Welcome to Ciya! (parser stage)

Welcome, dear reader!

Now, we're trying to make a new project called Ciya.

Ciya, a fast, cross-platform programming language from the Philippines/Vietnam written in C. The name Ciya came from the word Siya, which means he/she in filipino/tagalog language, We want Ciya to be a bigger and faster leap than its successor, CRy-VM.

For now, we're still in development, but if you have any ideas to share, we'll try our best to achieve them.

Wanna collaborate?

Please read our CONTRIBUTING file.

Essential tools:

• GCC (Clang or Mircosoft C/C++ Compiler): for compiling code
• CMAKE: For building the build files
• MAKE (or other build systems like Ninja): for building the program
• GDB(optional): For debugging code, or you can use the debugger in some IDE's
• WSL(for windows, optional) for Linux testing binaries

Why we made the project:

We first made the project on July 22nd, 2026, which is very early, after the creator and owner of CRy-VM suggested a new language. So, we started this repo to be a faster and bigger leap than its successor, CRy-VM. As long ago, in 2024-2025, the creator who made Ry1 found out he was using too much AI and heavy tools, heavy classes, etc., which made it unoptimized. So, we made Ciya! But really don't fork the older ones, as it's abandoned and no longer has support.

Pros:

• Cross-compatible
• Working lexer

Cons:

• No standard libraries
• No support for file reading

How to install the packages:

To install the Linux or BSD packages, use curl or wget; we'll use curl as it is very common: First, we get the tarball from the latest release:

curl -o ciya.tar.gz -L https://github.com/Ciya-VM/Ciya/archive/refs/tags/v0.0.3.tar.gz

And then, we extract it:

tar -xzvf ciya-linux.tar.gz

Apply permissions:

chmod +x ciya

And Booom, you can run it; it's that simple:

./ciya

Here is every command altogether:

curl -o ciya.tar.gz -L https://github.com/Ciya-VM/Ciya/archive/refs/tags/v0.0.3.tar.gz
tar -xzvf ciya-linux.tar.gz
chmod +x ciya
./ciya

But there are different ways to install the packages, and it depends on what fits you! An example is using a .deb file:

# Get the .deb file
curl -o ciya.deb -L https://github.com/Ciya-VM/Ciya/releases/download/v0.0.3/ciya-linux_0.0.3_amd64.deb
sudo apt install ciya.deb # Then just install it
ciya # Run it

More details in:

Our official Wiki, Our website, Development code, Minimal code, HTML source code

Q&A:

If you have any problems or questions to ask, please make them in the discussion; the community may answer them, but we'll respond in a span of hours to days. But hope y'all have a good day =)!

Repo made by Johnryzon Z. Abejero

Contributors:

• Nguyễn Phước Thành Lâm