Latest release

Borax 2.3.4

Released August 4, 2026
  • Fixes a Package Path Server race that could miss newly added imports until a restart.
  • LSP now reports borax/packagePaths results for subfolders nested more than one level deep.
  • Cached import bytecode is invalidated correctly when only whitespace-insensitive edits change.
Borax-2.3.4-x64.exe Download for Windows
Windows 10/11 ยท 64-bit ~120 MB on disk < 500 MB RAM
Earlier releases
2.3.0
June 12, 2026

Added the project-scoped Language Server (borax lsp -start / -stop) and package-path autocomplete for editors.

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2.2.1
April 3, 2026

Fixes nbt read mis-handling files written by nbt write on very small values, plus clearer validator messages for nested functions.

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2.2.0
February 18, 2026

Introduced the built-in NBT-style binary format (nbt write / nbt read) and typed input() for strings, integers, and any type.

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2.1.0
November 21, 2025

Added native Gson-backed JSON statements and the borax package command for compiling a whole project tree at once.

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2.0.0
August 15, 2025

Rewrote the compiler to emit .class bytecode directly via ASM, removing the old generated-Java-then-javac pipeline entirely.

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1.0.0
March 2, 2025

First public build: variables, functions, loops, conditionals, lists, and math on top of a Java-source-generating compiler.

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