Background

If you feel that God syntax is familiar, that's probably because it is. God isn't a new syntax; it is derived directly from the Nix programming language. Any valid God code can be validated directly by Nix, with nix eval -f file.god. I saw no need to create a new language when I realized Nix had exactly the bones needed to derive a flexible (and easy to understand) data serialization format. God is a subset of Nix which omits it's programming syntax and features in favor of static data representation.

Some of the benefits include:

• It can be validated by nix
• Conversion from GOD to JSON with nix eval -f file.god --json
• A number of existing tools for working with Nix code can be used
  • linters and formatters such as statix and nixfmt
  • language servers such as nixd, nil and rnix-lsp
  • A very thoroughly written Emacs mode

If you would like to see some sample document files, see the examples page.