# What it is

hop is a component-based template language that compiles to Rust.
The generated code is optimized, type-safe and has no runtime dependencies.

hop is designed for building **fast server-side rendered websites** but can be used in any application
where the target language is HTML.

When using hop, you declare your front-end code in `.hop` files, run the hop
compiler and get `.rs` files out.

## Installing the compiler

### Install via GitHub

You can find the latest release at [github.com/hoplang/hop/releases/latest](https://github.com/hoplang/hop/releases/latest).

### Install via bash

```bash
curl -fsSL https://hoplang.com/install.sh | bash
```

### Install via Nix

hop is packaged as a flake. To run it without installing:

```bash
nix run github:hoplang/hop/v0.2.0 -- --help
```

To install it into your profile:

```bash
nix profile install github:hoplang/hop/v0.2.0
```

Or add it to your own flake and pull the compiler into a dev shell:

```nix
{
  inputs = {
    nixpkgs.url = "github:NixOS/nixpkgs/nixos-unstable";
    flake-utils.url = "github:numtide/flake-utils";
    hop.url = "github:hoplang/hop/v0.2.0";
  };

  outputs = { nixpkgs, flake-utils, hop, ... }:
    flake-utils.lib.eachDefaultSystem (system: {
      devShells.default = nixpkgs.legacyPackages.${system}.mkShell {
        packages = [ hop.packages.${system}.default ];
      };
    });
}
```