# Community **URL:** https://discuss.ocaml.org/c/community/5.md [Latest](https://discuss.ocaml.org/latest.md) · [Categories](https://discuss.ocaml.org/categories.md) · [Tags](https://discuss.ocaml.org/tags.md) --- ## [About the Community category](https://discuss.ocaml.org/t/about-the-community-category/18)
**Author:** [@avsm](https://discuss.ocaml.org/u/avsm)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [December 1, 2020, 4:41pm UTC](https://discuss.ocaml.org/t/about-the-community-category/18 "2020-12-01T16:41:46Z")
--- ## [Welcome to OCaml Discourse](https://discuss.ocaml.org/t/welcome-to-ocaml-discourse/8)
**Author:** [@system](https://discuss.ocaml.org/u/system)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 12, 2017, 9:10am UTC](https://discuss.ocaml.org/t/welcome-to-ocaml-discourse/8 "2017-05-12T09:10:57Z")
This is an area to discuss the OCaml programming language, and the tooling and library ecosystem around it such as the opam package manager. You are very welcome here as a beginner to the language, and also for more adv… --- ## [Outreachy May 2026](https://discuss.ocaml.org/t/outreachy-may-2026/17863)
**Author:** [@patricoferris](https://discuss.ocaml.org/u/patricoferris)\ **Replies:** 18\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2026, 4:02pm UTC](https://discuss.ocaml.org/t/outreachy-may-2026/17863 "2026-10-12T16:02:48Z")
Hello everyone, The OCaml community has signed up to Outreachy May 2026 (see past posts)! What is Outreachy? Outreachy is a paid, remote internship program. Outreachy promotes diversity in open source and open science… --- ## [\[ANN\] faker 0.1.1: fake (but realistic) data, seed-compatible with faker-js](https://discuss.ocaml.org/t/ann-faker-0-1-1-fake-but-realistic-data-seed-compatible-with-faker-js/18611)
**Author:** [@barteo](https://discuss.ocaml.org/u/barteo)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2026, 11:55am UTC](https://discuss.ocaml.org/t/ann-faker-0-1-1-fake-but-realistic-data-seed-compatible-with-faker-js/18611 "2026-10-12T11:55:14Z")
I’m happy to announce faker, a library for generating fake but realistic data: names, addresses, emails, phone numbers, companies, dates, finance data, lorem ipsum and more, in 77 locales. opam install faker As far as … --- ## [OUPS meetup november 2026](https://discuss.ocaml.org/t/oups-meetup-november-2026/18610)
**Author:** [@ancolie](https://discuss.ocaml.org/u/ancolie)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 12, 2026, 10:25am UTC](https://discuss.ocaml.org/t/oups-meetup-november-2026/18610 "2026-10-12T10:25:57Z")
The next OUPS meetup will take place on Tuesday, 3rd of November 2026. It will start at 6:30pm at the 4 place Jussieu in Paris. It will be in the in the amphitheater 45A. There is a map of the buildings. Please, registe… --- ## [\[ANN\] Bytesrw 0.3.0 – The cryptographic edition](https://discuss.ocaml.org/t/ann-bytesrw-0-3-0-the-cryptographic-edition/17450)
**Author:** [@dbuenzli](https://discuss.ocaml.org/u/dbuenzli)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2026, 8:38am UTC](https://discuss.ocaml.org/t/ann-bytesrw-0-3-0-the-cryptographic-edition/17450 "2026-10-09T08:38:53Z")
Hello, It’s my pleasure to announce a new release of the bytesrw set of ISC licensed libraries. Bytesrw extends the OCaml Bytes module with composable, memory efficient, byte stream readers and writers compatible wit… --- ## [\[ANN\] ozstd 0.1](https://discuss.ocaml.org/t/ann-ozstd-0-1/18538)
**Author:** [@dx3mod](https://discuss.ocaml.org/u/dx3mod)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2026, 5:54am UTC](https://discuss.ocaml.org/t/ann-ozstd-0-1/18538 "2026-10-09T05:54:19Z")
Yo! I am happy to announce the first release of ozstd library! The is a small, modern OCaml binding to Zstandard. It wraps the common one-shot and streaming C APIs in a simple, idiomatic interface. Features On… --- ## [\[ANN\] Docfd: TUI multiline fuzzy document finder - 13.1.3 + proper user guide](https://discuss.ocaml.org/t/ann-docfd-tui-multiline-fuzzy-document-finder-13-1-3-proper-user-guide/18601)
**Author:** [@darrenldl](https://discuss.ocaml.org/u/darrenldl)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 9, 2026, 2:13am UTC](https://discuss.ocaml.org/t/ann-docfd-tui-multiline-fuzzy-document-finder-13-1-3-proper-user-guide/18601 "2026-10-09T02:13:28Z")
Hi all, I am happy to announce the release of Docfd 13.1.3. And since I got a bit of time (got laid off from mass restructuring), I finally combined all the scattered instructions into a proper (though basic) user guide… --- ## [\[ANN\] shakuhachi v0.4.0](https://discuss.ocaml.org/t/ann-shakuhachi-v0-4-0/18599)
**Author:** [@EruEri](https://discuss.ocaml.org/u/EruEri)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 7, 2026, 11:45pm UTC](https://discuss.ocaml.org/t/ann-shakuhachi-v0-4-0/18599 "2026-10-07T23:45:14Z")
Dear all, I’m happy to announce the release of shakuhachi v0.4.0. Shakuhachi is still a music collection manager. This release implements the 2 mains missing bits: Query float/date property from the command line# ex… --- ## [\[ANN\] betacalendars 1.0.0 — deterministic date and calendar utilities](https://discuss.ocaml.org/t/ann-betacalendars-1-0-0-deterministic-date-and-calendar-utilities/18593)
**Author:** [@Beta\_Calendars](https://discuss.ocaml.org/u/Beta_Calendars)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2026, 9:31pm UTC](https://discuss.ocaml.org/t/ann-betacalendars-1-0-0-deterministic-date-and-calendar-utilities/18593 "2026-10-06T21:31:27Z")
I’m happy to announce the first stable release of betacalendars, an OCaml library for timezone-independent civil-date arithmetic and deterministic calendar generation. The library provides Gregorian date operations, con… --- ## [\[ANN\] Sedlex 3.8.1](https://discuss.ocaml.org/t/ann-sedlex-3-8-1/18595)
**Author:** [@hhugo](https://discuss.ocaml.org/u/hhugo)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2026, 4:18pm UTC](https://discuss.ocaml.org/t/ann-sedlex-3-8-1/18595 "2026-10-06T16:18:54Z")
Sedlex 3.8.1 is out! :tada: Sedlex is a unicode-friendly lexer generator for OCaml originally written by Alain Frisch at LexiFi and now maintained under the ocaml-community umbrella. The headline feature is named cap… --- ## [JFLA2027 : Premier appel à communications](https://discuss.ocaml.org/t/jfla2027-premier-appel-a-communications/18417)
**Author:** [@YaZko](https://discuss.ocaml.org/u/YaZko)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [October 6, 2026, 6:19am UTC](https://discuss.ocaml.org/t/jfla2027-premier-appel-a-communications/18417 "2026-10-06T06:19:16Z")
This message is intentionally written in French. It is a call for papers for the “Francophone Days on Functional Languages” to be held at the end of January 2027 in Britany. Papers can be written in English, but the pr… --- ## [Michel Mauny, 1959-2026](https://discuss.ocaml.org/t/michel-mauny-1959-2026/18571)
**Author:** [@gasche](https://discuss.ocaml.org/u/gasche)\ **Replies:** 4\ **Last updated:** [October 3, 2026, 7:39am UTC](https://discuss.ocaml.org/t/michel-mauny-1959-2026/18571 "2026-10-03T07:39:08Z")
Dear all, It is with great sadness that we (the OCaml Software Foundation) are sharing the news of the death of Michel Mauny, a long-time member of the OCaml community. Michel passed away on September 17th 2026 (more in… --- ## [Conf.funcp.org is a scam OCaml conference](https://discuss.ocaml.org/t/conf-funcp-org-is-a-scam-ocaml-conference/18577)
**Author:** [@cuihtlauac](https://discuss.ocaml.org/u/cuihtlauac)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2026, 5:13pm UTC](https://discuss.ocaml.org/t/conf-funcp-org-is-a-scam-ocaml-conference/18577 "2026-10-02T17:13:00Z")
This site: Presents as an OCaml/Haskell/FP conference. However: The event is not listed on the venue’s official schedule: https://www.javitscenter.com/calendar The funcp.org domain was registered two weeks ago, yet … --- ## [\[ANN\] opam-monorepo 0.5.0](https://discuss.ocaml.org/t/ann-opam-monorepo-0-5-0/18546)
**Author:** [@Firobe](https://discuss.ocaml.org/u/Firobe)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2026, 4:00pm UTC](https://discuss.ocaml.org/t/ann-opam-monorepo-0-5-0/18546 "2026-10-02T16:00:46Z")
Hi everyone, I’m happy to announce the release of a new version of opam-monorepo, a tool to assemble monorepos of your projects dependencies to compile them at once with dune, mainly used by Mirage to allow for easy cro… --- ## [A type for ordered lists?](https://discuss.ocaml.org/t/a-type-for-ordered-lists/18567)
**Author:** [@Rucikir](https://discuss.ocaml.org/u/Rucikir)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [October 2, 2026, 1:10pm UTC](https://discuss.ocaml.org/t/a-type-for-ordered-lists/18567 "2026-10-02T13:10:44Z")
Not so long ago the cargocut crew introduced the nel library, a “very simple implementation of a non-empty list”. In a project I’m working on we’ve had a few bugs due to forgotten List.rev calls, or missing track of the… --- ## [OCaml running on a 1960s UNIVAC 1219B](https://discuss.ocaml.org/t/ocaml-running-on-a-1960s-univac-1219b/18470)
**Author:** [@nathanfarlow](https://discuss.ocaml.org/u/nathanfarlow)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [October 1, 2026, 8:56pm UTC](https://discuss.ocaml.org/t/ocaml-running-on-a-1960s-univac-1219b/18470 "2026-10-01T20:56:49Z")
Hi! I’ve been meaning to post a recent-ish project of mine where I ran OCaml (and much more) on a 1960s UNIVAC 1219B! The demo I chose to run was a sudoku solver. In short, this was done by compiling OCaml to C, C to RI… --- ## [\[ANN\] Windtrap: one library for all your OCaml tests](https://discuss.ocaml.org/t/ann-windtrap-one-library-for-all-your-ocaml-tests/18561)
**Author:** [@tmattio](https://discuss.ocaml.org/u/tmattio)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [September 29, 2026, 8:10am UTC](https://discuss.ocaml.org/t/ann-windtrap-one-library-for-all-your-ocaml-tests/18561 "2026-09-29T08:10:34Z")
Hi everyone! I’m happy to announce the release of Windtrap, a testing framework for OCaml that brings the different testing methods of the ecosystem into one library: Unit tests, with an Alcotest-like API. Expect and … --- ## [\[ANN\] kqueue-ml 0.5.0](https://discuss.ocaml.org/t/ann-kqueue-ml-0-5-0/17835)
**Author:** [@anuragsoni](https://discuss.ocaml.org/u/anuragsoni)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 26, 2026, 1:18am UTC](https://discuss.ocaml.org/t/ann-kqueue-ml-0-5-0/17835 "2026-09-26T01:18:26Z")
Hi, I’d like to announce a new release for kqueue-ml version 0.5.0 Kqueue-ml: Thin bindings to kqueue event notification system. Changes since the last release: Moved development to codeberg Remove dependencies on p… --- ## [\[ANN\] ppx\_deriving\_{yaml,ezjsonm,yamlx} 0.5.0](https://discuss.ocaml.org/t/ann-ppx-deriving-yaml-ezjsonm-yamlx-0-5-0/18556)
**Author:** [@patricoferris](https://discuss.ocaml.org/u/patricoferris)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 25, 2026, 11:58am UTC](https://discuss.ocaml.org/t/ann-ppx-deriving-yaml-ezjsonm-yamlx-0-5-0/18556 "2026-09-25T11:58:04Z")
Hello! I’m happy to announce the release of ppx\_deriving\_yaml and ppx\_deriving\_ezjsonm version 0.5.0 alongside the first release of ppx\_deriving\_yamlx which uses YAMLx as a backend (thank you to @raphael-proust and @mja… --- ## [\[ANN\] Unicode 18.0.0 update for Uucd, Uucp, Uunf and Uuseg](https://discuss.ocaml.org/t/ann-unicode-18-0-0-update-for-uucd-uucp-uunf-and-uuseg/18537)
**Author:** [@dbuenzli](https://discuss.ocaml.org/u/dbuenzli)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 23, 2026, 9:25pm UTC](https://discuss.ocaml.org/t/ann-unicode-18-0-0-update-for-uucd-uucp-uunf-and-uuseg/18537 "2026-09-23T21:25:48Z")
Hello, Unicode 18.0.0 was released on September 16th. It adds 13’007 new characters for a total of 172’808 characters. More numbers! This release notably adds support for the proto-cuneiform script, see §3 of the encod… --- ## [\[ANN\] boulodrome : LLM as proof assistant](https://discuss.ocaml.org/t/ann-boulodrome-llm-as-proof-assistant/18547)
**Author:** [@vbergeron](https://discuss.ocaml.org/u/vbergeron)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [September 22, 2026, 2:10am UTC](https://discuss.ocaml.org/t/ann-boulodrome-llm-as-proof-assistant/18547 "2026-09-22T02:10:22Z")
Hello all, The first public release of \`boulodrome\` is finally available ! It is a MCP server for Rocq/Coq proof assistance via the Pétanque protocol Boulodrome gives LLMs interactive access to the Rocq proof assistan… --- ## [\[ANN\] rtree 0.3.0](https://discuss.ocaml.org/t/ann-rtree-0-3-0/18545)
**Author:** [@patricoferris](https://discuss.ocaml.org/u/patricoferris)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 18, 2026, 2:57pm UTC](https://discuss.ocaml.org/t/ann-rtree-0-3-0/18545 "2026-09-18T14:57:24Z")
On behalf of the geocaml programmers, I am happy to announce the release of rtree.0.3.0. This release, after some community feedback removes the dependency on repr. For debugging and avoiding costly Stdlib.( = ) comparis… --- ## [Blog post on static linking](https://discuss.ocaml.org/t/blog-post-on-static-linking/18535)
**Author:** [@bufordrat](https://discuss.ocaml.org/u/bufordrat)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 16, 2026, 5:27pm UTC](https://discuss.ocaml.org/t/blog-post-on-static-linking/18535 "2026-09-16T17:27:11Z")
Hello OCaml friends, I thought some of you might be interested in my new blog post on static linking: Take care! --- ## [Outreachy December 2026](https://discuss.ocaml.org/t/outreachy-december-2026/18533)
**Author:** [@patricoferris](https://discuss.ocaml.org/u/patricoferris)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 15, 2026, 12:39pm UTC](https://discuss.ocaml.org/t/outreachy-december-2026/18533 "2026-09-15T12:39:41Z")
Hello everyone, The OCaml community has signed up to Outreachy December 2026! What is Outreachy? Outreachy is a paid, remote internship program. Outreachy promotes diversity in open source and open science. Our intern… --- ## [OCaml Public Security Meeting](https://discuss.ocaml.org/t/ocaml-public-security-meeting/18526)
**Author:** [@hannes](https://discuss.ocaml.org/u/hannes)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 12, 2026, 3:02pm UTC](https://discuss.ocaml.org/t/ocaml-public-security-meeting/18526 "2026-09-12T15:02:53Z")
Dear everyone, on Tuesday Sep 15th at 14:00 CEST we have another public security meeting. It will take place at Jitsi Meet We will introduce ourselves, and are happy to discuss the topics you bring there. Find a prelim… --- ## [\[ANN\] Introcaml (alpha): Polymorphic Printing and Introspection for OCaml](https://discuss.ocaml.org/t/ann-introcaml-alpha-polymorphic-printing-and-introspection-for-ocaml/18407)
**Author:** [@let-def](https://discuss.ocaml.org/u/let-def)\ **Replies:** 17\ **Last updated:** [September 11, 2026, 12:21pm UTC](https://discuss.ocaml.org/t/ann-introcaml-alpha-polymorphic-printing-and-introspection-for-ocaml/18407 "2026-09-11T12:21:15Z")
We (@Shogan.ai) are excited to share an alpha preview of Introcaml, an extension of OCaml 5.5.0 that brings the power of toplevel-style introspection directly into user programs. What is Introcaml? The OCaml toplevel ha… --- ## [\[ANN\] tiny\_httpd 0.22](https://discuss.ocaml.org/t/ann-tiny-httpd-0-22/18520)
**Author:** [@c-cube](https://discuss.ocaml.org/u/c-cube)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2026, 12:36pm UTC](https://discuss.ocaml.org/t/ann-tiny-httpd-0-22/18520 "2026-09-10T12:36:24Z")
Hi, I’m sedately excited to release tiny\_httpd 0.22. Tiny\_httpd is a HTTP 1.1 server, with basic support for websockets, SSE, and pluggable IO/concurrency (as long as it’s direct style). The goal is to keep it reasonabl… --- ## [Call for Talk Proposals @ OCaml Workshop 2026](https://discuss.ocaml.org/t/call-for-talk-proposals-ocaml-workshop-2026/18192)
**Author:** [@sudha](https://discuss.ocaml.org/u/sudha)\ **Replies:** 41\ **Last updated:** [September 10, 2026, 9:48am UTC](https://discuss.ocaml.org/t/call-for-talk-proposals-ocaml-workshop-2026/18192 "2026-09-10T09:48:10Z")
Hi all! This year’s OCaml workshop will take place in Paris. We are happy to invite submissions to the workshop. Important Information Location: Paris (co-located with FPW 2026) Date: August 24th (Subject to change!)… --- ## [Intel ISA specification interpreter/compiler is written in OCaml](https://discuss.ocaml.org/t/intel-isa-specification-interpreter-compiler-is-written-in-ocaml/18515)
**Author:** [@edwin](https://discuss.ocaml.org/u/edwin)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [September 7, 2026, 4:41pm UTC](https://discuss.ocaml.org/t/intel-isa-specification-interpreter-compiler-is-written-in-ocaml/18515 "2026-09-07T16:41:48Z")
Intel has recently published a beta executable specification for its ISA: A preview of the future IA documentation | Intel® 64 and IA-32 Architectures Software Developer’s Manual . Although approximations for an ISA spec… [Next page](https://discuss.ocaml.org/c/community/5.md?page=1)