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Friendly programming language from the future
Open source http://github.com/unisonweb/unison
Cloud platform: https://unison.cloud
Community: https://unison-lang.org/discord
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You can now spin up Unison Cloud clusters on your own infrastructure!

✅ Build elastic distributed systems and services in vastly less code
✅ Fast, typed RPC
✅ Deployments in seconds
✅ Free to get started

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A Unison terminology reminder, for the working dev:

↖️ Dependents: what 𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘴 a given term (where is this thing even called?)
↘️ Dependencies: what is this term 𝘮𝘢𝘥𝘦 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 (how does this code even work?)

Fortunately, Unison Share exposes both in our code browsing UI!
November 5, 2025 at 11:47 PM
🚀 New deep dive: Distributed System Engineering in Unison

In our latest blog post, take a look at the design of the Volturno library: a distributed stream processing engine built atop Unison Cloud.

www.unison-lang.org/blog/volturn...
Distributed system engineering in Unison: Volturno · Unison programming language
We look at the design of Volturno, a streaming engine with exactly-once processing, to illustrate why Unison Cloud is a great enabler for distributed systems builders.
www.unison-lang.org
November 4, 2025 at 8:26 PM
🇳🇱 Welkom! The Unison Dutch meetup is tomorrow!

If you're in the Netherlands, rsvp and say hello to the friendly Unison crew there!🌷
Dutch Unison Meetup
Join us for a fun Dutch Unison Meetup where we'll connect, chat, and enjoy each other's company!
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November 3, 2025 at 6:41 PM
🔎 As you're writing applications in Unison, you might need to search for a substring (where is this error coming from!?) or numeric literal (who put this magic number in my codebase!?)

Here's a quick workflow video for that using the text.find command:
Searching for string literals with text.find
Sometimes you need to search for a string fragment in your codebase, like when debugging an error message. In other languages, you might reach for a tool in your text editor to search for substrings, but in Unison we use the `text.find` command. In this quick demo, I’m using `text.find` to track down a stray SQL statement in an application’s repository tests. Enter `help text.find` in the UCM to learn more.
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November 3, 2025 at 5:00 PM
🤯 Unison in the browser!?

Dan Freeman's new library, Proscenium, runs Unison code in WebAssembly.

Its companion library, @dfreeman/playbill, contains a walk-through of various features and live examples on Unison Cloud!

Play a game in your browser entirely in Unison; better yet, write your own!
@dfreeman/playbill | Unison Share
A walkthrough of building UIs with Proscenium, including several example apps.
share.unison-lang.org
October 28, 2025 at 6:01 PM
📮 New library to start your week: `lib.install` the Telegram library or check it out on Unison Share!

The library features a quickstart to get you up and running using the Telegram API, and also details some of its design decisions, for the curious dev.
@chuwy/telegram | Unison Share
Telegram API wrapper
share.unison-lang.org
October 27, 2025 at 4:56 PM
📽️ Here's a quick video for anyone just getting started with Unison.

The gist of it: install the UCM, create a scratch file in the right place, and have fun programming!
Starting the UCM and setting up a scratch file
This video covers the basics of starting the Unison Codebase Manager (UCM) and writing your first bits of Unison code in a scratch file. We walk through: * Installing Unison on your system (Mac, Linux, or Windows) * Starting the UCM in a working directory * Creating .u scratch files and ensuring the UCM is watching for changes Helpful links: * Install Unison here: https://www.unison-lang.org/docs/quickstart/#step-1-install-unison * Get the UCM Desktop app: https://github.com/unisonweb/ucm-desktop/releases * Join the Unison community: https://www.unison-lang.org/discord
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October 22, 2025 at 6:19 PM
💖 We love seeing what y'all are building! Keep it up folks!
Another fun project written in @unison-lang.org , deployed to Unison Cloud ⛅🚀

I promise one day I'll work on something more serious, but this will do for now to scratch that #UnisonLang itch 😅

share.unison-lang.org/@gvolpe/gig
Unison Share
Explore, read docs about, and share Unison libraries
share.unison-lang.org
October 20, 2025 at 9:08 PM
🇷🇸 Zdravo, svete! If you are in Serbia and you'd like to learn some Unison, head to this local meetup to hear from one of our friendly Unison community members!
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October 17, 2025 at 9:11 PM
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Turns out I needed the `Cache` ability in other projects too, so I released the code I had (plus some modifications) as a library. It's always fun working with @unison-lang.org :)

share.unison-lang.org/@gvolpe/cache
Unison Share
Explore, read docs about, and share Unison libraries
share.unison-lang.org
October 17, 2025 at 5:10 PM
✅ Our improved code diff view just landed on Unison Share! Featuring:

- Clearer colors and an intuitive UI
- Smart semantic diffs

share.unison-lang.org/
October 16, 2025 at 8:45 PM
<<<<<<<
3-way merge support has landed in Unison!
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You can now use familiar git-style merge tools to resolve conflicts between branches.
>>>>>>>
Here's a demo:
Merge conflict support with git-style tooling
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October 7, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Reposted by Unison
"Building Friendly Services from the Future with Unison" (implementation of a game backend in @unison-lang.org) : kevinhoffman.blog/posts/friend...
Building Friendly Services from the Future with Unison | Kevin Hoffman's Blog
I build some services, APIs, and data code in Unison
kevinhoffman.blog
October 3, 2025 at 8:01 AM
You can now spin up Unison Cloud clusters on your own infrastructure!

✅ Build elastic distributed systems and services in vastly less code
✅ Fast, typed RPC
✅ Deployments in seconds
✅ Free to get started

youtu.be/0sZqI1XoGLY
Unison Cloud on your infrastructure
YouTube video by Unison Language
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October 1, 2025 at 7:39 PM
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I 😍 love this. This is 🤩 amazing.
Drop down acess to the dependents. I.e. the locations answering the question on where is this currently viewed function used/called from?
✨ The new dependents view shows everywhere a definition is used, broken down by category, as a separate card in Unison Share and the Unison Desktop app.

Your codebase is a bidirectional graph! You should be able to walk it as such.
September 27, 2025 at 10:23 AM
✨ The new dependents view shows everywhere a definition is used, broken down by category, as a separate card in Unison Share and the Unison Desktop app.

Your codebase is a bidirectional graph! You should be able to walk it as such.
September 26, 2025 at 8:01 PM
📰 UCM 0.5.49 is out

🔥 Profiling support! Spot program hotspots
± Support for 3-way merge tools
🔢 Builtins for arbitrary precision integers
📚 Better library `upgrade` process for deletions
🎨 Assorted fixes, aliases, & polish

github.com/unisonweb/un...
Release release/0.5.49 · unisonweb/unison
What's Changed Setting the UNISON_DEBUG variable with TIMING now displays runtimes for individual tests when using test. Setting the UNISON_DEBUG variable with TESTS now displays names for indi...
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September 25, 2025 at 7:22 PM
☕️ Our newest side-by-side language guide is for the many programmers who know #Java!

Come on over! The Weather.valueOf(condition).equals("nice!");

www.unison-lang.org/compare-lang...
Unison for Java devs · Unison programming language
Unison comments are not saved as a part of the function, so they can be used as temporary notes while working, however, they do not persist in the codebase.
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September 18, 2025 at 11:30 PM
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It is incredibly liberating in @unison-lang.org to be able to move code around and rename it in libraries without breaking any existing users of that library. 🎉

When functions are moved all dependent functions remain valid and have their new names in client code.

Refactor freely!
September 4, 2025 at 2:33 PM
The UCM-Desktop has a new release! Version 1.3.0 is pretty smooth, with new animations and workflow helpers. 🎨

Support for folding cards
Copy formatted source code button
Better card focus indicators
View and copy a definition hash

Get it here:
github.com/unisonweb/uc...
September 3, 2025 at 11:00 PM
🤝 Check out our new side-by-side language pages for Unison! We provide comparisons for syntax and patterns found in other languages and how to accomplish them in Unison.

Here's a snippet from our Python guide. 🐍 More to come!

www.unison-lang.org/compare-lang...
September 2, 2025 at 6:21 PM
🌐 New major release of Unison’s HTTP library

Making a bunch of requests to the same host? The new client features connection pooling + keep-alives for efficient connection re-use, plus custom TLS certs support.
HTTP client and server and common types used for both.
share.unison-lang.org
August 28, 2025 at 6:07 PM
🖥️ UCM Desktop 1.2.1 is out!

Polish for a smoother Unison workflow:

✨ Better light mode contrast (including overlays)
🎯 Clearer focus indicators
⌨️ Keyboard shortcut guide (in Settings)
🖱️ Click cards to focus

github.com/unisonweb/uc...
August 25, 2025 at 4:48 PM