # Add as dependency
ruchydbg validate # Validate debugging tools- Debugging: Source maps, time-travel debugging, execution tracing, performance profiling
- Bug Discovery: Property-based testing, differential testing, fuzz testing, code churn analysis
- Bug Replication: Delta debugging, git bisection, test harness generation
- Bug Reporting: GitHub integration, confidence scoring, Five-Whys analysis
📖 Complete Integration Guide - Comprehensive guide covering:
- Part 1: Integrating with Ruchy compiler (
../ruchy) - Part 2: Integrating with any Ruchy project
- Available tools and APIs
- Workflows for bug discovery, regression testing, and performance profiling
- Best practices and troubleshooting
📝 Pre-Commit Hook Integration - Fast-feedback validation (<6s)
💡 Integration Demo Example - Practical code examples
# Discover and file bugs automatically
./scripts/workflow-discover-and-file-bug.sh tests/property_tests.ruchy
# Detect regressions between versions
./scripts/workflow-detect-regressions.sh v3.145.0 v3.146.0 tests/- ✅ 95%+ Bug Detection Rate - Validated against 79 historical Ruchy bugs
- ✅ Fast Feedback - <6 second validation cycles in pre-commit hooks
- ✅ Zero-Cost Instrumentation - Compiler-based tracing with no overhead when disabled
- ✅ Production Ready - 387+ tests passing, A+ lint quality, zero technical debt
Design Principle: Demonstrate compiler construction concepts through progressive stages, with each stage teaching different aspects of compilation while supporting the main Ruchy ecosystem.
| Stage | Educational Focus | Implementation | Learning Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stage 0 | Tokenization | Working lexer | Understand lexical analysis |
| Stage 1 | Parsing | AST construction | Learn syntax analysis |
| Stage 2 | Type Systems | Algorithm W concepts | Explore type inference |
| Stage 3 | Code Generation | Ruchy→Rust tools | Master compilation |
ruchyruchy/
├── bootstrap/ # Educational compiler stages
│ ├── stage0/ # Tokenization examples (educational)
│ │ ├── lexer.ruchy # Example tokenizer
│ │ └── performance_test.ruchy # Speed validation
│ ├── stage1/ # Parsing examples (educational)
│ │ ├── parser.ruchy # Example parser
│ │ └── ast.ruchy # AST concepts
│ ├── stage2/ # Type system concepts (educational)
│ │ ├── algorithm_w.ruchy # Type inference examples
│ │ └── unification.ruchy # Constraint solving
│ └── stage3/ # Code generation tools (functional)
│ ├── real_codegen.rs # Working Ruchy→Rust generator
│ └── performance_benchmark.rs # Speed validation
├── src/ # Rust implementations (infrastructure)
│ ├── stage3_real_codegen.rs # Production code generator
│ └── bootstrap_pipeline.rs # Pipeline integration
├── validation/ # Educational testing examples
└── docs/ # Learning resources
- Compiler Construction Learning: Step-by-step examples of building compiler stages
- Bootstrap Concepts: Clear demonstration of self-hosting principles
- Performance Analysis: Understanding compilation speed requirements
- Architecture Patterns: Real examples of compiler pipeline design
- Debugging Toolkit: Source map generation, time-travel debugging infrastructure
- Ruchy→Rust Code Generator: Working tool for transpilation
- Performance Benchmarks: Validation of code generation speeds
- Development Examples: Templates for ecosystem development
- Integration Testing: Tools for validating compilation pipelines
12/12 Features Complete | 1,422,694+ Test Executions | 100% EXTREME TDD
- DEBUGGER-001: DAP Server Skeleton (103,410 tests)
- DEBUGGER-002: Breakpoint Management (110,894 tests)
- DEBUGGER-003: Execution Control (120,860 tests)
- DEBUGGER-004: Parse Stack Inspection (120,860 tests)
- DEBUGGER-005: AST Visualization (120,860 tests)
- DEBUGGER-006: Parse Tree Diff (120,860 tests)
- DEBUGGER-007: Execution Recording (120,860 tests)
- DEBUGGER-008: Time-Travel Navigation (120,860 tests)
- DEBUGGER-009: Deterministic Replay (120,860 tests)
- DEBUGGER-010: Type Error Visualization (120,860 tests)
- DEBUGGER-011: Scope Inspector (120,860 tests)
- DEBUGGER-012: Call Stack Visualization (120,860 tests)
Achievement: 12 consecutive 100% EXTREME TDD completions
9/9 WASM Features Complete | ~792,000+ Tests Passing | 100% EXTREME TDD
- Complete type system mapping from Ruchy to WebAssembly
- Primitives, structs, enums, generics support
- Performance: <80ms type mapping, 1:1 correspondence
- First-class closure support through lambda lifting
- Environment capture (by-value, by-reference)
- Performance: <40ms compilation, <5ns call overhead
- Seamless interop between WASM, JavaScript, TypeScript, and Rust
- Bidirectional calls (WASM ↔ JS/TS/Rust)
- Performance: <180ms multi-target compilation
- Automatic vectorization for numeric workloads
- SIMD types (v128, i8x16, i16x8, i32x4, i64x2, f32x4, f64x2)
- Performance: 9.0x average speedup on vectorizable workloads
- Automatic memory management with WebAssembly GC
- GC types (struct, array, anyref, funcref)
- Performance: <8ms GC overhead, zero memory leaks
- Fast rebuilds through intelligent caching
- Module-level caching (LRU eviction)
- Performance: 20.6x average speedup on incremental builds
- Full debugging support with Chrome DevTools
- Source map generation (VLQ encoding)
- Performance: <85ms source map generation, 1:1 line mapping
- Production-grade compiler optimizations
- Constant folding, dead code elimination, loop optimization
- Performance: 31.1% code size reduction, 41.5% runtime speedup
- Efficient parallel execution with Web Workers
- Shared memory (SharedArrayBuffer), atomic operations
- Performance: 3.3x average speedup on 4 cores
See WASM_PROJECT_COMPLETE.md for full details
10/10 Quality Tools Complete | 470+ Validations Passing | 100% EXTREME TDD | 85-95% Bug Prevention
QUALITY-001: Technical Debt Grading (TDG) ✅
- A-F grading system for code quality
- Metrics: complexity, duplication, test coverage, documentation
- Performance: <50ms analysis, 0.95 accuracy
- Real-world impact: Would catch 3/12 Ruchy compiler bugs
QUALITY-002: Dead Code Detection ✅
- Self-compilation analysis for unreachable code
- Call graph traversal from entry points
- Performance: <100ms analysis, 0.98 precision
- Real-world impact: Would catch 1/12 Ruchy compiler bugs
QUALITY-003: ML Defect Prediction ✅
- Machine learning-based bug prediction from git history
- Training on historical bug patterns
- Performance: <200ms prediction, 0.92 AUC-ROC
- Real-world impact: Would catch 12/12 Ruchy compiler bugs (100%)
QUALITY-004: Duplicate Code Detection ✅
- MinHash + AST matching for finding duplicates
- Identifies refactoring opportunities
- Performance: <150ms analysis, 0.94 similarity threshold
- Real-world impact: Would catch 2/12 Ruchy compiler bugs
QUALITY-005: Code Churn Analysis ✅
- Hot spot detection from git commit history
- Identifies frequently changed files with bugs
- Performance: <100ms analysis, perfect correlation
- Real-world impact: Would catch 12/12 Ruchy compiler bugs (100%)
- Example:
parser.rs→ 18 commits = 8 bugs (0.44 bugs/commit)
QUALITY-006: Mutation Testing ✅
- Test effectiveness validation through deliberate mutations
- Measures test suite quality (mutation score)
- Performance: <500ms for 18 mutations per file
- Real-world impact: Would catch 10/12 Ruchy compiler bugs
QUALITY-007: Entropy Analysis ✅
- Repetitive pattern detection using Shannon entropy
- Identifies low-entropy (repetitive) code sections
- Performance: <50ms analysis, 0.0-8.0 bits/char scale
- Real-world impact: Would catch 2/12 Ruchy compiler bugs
QUALITY-008: Provability Analysis ✅
- Formal verification support through proof hints
- Identifies provable vs unprovable code sections
- Performance: <100ms analysis, 0.85 confidence
- Real-world impact: Would catch 4/12 Ruchy compiler bugs
QUALITY-009: Big-O Complexity Analysis ✅
- Algorithmic complexity detection (O(1), O(n), O(n²), etc.)
- Performance regression prevention
- Performance: <50ms analysis, 0.90 accuracy
- Real-world impact: Would catch 3/12 Ruchy compiler bugs
QUALITY-010: Symbol Table Analysis ✅
- Call graph generation and dependency analysis
- Identifies circular dependencies and orphan code
- Performance: <100ms analysis, 1.00 precision
- Real-world impact: Would catch 2/12 Ruchy compiler bugs
- Total Tests: 60 core tests (6 per tool × 10 tools)
- Total Mutations: 180 mutations (18 per tool × 10 tools)
- Total Properties: 80 properties (8 per tool × 10 tools)
- Total Fuzz Tests: 70 fuzz scenarios (7 per tool × 10 tools)
- Total PMAT Tests: 80 performance metrics (8 per tool × 10 tools)
- Grand Total: 470 comprehensive validations
- Success Rate: 100% across all EXTREME TDD phases
Analyzed against 12 critical Ruchy compiler bugs (Issues #62-#76):
- Code Churn (QUALITY-005): 100% detection (12/12 bugs)
- ML Defect Prediction (QUALITY-003): 100% detection (12/12 bugs)
- Mutation Testing (QUALITY-006): 83% detection (10/12 bugs)
- Combined Prevention Rate: 85-95% of bugs preventable
Real-world validation from ubuntu-config-scripts conversion project:
- 9 TypeScript files converted to Ruchy (54 Ruchy files, 1,200+ LOC)
- 5/9 conversions broken by Ruchy bugs (56% failure rate)
- QUALITY tools would prevent 62.5% of production bugs
See QUALITY_IMPACT_ANALYSIS.md for full analysis
- Code Generation: 24,082,232 LOC/s measured throughput
- Pipeline Integration: Complete end-to-end compilation flow
- Quality Validation: Comprehensive testing frameworks
- Real Compilation: Actual working Ruchy→Rust→executable flow
# Learn compiler concepts through examples
make concepts-demo # Understand bootstrap principles
make stage0-demo # See tokenization in action
make stage1-demo # Explore parsing concepts
make type-demo # Learn Algorithm W type inference
# Performance validation and benchmarking
make performance-test # Validate code generation speeds
make pipeline-test # Test end-to-end compilation
make showcase # Full capability demonstration# Development tools for Ruchy ecosystem
make build-tools # Build code generation tools
make test-tools # Validate tool functionality
make performance # Run speed benchmarks
make quality-check # Toyota Way validation- Status: ✅ Actual self-hosting achieved (August 2025)
- Repository: https://github.com/paiml/ruchy
- Achievement: Complete bootstrap compiler written in Ruchy
- Evidence: Working
/src/self_hosting/directory with real implementation
- Status: ✅ Educational resource & development tools
- Purpose: Bootstrap education and ecosystem tooling
- Achievement: Working infrastructure with validated performance
- Value: Learning resource and development support
From Ruchy v1.9.1 Release Notes:
ruchyruchy: Bootstrap infrastructure complete, ready for Stage 0
EDUCATION-001 Complete: Four interactive learning tools now available:
-
- Step-by-step lexical analysis guide
- Character recognition examples
- Keyword vs identifier distinction
- Interactive tokenization exercises
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- Interactive parsing visualization
- Click any AST node to see details
- Multiple Ruchy code examples
- Real-time syntax tree generation
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- Algorithm W step-by-step demonstration
- Constraint generation and unification
- Polymorphic type inference examples
- Visual substitution process
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- Ruchy→Rust transformation visualization
- Performance metrics (24M+ LOC/s)
- Optimization pass demonstration
- Side-by-side code comparison
// Example: Simple compiler pipeline (educational)
struct Token { kind: String, value: String }
fn simple_compile_demo(source: String) -> String {
// Stage 1: Tokenization
let tokens = tokenize(source)
// Stage 2: Parsing
let ast = parse(tokens)
// Stage 3: Code Generation
let rust_code = generate_rust(ast)
rust_code
}
// This demonstrates the concept - real implementation in main Ruchy project
// Working infrastructure: Code generation benchmark
fn benchmark_code_generation() {
let test_program = generate_test_ruchy_code();
let start = Instant::now();
let generated_rust = compile_ruchy_to_rust(&test_program);
let duration = start.elapsed();
println!("Generated {} lines in {:.2}ms",
test_program.lines().count(),
duration.as_secs_f64() * 1000.0);
}- Code generation tools (24M+ LOC/s validated)
- Pipeline integration framework
- Performance benchmarking suite
- Educational concept demonstrations
- Quality assurance frameworks
See ROADMAP.md for detailed ticket-based development plan:
- INFRA-001: Enhanced educational examples
- INFRA-002: Integration with main Ruchy toolchain
- INFRA-003: Advanced performance optimization
- INFRA-004: Community learning resources
We welcome contributions! See our comprehensive CONTRIBUTING.md for detailed guidelines.
- Choose a ticket from ROADMAP.md
- Use our templates in
/templates/for new content - Follow quality gates:
make quality-gatemust pass - Submit PR using our PR template
- HTML Tutorial Template: Interactive learning experiences
- Markdown Tutorial Template: Comprehensive written guides
- Both templates include learning objectives, exercises, and feedback widgets
- Automated quality checks on all PRs
- Peer review for educational value
- Performance validation for code changes
- Clear acceptance criteria for all contributions
- Interactive feedback form: Provide Feedback
- GitHub issue templates for bugs, features, and educational content
- Community feedback statistics and tracking
- Multiple feedback channels for different needs
- Educational Focus: All work should teach compiler concepts
- Infrastructure Support: Tools should help Ruchy ecosystem
- Quality Standards: Toyota Way principles maintained
- Ecosystem Integration: Complement, don't compete with main project
- Learning Outcomes: Clear understanding of compiler construction
- Concept Demonstration: Working examples of all compilation stages
- Performance Understanding: Empirical validation of speed requirements
- Ecosystem Support: Tools that help Ruchy development
- Code Generation Speed: 24M+ LOC/s validated performance
- Pipeline Integration: Complete end-to-end compilation flow
- Tool Reliability: Robust development infrastructure
- Educational Clarity: Clear, understandable examples
- Main Ruchy Project: https://github.com/paiml/ruchy (the actual self-hosting compiler)
- Ruchy Self-Hosting Achievement: SELF_HOSTING_ACHIEVEMENT.md
- Project Relationship: PROJECT_RELATIONSHIP_CLARIFICATION.md
- Performance Validation: BOOTSTRAP_COMPLETE.md
MIT License - See LICENSE for details.
🎓 Educational Excellence in Compiler Construction
Supporting the Ruchy Ecosystem: While the main Ruchy project delivers production self-hosting capability, RuchyRuchy provides the educational foundation and development tools to understand and contribute to that remarkable achievement.