AKO is a programming language built to be used by no-code or low-code tools

It's a simple scripting language designed to be embedded in application or webApp

[ Documentation | Playground ]

Most No-code or Low-code existing solution have big limitations:

• Bloaty and complicated
• closed source, so it can be hard to contribute or add custom logic
• their own UI that can be really frustrating for more advanced user (like blockly)
• the code is usually stored in a proprietary text format (JSON, YAML or XML) and is not portable or reusable

Ako tries to fill the gap by providing at the same time:

• A visual programming interface for beginners
• A programming language for more advanced users but easy to learn
• An interpreter designed to run almost anywhere

For those reasons, Ako tries to stay simple

• Built around expressions (think about excel formula)
• Simple scope design, 1file = 1task = 1scope
• Sequential execution (no callback or async/await)
• No class or OOP (no this, self or object scope)
• Only one loop For (no while, foreach, ...)
• No switch, goto, try/catch, ...
• The code should be modular and easy to share and reuse

# Install Ako interpreter
npm install -g ako-lang

# Execute
ako ./test.ako

You can directly use standalone executable of the interpreter : Release page

It's compiled for Windows, Mac and Linux and once downloaded, you can use it to run Ako scripts

./ako.exe test.ako

For web usage, you can load the library directly with ESM imports

import * as Ako from 'https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/[email protected]/dist/web/ako-web.js'

After cloning this repository

npm install # install deps
npm run build
npm link # link the local file globally

ako ./samples/ # use the interpreter

npm test # run unit tests
npm run package # create the binaries (after build)

For that, please take a look at our Documentation