Current Status
Active compiler validation and language development. NXD currently includes a functional compiler pipeline, semantic analysis framework, intermediate representation system, and an actively validated Nim backend.
Stage 2 - Core Compiler & Open Source
Status: In Progress
Validation Coverage: 83 Cases As of 09-05-2026
Positive Validation: 38 / 40 Passing (95.0%)
Negative Validation: 23 / 33 Correctly Rejected (69.7%)
Nim Specialty Validation 08 / 10 Correctly Passing (80.0%)
Website content is updated weekly. For the most current project status, validation results, development activity, and source code, please visit the GitHub repository.
Stage 1
Foundation & Public Presence
Status: Complete
- ✅ Project Scaffolding
- ✅ Base Documentation
- ✅ AI Documentation Review
- ✅ Human Documentation Review
- ✅ Website
- ✅ Social Media
- ✅ Public Repository
- ✅ MIT License
- ✅ Email & Support Channels
- ✅ Branding Kit
- ✅ Versioning Strategy
- ✅ Contribution Guidelines
- ✅ Code of Conduct
- ✅ Vision & Philosophy
Stage 2
Core Compiler & Open Source
Status: 🔄 In Progress
- ✅ Scanner
- ✅ Parser
- ✅ AST Generation
- ✅ Lowering
- ✅ JSON IR
- ✅ Python → Rust Handoff
- ✅ Rust Loader
- ✅ IR Root
- ✅ NXD Semantics
- ✅ Nim Backend
- ✅ Validation Framework
- ✅ Positive Validation Suite
- ✅ Negative Validation Suite
- ✅ Test Documentation Standards
- ✅ VS Code extention
- ✅ LSP - Syntax highlighting
- ✅ LSP - Basic code autocomplete
- ✅ LSP - Error diagnostics
- 🔄 LSP - File icons
- 🔄 LSP - Warning diagnostics
- 🔄 LSP - Go to definition
- 🔄 LSP - Hover information
- 🔄 Parser Refinement
- 🔄 Lexer Refinement
- 🔄 Nim Conformance Validation
- 🔄 CI
- ⬜ CD
- ⬜ Core Language Freeze
Exit Criteria
- Positive validation substantially complete
- Negative validation substantially complete
- Nim backend validated
- Core language behavior stabilized
Stage 3
Validation & Technical Preview
Status: ⏳ Planned
- ⬜ NXD-Nim Compiler integation
- ⬜ Web compilation service
- ⬜ Playground
- ⬜ Playground Security Review
- ⬜ Technical Preview
- ⬜ Performance Baseline
- ⬜ Public Conformance Matrix
Stage 4
Multi-Backend Ecosystem
Status: ⏳ Planned
- ⬜ D Backend
- ⬜ D Validation
- ⬜ Community Governance
- ⬜ External Contributors
Stage 5
Runtime & Identity Exploration
Status: ⏳ Planned
- ⬜ Runtime Feasibility Study
- ⬜ Runtime Architecture Proposal
- ⬜ NXD Runtime Prototype
- ⬜ Formal Semantics Draft
Stage 6
Expansion & Support
Status: ⏳ Planned
- ⬜ Elixir Backend
- ⬜ Elixir Validation
- ⬜ Support Model
- ⬜ Stability Roadmap
Stage 7
Release Candidate & Launch
Status: ⏳ Planned
- ⬜ Documentation Freeze
- ⬜ Security Audit
- ⬜ RC1
- ⬜ Launch Checklist
- ⬜ NXD v1.0