Code Golf Stack Exchange
Answer community puzzles with the shortest code you can write
Code Golf Stack Exchange is a question and answer site for programming puzzles and contests. Members post challenges, and you answer with a solution. In the most common type, code golf, the shortest source code in bytes wins. Other challenges use other goals, such as speed, but each one must have a clear spec and an objective way to pick a winner.
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About Code Golf Stack Exchange
It suits programmers who enjoy puzzles and want to see creative solutions in many languages. There are more than 12,000 code golf questions to browse, and new ones still appear every month.
Reading is open to everyone. To post answers or challenges, you need a free Stack Exchange account. You can test a new challenge idea in the meta Sandbox before you post it.
On Breakpoint since 23 Oct 2026.