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| logo = The_odin_programming_language_logo.svg

| paradigms = [[Imperative programming|imperative]], [[Procedural programming|procedural]]

| designer = Ginger Bill Hall

| released = {{start date and age|2016|0706|0702}}

| latest release version = dev-20232025-0x06<ref>{{cite web |title=LatestRelease releasesdev-2025-06 |website=[[GitHub]]· odin-lang/Odin |url=https://github.com/odin-lang/Odin/releases/tag/dev-2025-06 |website=GitHub |access-date=3 June 2025 |language=en}}</ref>

| latest release date = {{Start date and age|2025|06|02}}

| latest preview version =

| latest preview date =

| typing = [[Static typing|Static]], [[Strong typing|strong]], [[Type inference|inferred]], [[Nominal_type_system|nominal]], [[Structural_type_system|structural]], [[Generic programming|generic]]

| platform = [[x86-64]], [[ARM architecture|ARM]]/[[AArch64|ARM64]], [[WebAssembly]]

| operating system = [[Cross-platformMicrosoft Windows|Windows]], [[Linux]], [[macOS]]

| license = [[BSD_licenses#3-clause|3-clause BSD]].<ref>{{cite web |title=BSD 3-clause license |website=[[GitHub]] |url=https://github.com/odin-lang/Odin/blob/master/LICENSE|access-date=2023-11-27}}</ref>

| file ext = .odin

| website = {{URL|https://odin-lang.org/}}

| influenced by = [[Pascal (programming language)|Pascal]]<ref>{{cite web | url=https://gamefromscratch.com/odin-programming-language/ | title=ODIN Programming Language | date=13 April 2022 }}</ref>, [[C (programming language)|C]], [[Go (programming language)|Go]], [[Oberon-2]], [[Newsqueak]], [[JAI_(programming_language)|Jai]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Jai vs Odin systems programming languages | website=[[YouTube]] |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M763xHjsPk4 |access-date=2022-07-06}}</ref>, [[GLSL]]<ref>{{cite web | url=https://odin-lang.org/docs/faq/ | title=Frequently Asked Questions }}</ref>

}}

'''Odin''' is an [[imperative programming|imperative]], [[General-purpose programming language|general-purpose]], [[compiled programming language|compiled]] and [[statically typed]] [[system programming language]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2YLA4ajby00 | title=Interview with Odin language creator gingerBill | website=[[YouTube]] }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |last1=Zylinski |first1=Karl |title=Understanding the Odin Programming Language |date=December 9, 2024 |edition=1st |url=https://www.amazon.com/Understanding-Odin-Programming-Language-Zylinski-ebook/dp/B0DQ1V7LW4 |access-date=24 May 2025}}</ref> It is designed as an alternative to the [[C_(programming_language)|C programming language]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Introducing Odin Lang (Japanese) |url=https://qiita.com/sh1so6/items/40bdda93d6fa2f094fd7 |access-date=2019-09-29 |website=Qiita}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-11-04 |title=Programming Games by Hand Using Odin |url=https://community.codenewbie.org/patrickodacre/programming-games-by-hand-using-odin-55lh |access-date=2023-11-27 |website=CodeNewbie Community 🌱 |language=en}}</ref>. It has features such as compile-time [[parametric polymorphism]], [[array programming]], and [[Type_introspection|runtime reflection]].<ref name=":0">{{cite web |title=Odin programming language review (quality of life) |url=https://graphitemaster.github.io/odin_review/#quality-of-life}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Writing an Operating System in Odin |url=https://flysand7.hashnode.dev/writing-an-os-kernel-in-odin |access-date=2023-11-27 |website=flysand7's blog |date=22 November 2023 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=hasen |date=2022-08-25 |title=Why I like Odin |url=https://hasenjudy.wordpress.com/2022/08/25/odin-praise/ |access-date=2023-11-27 |website=Hasen Judy |language=en}}</ref>

'''Odin''' is an [[imperative programming|imperative]], [[General-purpose programming language|general-purpose]], [[compiled programming language|compiled]], [[statically typed]], and [[distinct types]] using [[system programming language]] designed by [[Ginger Bill]]<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2YLA4ajby00 | title=Interview with Odin language creator gingerBill | website=[[YouTube]] }}</ref>

The language comes with bindings for several libraries and graphics APIs such as [[OpenGL]], [[DirectX]], [[Simple DirectMedia Layer|SDL]] and [[Vulkan]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Mike |date=2022-04-13 |title=ODIN Programming Language |url=https://gamefromscratch.com/odin-programming-language/ |access-date=2023-11-27 |website=GameFromScratch.com |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Odin/vendor at master · odin-lang/Odin |url=https://github.com/odin-lang/Odin/tree/master/vendor#readme |access-date=2023-11-27 |website=GitHub |language=en}}</ref>

The language supports: [[compile-time]] [[parametric polymorphism]], [[Type introspection|runtime reflection]], [[cross-compilation]], [[manual memory management]], [[array programming]], and [[AoS_and_SoA|SOA]] data types.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCqW_RepcW0 | title=Overloading and/Or (Multi) Methods in Julia, C, Odin, Nim, C#, & TypeScript | website=[[YouTube]] }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Overview|url=https://odin-lang.org/docs/overview/|access-date=2022-10-20|website=odin-lang.org}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://graphitemaster.github.io/odin_review/#quality-of-life | title=Odin programming language review }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://medium.com/swlh/something-is-happening-to-our-programming-languages-and-i-like-it-a66447beade | title=Something is Happening to Our Programming Languages, and I like It | date=31 May 2020 }}</ref>

== ExampleHistory ==

Work started on the language in July 2016<ref>{{cite web |title=Odin first commit |url=https://github.com/odin-lang/Odin/commit/f7a669d342c96451a3e0be84e2e51af8631f90ec |website=GitHub |access-date=24 May 2025 |language=en}}</ref>. Designer Bill Hall decided to make a language that could replace his needs for [[C (programming language)|C]] and [[C++]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-07-08 |title=The Odin Programming Language |url=https://handmade.network/forums/t/1338-the_odin_programming_language#7533 |access-date=2023-11-27 |website=Handmade Network |language=en-US}}</ref> Since then the language has been developed as open source on GitHub.<ref>{{Citation |title=The Odin Programming Language |date=2023-11-27 |url=https://github.com/odin-lang/Odin |access-date=2023-11-27 |publisher=Odin}}</ref>. It was considered sufficiently widely used to be added to GitHub's Linguist in July 2020<ref>{{cite web |title=Odin's pull request to Linguist |url=https://github.com/github-linguist/linguist/pull/4676 |website=Github}}</ref>.

<syntaxhighlight lang="go">

package main

import "core:fmt"

main :: proc() {

program := "+ + * 😃 - /"

accumulator := 0

for token in program {

switch token {

case '+': accumulator += 1

case '-': accumulator -= 1

case '*': accumulator *= 2

case '/': accumulator /= 2

case '😃': accumulator *= accumulator

case: // Ignore everything else

}

}

fmt.printf("The program \"%s\" calculates the value %d\n",

program, accumulator)

}

</syntaxhighlight>

== Design ==

Odin is designed to be an alternative for the [[C_(programming_language)|C programming language]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Introducing Odin Lang (Japanese) |url=https://qiita.com/sh1so6/items/40bdda93d6fa2f094fd7 |website=Qiita |access-date=2019-09-29}}</ref> to achieve "high performance" on "modern systems"<ref>https://odin-lang.org/</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.c3-lang.org/compare/#odin | title=Comparisons with other languages - C3 Documentation }}</ref>, with features like compile-time [[parametric polymorphism]], [[array programming]], and [[Type_introspection|runtime reflection]].

=== Syntax ===

Odin's declaration syntax is inspired by Newsqueak and Jai.

<syntaxhighlight lang="go">

// Variable declarations

x : int = 123

x := 123 // Type inference

// Constant value declarations

X :: 123

Y : int : 123

// Function declaration

Z :: proc() {}

</syntaxhighlight>

=== Explicit procedure overloading ===

Odin has [[Function_overloading|procedure overloading]]<ref>{{cite web | url=https://graphitemaster.github.io/odin_review/#procedure-groups | title=Odin programming language review }}</ref>, but unlike C++ the overloads have to be specified explicitly.

<syntaxhighlight lang="go">

bool_to_string :: proc(b: bool) -> string {...}

int_to_string :: proc(i: int) -> string {...}

// "to_string" is will call either "bool_to_string" or "int_to_string" depending on type.

to_string :: proc{bool_to_string, int_to_string}

</syntaxhighlight>

===Array programming===

Odin provides [[array programming]]<ref>{{cite web | url=https://bgthompson.com/blog/octonions-in-odin.html | title=Generating the multiplication table for octonions in Odin }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Overview|url=https://odin-lang.org/docs/overview/#array-programming|access-date=2022-10-20|website=odin-lang.org}}</ref>, enabling arithmetics on array elements:

<syntaxhighlight lang="go">

a := [3]f32{ 1, 2, 3 }

b := [3]f32{ 5, 6, 7 }

c := a * b

d := a + b

e := 1 + (c - d) / 2

fmt.printf("%.1f\n", e) // [0.5, 3.0, 6.5]

</syntaxhighlight>

The language also features "swizzling" of arrays, similar to the operation in shader languages like GLSL.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.khronos.org/opengl/wiki/Data_Type_(GLSL)#Swizzling | title=Data Type (GLSL) - OpenGL Wiki }}</ref>

<syntaxhighlight lang="go">

// Declaring type Vector to be the same as array of 3 f32's.

Vector3 :: [3]f32

// Cross product using swizzle function

cross :: proc(a, b: Vector3) -> Vector3 {

i := swizzle(a, 1, 2, 0) * swizzle(b, 2, 0, 1)

j := swizzle(a, 2, 0, 1) * swizzle(b, 1, 2, 0)

return i - j

}

// Cross product using shorter swizzle notation

cross_shorter :: proc(a, b: Vector3) -> Vector3 {

i := a.yzx * b.zxy

j := a.zxy * b.yzx

return i - j

}

</syntaxhighlight>

====Matrix support====

A <code>matrix</code> is a [[Matrix_(mathematics)|mathematical type]] built into Odin<ref>{{cite web |title=A review of the Odin programming language |url=https://graphitemaster.github.io/odin_review |website=graphitemaster |access-date=2022-09-10}}</ref>. It is a regular array of numbers, arranged in rows and columns. Odin's matrix support allows for ''matrix-array and matrix-matrix operations'' making it a [[Basic_Linear_Algebra_Subprograms#Level_3|Level 3 Basic Linear Algebra Subprogram]]ing language.

<syntaxhighlight lang="text">

a: matrix[2, 3]f32 // matrix that has 2 rows and 3 columns with an element type of f32

b: matrix[3, 2]f32 // matrix that has 3 rows and 2 columns with an element type of f32

v: [2]f32 // array that has 2 elements with an element type of f32

a = matrix[2, 3]f32{

1, 9, -13,

20, 5, -6,

}

b = matrix[3, 2]f32{

3, 5,

7, 9,

}

v = [2]f32{2, -4}

m := a * b // matrix-matrix multiplication

vp := m * v // matrix-array multiplication

</syntaxhighlight>

The internal representation of a <code>matrix</code> in Odin is stored in [[Row-_and_column-major_order|column-major]] format<ref>{{cite web | url=https://odin-lang.org/docs/overview/#matrix-type | title=Overview }}</ref> while the matrix literals are written in standard (row-major like) order (e.g. <code>matrix[2, 3]f32</code> is internally <code>[3][2]f32</code> (with different a [[Data_structure_alignment|alignment]] requirement)). Column-major is used in order to utilize ([[SIMD]]) vector instructions effectively on modern hardware, if possible.

==Comparisons with other languages==

The syntax of Odin resembles [[Go (programming language)#Syntax|Go]]'s syntax<ref>{{cite web |title=Low-Level Programming with Odin Lang |url=https://dev.to/patrickodacre/low-level-programming-with-odin-lang-perfect-for-beginners-5cc3 |website=Dev |access-date=2022-09-21}}</ref> with many adjustments.

Compared to C, Odin:

* Removes text-based preprocessing stage

* Introduces [[strong typing]]

* Adds array programming and improves [[Type introspection|runtime reflection]]

* Has explicit [[function overloading]]<ref>{{Cite web|title=Overview|url=https://odin-lang.org/docs/overview/|access-date=2022-10-20|website=odin-lang.org}}</ref>

Compared to Go, Odin:

* Has [[manual memory management]]<ref>{{cite web | url=https://dev.to/patrickodacre/low-level-programming-with-odin-lang-perfect-for-beginners-5cc3 | title=Low-Level Programming with Odin Lang - Perfect for Beginners }}</ref>

* Does not have interfaces

==Notable software built with Odin==

* [['''EmberGen]]''', a real-time [[Voxel|volumetric]] [[Fluid_animation|fluid simulator]] by [[JangaFX]]<ref>{{cite web | url=https://jangafx.com/software/embergen/ | title=EmberGen: Real-Time Fluid Simulations for Fire, Smoke, and Explosions! }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://gamefromscratch.com/embergen-real-time-fluid-simulation-2/ | title=EmberGen Real-Time Fluid Simulation | date=9 May 2022 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.allanmckay.com/289/ | title=Episode 289 - EmberGen | date=9 March 2021 }}</ref>.

== See also ==

{{Portal|Free and open-source software|Computer programming}}

* [[Go (programming language)|Go]]

* [[PascalD (programming language)|PascalD]]

* [[CV (programming language)|CV]]

* [[GoRust (programming language)|GoRust]]

* [[Zig (programming language)|Zig]]

*[[Newsqueak]]

*[[Array_programming|Array Programming]]

*[[Basic_Linear_Algebra_Subprograms|Basic Linear Algebra Subprograms (BLAS)]]

*[[SIMD]]

==References==

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== External links ==

* {{Official website|https://odin-lang.org/}}

* [https://odin.handmade.network/ Odin at Handmade Network]

*{{Official website|https://odin-lang.org/}}

*[https://odin.handmade.network/ Odin at Handmade Network]

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