Maxon Documentation

Welcome to the Maxon documentation. Maxon is a statically-typed, compiled language with from-scratch native backends — written by AI, and designed so AI can write correct code in it.

Start here

• Introduction — what Maxon is and why it’s built this way.
• Installation — install Maxon with one command.
• Your first program — a guided walk-through.

Reference

• Language Reference — the complete language, section by section.
• Testing — writing and running a project’s own tests.
• Standard Library — strings, collections, files, networking, and more.
• CLI Reference — every maxon command and flag.
• Targets — the platforms Maxon compiles for, and cross-compiling.
• Debugging and Profiling — debug info, coverage, profiling and the memory monitor.
• Editor Support — the VS Code extension and the language server.
• Error Codes — what each compiler diagnostic means.
• Best Practices — how to write idiomatic Maxon.
• BNF Specification — the formal grammar.