Armed Bear Common Lisp (ABCL)

Armed Bear Common Lisp (ABCL) is a full implementation of the Common Lisp language featuring both an interpreter and a compiler, running in the JVM. Originally started to be a scripting language for the J editor, it now supports JSR-223 (Java scripting API): it can be a scripting engine in any Java application. Additionally, it can be used to implement (parts of) the application using Java to Lisp integration APIs.

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One of the following

• JRE 1.6.0 (patch level 10 or higher)
• JRE 1.7.0
• JRE 1.8.0

Running on one of the explictly supported platforms: Windows, Linux, MacOS X, OpenBSD, NetBSD, FreeBSD, Solaris or Google App Engine

One of the following

• JDK 1.6.0 (patch level 10 or higher)
• JDK 1.7.0
• JDK 1.8.0

And either

• Ant version 1.7.1 or higher, or
• A Lisp to run the lisp-based build system

ABCL is covered by the GNU General Public License with Classpath exception, meaning that you can use ABCL in your application without the requirement to open the sources to your application.