# canopy

**Repository Path**: mirrors_salsify/canopy

## Basic Information

- **Project Name**: canopy
- **Description**: Self-hosting PEG parser compiler for JavaScript
- **Primary Language**: Unknown
- **License**: MIT
- **Default Branch**: master
- **Homepage**: None
- **GVP Project**: No

## Statistics

- **Stars**: 0
- **Forks**: 0
- **Created**: 2020-08-19
- **Last Updated**: 2026-07-11

## Categories & Tags

**Categories**: Uncategorized

**Tags**: None

## README

# Canopy

Canopy is a parser compiler for JavaScript, based on [Parsing Expression
Grammars][1] and heavily influenced by [Treetop][2].

[1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parsing_expression_grammar
[2]: http://treetop.rubyforge.org/

For usage documentation see [canopy.jcoglan.com](http://canopy.jcoglan.com).


## Building and testing Canopy

    git clone git://github.com/jcoglan/canopy.git
    cd canopy
    gem install jake
    npm install
    jake
    npm test

Canopy should work on a wide range of JavaScript runtimes, for example:

    v8 spec/console.js
    rhino spec/console.js

It should also run in all major web browsers:

    open spec/browser.html


## License

See `LICENSE.txt`.