NADA

A neutral standard for reading and writing code in your own language. Run as a non-profit by Chris and Rev.

Like Unicode, but for the words in code.

Let everyone read and write real code in their own language.

About five in six people do not read English fluently. Code is written almost entirely in English, so most people cannot read it.

NADA shows code in your own language as you read and write it. The program itself does not change, so it runs everywhere.

How the program runs does not change.

def greet(name):
    if name:
        return f"Hello, {name}"

परिभाषा greet(name):
    अगर name:
        वापसी f"Hello, {name}"

Only the words built into the code change. The names and text you wrote stay the same. The program runs the same in both. Try it at nada.build.

The same idea, shown in each language. What you see changes. The program does not.

• 130+ human languages usable today · 79 already past 70% · 156 in progress
• 65 of 543 programming languages fully done
• 4,182,470 words translated
• 17,242 common software terms across 36 toolkits
• A free app and a VS Code add-on, available now

Every language is mapped → deepened → reviewed; 79 are already past 70% core-term coverage.

Coverage only increases.

Most people cannot read or write real code. NADA shows each person the code in their own language. More people can then read it, learn from it, and build with it.

The program that runs stays the same.

A paid app at nada.build funds the work. Revenue from the paid app keeps the language data free for everyone.

Like Unicode, the W3C, and the IETF.

Funding brings more languages to full coverage, keeps the tools open, and keeps the standard free and independent. For example, fully funding one regional language brings several more online.

For funders who back neutral public infrastructure.

chris@nadalang.org

The product is at nada.build · governance memo on request.