# Pulsar, a new Smalltalk IDE, debuts at ESUG 2026

A new Smalltalk development environment called Pulsar was presented at ESUG 2026, the annual European Smalltalk User Group conference. The project drew attention on Hacker News as a fresh take on tooling for a long-established language. It matters mainly to the Smalltalk community, which has seen little new IDE development in recent years.

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## Sources

### Technology
- [Hacker News](https://blog.lorenzano.eu/pulsar-at-esug-2026/) — Wed, 14 Oct 2026 10:26:53 +0000