Programming Language Registries

registries.md

Language	Primary Registry / Manager	Popularity Reason
C	❌ No official registry; OS package managers (apt, brew)	Systems programming, legacy software, embedded devices
C++	vcpkg, Conan, CPM	High-performance apps, game engines, system-level programming
C#	NuGet	.NET ecosystem, enterprise apps, game dev (Unity)
Clojure	Clojars	Functional programming on JVM, enterprise & web apps
Crystal	Shards	Ruby-like syntax, fast native code, web & CLI apps
D	Dub	Systems programming, performant apps
Dart	pub.dev	Flutter ecosystem; cross-platform mobile/web apps
Elm	Elm Package	Reliable frontend web apps, functional UI development
Elixir	Hex.pm	Scalable web apps, fault tolerance (Phoenix)
Erlang	Hex.pm	Telecom, distributed/high-availability apps
F#	NuGet	Functional programming for .NET, data-driven apps
Go	Go Modules	Cloud-native, microservices, concurrency
Haskell	Hackage	Functional programming, academia, correctness-critical apps
Java	Maven Central, Gradle plugins	Enterprise apps, Android, large-scale software
JavaScript	npm, Yarn, pnpm	Web development, frontend frameworks (React, Vue, Angular)
Julia	Julia Registry	Data science, numerical & scientific computing
Kotlin	Maven Central, Gradle plugins	Android apps, multiplatform development, JVM
Lua	LuaRocks	Embedded scripting (games, IoT), lightweight scripts
Nim	Nimble	Performance, expressive syntax; games, systems, scripting
Objective-C	CocoaPods, Carthage	Legacy iOS/macOS apps, historical Apple ecosystem
OCaml	OPAM	Formal verification, fintech, compilers, academic research
Perl	CPAN	Legacy automation, scripting, sysadmin tools
PHP	Packagist, Composer	Web apps, CMS (WordPress, Laravel), backend scripting
Python	PyPI	Data science, ML, automation, web, education
R	CRAN	Statistics, data analysis, academia
Ruby	RubyGems	Web apps, Rails framework, rapid prototyping
Rust	crates.io	Systems programming, security-critical software
Scala	Maven Central, SBT	Big data, distributed systems, JVM functional programming
Swift	Swift Package Index, Swift PM	iOS/macOS apps, Apple ecosystem, cross-platform development
TypeScript	npm	Strong typing for JS, frontend apps, enterprise software
Zig	Official registry (planned), zigpm	Emerging systems programming, performant apps