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Scripting Languages

Scripting languages embeddable in a Rust game

Crates

  • dyon

    A rusty dynamically typed scripting language

    • Latest version:
      0.49.2
    • Downloads:
      116,622
    • Recent downloads:
      14,600
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      1,819
    • Last activity:
      2025-02-17
  • Ellie Language

    A type-safe scripting language

  • gluon

    A static, type inferred programming language for application embedding

    • Latest version:
      0.18.2
    • Downloads:
      61,060
    • Recent downloads:
      6,197
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      3,286
    • Last activity:
      2024-12-06
  • hlua

    Zero-cost high-level wrapper for Lua

    • Latest version:
      0.4.2
    • Downloads:
      86,881
    • Recent downloads:
      6,156
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      509
    • Last activity:
      2024-07-27
  • ketos

    Lisp dialect scripting and extension language

    • Latest version:
      0.12.0
    • Downloads:
      43,946
    • Recent downloads:
      4,233
    • License:
      MIT/Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      752
    • Last activity:
      2021-05-18
  • lichen

    Scripting DSL (for Dialogue Graphs, et al)

    • Latest version:
      0.3.8
    • Downloads:
      51,683
    • Recent downloads:
      5,918
    • License:
      Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      33
    • Last activity:
      2022-04-13
  • luajit

    Rust crate for calling LuaJIT from Rust

    • Latest version:
      0.1.1
    • Downloads:
      3,221
    • Recent downloads:
      352
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      11
    • Last activity:
      2021-02-15
  • mlua

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

    • Latest version:
      0.10.3
    • Downloads:
      2,213,456
    • Recent downloads:
      372,036
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      2,025
    • Last activity:
      2025-03-22
  • molt

    Embeddable TCL interpreter for Rust applications

    • Latest version:
      0.3.1
    • Downloads:
      10,177
    • Recent downloads:
      1,166
    • License:
      BSD-3-Clause
    • Stars:
      109
    • Last activity:
      2022-08-08
  • mun

    Source code for the Mun language and runtime.

    • Stars:
      1,962
    • Last activity:
      2025-03-16
  • passerine

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

    • Latest version:
      0.9.3
    • Downloads:
      11,355
    • Recent downloads:
      1,573
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      1,068
    • Last activity:
      2024-09-11
  • rhai

    Embedded scripting for Rust

    • Latest version:
      1.21.0
    • Downloads:
      2,844,162
    • Recent downloads:
      398,120
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      4,467
    • Last activity:
      2025-03-19
  • rlua

    High level bindings to Lua 5.x

    • Latest version:
      0.20.1
    • Downloads:
      627,717
    • Recent downloads:
      22,300
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      1,757
    • Last activity:
      2024-07-20
  • rune

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

    • Latest version:
      0.13.4
    • Downloads:
      81,233
    • Recent downloads:
      13,322
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      1,876
    • Last activity:
      2025-03-07
  • rustpython

    A python interpreter written in rust.

    • Latest version:
      0.4.0
    • Downloads:
      20,028
    • Recent downloads:
      3,735
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      19,804
    • Last activity:
      2025-03-23
  • ruwren

    A Rustified binding for Wren

    • Latest version:
      0.4.10
    • Downloads:
      34,587
    • Recent downloads:
      5,358
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      44
    • Last activity:
      2024-03-28
  • spaik

    The SPAIK Programming Language

    • Latest version:
      0.3.1
    • Downloads:
      4,349
    • Recent downloads:
      727
    • License:
      BSD-2-Clause
    • Stars:
      43
    • Last activity:
      2025-03-21
  • throne

    Game scripting language for rapid prototyping and story logic

    • Latest version:
      0.4.1
    • Downloads:
      8,691
    • Recent downloads:
      1,137
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      53
    • Last activity:
      2025-01-19
  • torchbear

    Lua programming environment in Rust

    • Latest version:
      0.11.5
    • Downloads:
      29,634
    • Recent downloads:
      3,669
    • License:
      MIT/Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      146
    • Last activity:
      2021-12-30
  • wlambda

    WLambda is an embeddable scripting language for Rust

    • Latest version:
      0.8.1
    • Downloads:
      24,231
    • Recent downloads:
      3,450
    • License:
      GPL-3.0-or-later
    • Stars:
      53
    • Last activity:
      2025-02-04

Archived

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

    The GameLisp scripting language

    • Latest version:
      0.2.0
    • Downloads:
      4,316
    • Recent downloads:
      474
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      399
    • Last activity:
      2022-03-08

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