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Scripting Languages

Scripting languages embeddable in a Rust game

Crates

  • dyon

    Scripting Languages

    A rusty dynamically typed scripting language

    • Latest version:
      0.49.2
    • Downloads:
      143,979
    • Recent downloads:
      10,417
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      1,865
    • Last activity:
      2025-02-17

  • Ellie Language

    Scripting Languages

    A type-safe scripting language

  • gluon

    Scripting Languages

    A static, type inferred programming language for application embedding

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    • Latest version:
      0.18.2
    • Downloads:
      74,597
    • Recent downloads:
      5,628
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      3,345
    • Last activity:
      2024-12-06

  • hlua

    Scripting Languages

    Zero-cost high-level wrapper for Lua

    • Latest version:
      0.4.3
    • Downloads:
      98,906
    • Recent downloads:
      6,038
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      516
    • Last activity:
      2025-09-11

  • ketos

    Scripting Languages

    Lisp dialect scripting and extension language

    • Latest version:
      0.12.0
    • Downloads:
      59,414
    • Recent downloads:
      8,101
    • License:
      MIT/Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      758
    • Last activity:
      2021-05-18

  • lichen

    Scripting Languages

    Scripting DSL (for Dialogue Graphs, et al)

    • Latest version:
      0.3.8
    • Downloads:
      64,320
    • Recent downloads:
      5,022
    • License:
      Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      32
    • Last activity:
      2022-04-13

  • luajit

    Scripting Languages

    Rust crate for calling LuaJIT from Rust

    • Latest version:
      0.1.1
    • Downloads:
      4,257
    • Recent downloads:
      570
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      11
    • Last activity:
      2021-02-15

  • mlua

    Scripting Languages

    High level bindings to Lua 5.4/5.3/5.2/5.1 (including LuaJIT) and Luau with async/await features and support of writing native Lua modules in Rust.

    • Latest version:
      0.11.4
    • Downloads:
      3,112,295
    • Recent downloads:
      455,277
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      2,375
    • Last activity:
      2025-10-04

  • molt

    Scripting Languages

    Embeddable TCL interpreter for Rust applications

    • Latest version:
      0.3.1
    • Downloads:
      13,147
    • Recent downloads:
      1,439
    • License:
      BSD-3-Clause
    • Stars:
      114
    • Last activity:
      2022-08-08

  • mun

    Scripting Languages

    Source code for the Mun language and runtime.

    • Stars:
      2,093
    • Last activity:
      2025-08-12

  • passerine

    Scripting Languages

    A small extensible functional scripting language designed for concise expression with little code.

    • Latest version:
      0.9.3
    • Downloads:
      14,784
    • Recent downloads:
      1,375
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      1,080
    • Last activity:
      2024-09-11

  • rhai

    Scripting Languages

    Embedded scripting for Rust

    • Latest version:
      1.23.4
    • Downloads:
      4,000,255
    • Recent downloads:
      546,144
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      4,902
    • Last activity:
      2025-09-17

  • rune

    Scripting Languages

    The Rune Language, an embeddable dynamic programming language for Rust.

    • Latest version:
      0.14.1
    • Downloads:
      118,483
    • Recent downloads:
      16,480
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      2,051
    • Last activity:
      2025-09-25

  • rustpython

    Scripting Languages

    A python interpreter written in rust.

    • Latest version:
      0.4.0
    • Downloads:
      27,338
    • Recent downloads:
      4,106
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      20,574
    • Last activity:
      2025-10-05

  • ruwren

    Scripting Languages

    A Rustified binding for Wren

    • Latest version:
      0.4.10
    • Downloads:
      45,502
    • Recent downloads:
      4,480
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      45
    • Last activity:
      2024-03-28

  • spaik

    Scripting Languages

    The SPAIK Programming Language

    • Latest version:
      0.3.1
    • Downloads:
      5,994
    • Recent downloads:
      727
    • License:
      BSD-2-Clause
    • Stars:
      40
    • Last activity:
      2025-09-15

  • throne

    Scripting Languages

    Game scripting language for rapid prototyping and story logic

    • Latest version:
      0.4.1
    • Downloads:
      11,288
    • Recent downloads:
      1,153
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      52
    • Last activity:
      2025-06-07

  • torchbear

    Scripting Languages

    Lua programming environment in Rust

    • Latest version:
      0.11.5
    • Downloads:
      37,947
    • Recent downloads:
      3,885
    • License:
      MIT/Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      147
    • Last activity:
      2021-12-30

  • wlambda

    Scripting Languages

    WLambda is an embeddable scripting language for Rust

    • Latest version:
      0.8.1
    • Downloads:
      32,413
    • Recent downloads:
      3,496
    • License:
      GPL-3.0-or-later
    • Stars:
      54
    • Last activity:
      2025-05-21

Archived

These crates are no longer maintained, but may still be of interest.

  • glsp

    Scripting Languages

    The GameLisp scripting language

    • Latest version:
      0.2.0
    • Downloads:
      5,425
    • Recent downloads:
      552
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      397
    • Last activity:
      2022-03-08

  • rlua

    Scripting Languages

    High level bindings to Lua 5.x

    • Latest version:
      0.20.1
    • Downloads:
      696,428
    • Recent downloads:
      23,671
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      1,768
    • Last activity:
      2024-07-20

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