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Jank is a relatively recent addition to the world of clojure-like languages.

https://jank-lang.org/

• https://github.com/janet-lang/janet
• https://github.com/borkdude/sci + https://github.com/borkdude/babashka

I might turn this into a PR if I find time, but a few others come to mind:

Here are some that are definitely worth mentioning:

• Lux: https://github.com/LuxLang/lux (syntax and overall look and feel from Clojure)
• Apricot: https://github.com/apricot-lang/apricot (Clojure-like Lisp on Rubinius)
• TimL: https://github.com/tpope/timl (Clojure like language which compiles down to VimL)
• Ki: https://github.com/lantiga/ki (Clojure data structures and semantics)
• Toccata: https://github.com/jduey/toccata (Clojure-inspired Lisp dialect that compiles to native using Clang)
• Slisp: https://github.com/bailesofhey/slisp (Modern Lisp variant inspired by Python, Clojure & Arc)
• Elixir: not a Lisp but clear lineage to Clojure: https://elixirforum.com/t/elixir-features-inspired-or-modelled-after-other-languages/1842
• Carbonate: https://github.com/7even/carbonate (Clojure-inspired Lisp that compiles to Ruby)

There are also a bunch of other languages that haven't seen much activity lately:

• Gamelisp: https://github.com/Bunkerbewohner/gamelisp (game-oriented programming language inspired by Lisp, Go, Python, Clojure)
• ClojureC: https://github.com/schani/clojurec (Clojure to C compiler)
• Rouge: https://github.com/ecmendenhall/rouge (Ruby + Clojure)
• Gershwin: https://github.com/gershwin/gershwin (fusion of Clojure and Factor ideas)
• dcpu-lisp: https://github.com/hippiehunter/dcpu-lisp (Clojure like lisp for the DCPU16)
• fclojure: https://github.com/alandipert/fclojure (Minimal Clojure-like interpreter with FEXPRs)
• CljPerl: https://github.com/wehu/CljPerl (Clojure + Perl)
• clojure-py: https://github.com/drewr/clojure-py (implementation of Clojure in pure Python)
• las3r: https://github.com/aemoncannon/las3r (Clojure syntax lisp compiler for the AVM2)

Adoption of Clojure ideas in other languages:

• Functional Ruby: https://github.com/jdantonio/functional-ruby (Inspired by Erlang, Clojure, Haskell, and Functional Java)
• Endure: https://github.com/yupferris/Endure (persistent data structure library for C++11 inspired by (and often baked from) Clojure)
• rackjure: https://github.com/greghendershott/rackjure (add some Clojureness to Racket)
• vervel: https://github.com/blackwood/vervel (functional PHP utility methods inspired by Clojure and other functional langs/libs)
• guile-borrow: https://github.com/pasoev/guile-borrow (Racket and Clojure inspired language constructs in Gnu Guile)
• clojR: https://github.com/alekrutkowski/clojR (Clojure-inspired functions (macros) in R)
• Arkham: https://github.com/hiredman/Arkham (lisp interpreter with clojure like semantics)

Some more esoteric things:

• Swearjure: https://github.com/hyPiRion/swearjure (Turing complete Clojure subset, which prohibits alphanumeric characters)

Other misc: https://github.com/pragmatrix/matter, https://github.com/mlanza/cloe, https://github.com/edw/skim, https://github.com/anacrolix/gasp, https://github.com/miviwi/glang, https://github.com/adamrmoss/Lithp, https://github.com/nicl/functional-php, https://github.com/maxcountryman/mage, https://github.com/nelsonsar/pojure, https://github.com/jedrz/slisp, https://github.com/EasonLiao/gofp, https://github.com/marad/eljure

Joker is an interpreter for a subset of Clojure written in Go. It starts up much faster than Clojure proper and can be used for scripting.

Should actively developed projects be indicated? contributing.md only says the project status should be included if the project is not actively maintained. Some of the listed languages (Clojerl, Joker, Ferret, Toccata) are actively worked on right now but lack the label "actively developed", which makes the reader question if they're less active than those with the label.