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Community & Maintainers ​

Pleno is an ambitious, modern programming language project, but it is also intentionally minimalistic in how it is built and maintained.

The first thing I want to say is

Yes, I am escaping from taking risks and responsibility, spending money and my precious time.

I am looking for curious, skilled, and thoughtful people who want to help build something meaningful in the open-source world — not just another tool, but a language with long-term vision.

If you are interested in:

  • Programming language design
  • Virtual machines, compilers, or runtimes
  • Tooling (LSP, debugger, formatter)
  • Documentation and learning materials
  • Or simply helping an open-source ecosystem grow

You are very welcome here.

Philosophy ​

Pleno is built with a very clear philosophy:

Focus on the language itself.
Not on surrounding bureaucracy.

I deliberately avoid building and maintaining things that create:

  • financial overhead
  • infrastructure burden
  • long-term operational cost
  • or large time sinks unrelated to language design

This is why Pleno does not have:

  • A central package registry
  • Winget, Scoop, Brew, Apt, or similar installers
  • Complex cloud infrastructure
  • Paid hosting requirements

All of those systems require constant money, time, legal, and operational effort — and they distract from the actual goal:

Making Pleno a great programming language.

Why this approach ​

Most language projects fail not because of bad design, but because of:

  • infrastructure burnout
  • funding pressure
  • maintenance overload

Pleno is designed to survive without money.

By keeping everything simple, Git-based, and decentralized:

  • Anyone can contribute
  • Anyone can host
  • Anyone can fork
  • Nobody is blocked by payments or servers

This keeps Pleno free, open, and sustainable.

VS Code Extension (Status) ​

You can download Pleno Language Support extension and install it manually. But later I will publish it officially.

Yes, Pleno has a VS Code extension, but I want to be clear about the current direction:

  • I do not plan to officially publish the VS Code extension marketplace release right now.
  • I want to avoid extra overhead like release cycles, marketplace maintenance, support requests, and constant compatibility work while the language itself is still evolving.

For now, the priority is simple:

Make Pleno stable and solid first.

That said, this is not a “never”.

If Pleno reaches a stable stage, I may return to tooling and distribution step by step, such as:

  • publishing the VS Code extension officially
  • improving editor support
  • adding better installation options
  • and other ecosystem pieces

But only after the core language is strong enough to justify that effort.

Sponsorship & Support ​

While Pleno is designed to run without cost, support is always appreciated.

If you are:

  • a sponsor
  • a developer
  • a maintainer
  • a teacher
  • or just someone who believes in this idea

You are welcome to help in any way you can.

This can be:

  • contributing code
  • improving documentation
  • testing
  • building tools
  • or providing financial support

There is no obligation — only shared curiosity and respect for good engineering.

Join the journey ​

Pleno is not a product.
It is a craft.

If you enjoy building things that are:

  • elegant
  • deep
  • long-lasting
  • and truly useful

Then you are already part of the kind of community this project wants.

Welcome.

Community ​

Join the growing Pleno community! Whether you're a beginner or an experienced language enthusiast, there are many ways to get involved.

Communication Channels ​

Contributing ​

Pleno is an open-source project and we love contributions! Check out our Contributing Guide to get started.

Built with Pleno ​

A showcase of projects created by our community.

Want to add your project here? Submit a pull request!