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Scripting Languages

Scripting languages embeddable in a Rust game

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  • dyon

    Scripting Languages

    A rusty dynamically typed scripting language

    • Latest version:
      0.49.2
    • Downloads:
      137,240
    • Recent downloads:
      14,663
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      1,857
    • 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:
      70,726
    • Recent downloads:
      6,751
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      3,326
    • Last activity:
      2024-12-06

  • hlua

    Scripting Languages

    Zero-cost high-level wrapper for Lua

    • Latest version:
      0.4.2
    • Downloads:
      94,392
    • Recent downloads:
      5,214
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      513
    • Last activity:
      2024-07-27

  • ketos

    Scripting Languages

    Lisp dialect scripting and extension language

    • Latest version:
      0.12.0
    • Downloads:
      55,167
    • Recent downloads:
      9,044
    • License:
      MIT/Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      757
    • Last activity:
      2021-05-18

  • lichen

    Scripting Languages

    Scripting DSL (for Dialogue Graphs, et al)

    • Latest version:
      0.3.8
    • Downloads:
      61,073
    • Recent downloads:
      6,750
    • 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:
      3,797
    • Recent downloads:
      406
    • 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:
      0.11.1
    • Downloads:
      2,781,056
    • Recent downloads:
      376,159
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      2,281
    • Last activity:
      2025-07-26

  • molt

    Scripting Languages

    Embeddable TCL interpreter for Rust applications

    • Latest version:
      0.3.1
    • Downloads:
      12,282
    • Recent downloads:
      1,530
    • License:
      BSD-3-Clause
    • Stars:
      112
    • Last activity:
      2022-08-08

  • mun

    Scripting Languages

    Source code for the Mun language and runtime.

    • Stars:
      2,077
    • Last activity:
      2025-07-21

  • passerine

    Scripting Languages

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

    • Latest version:
      0.9.3
    • Downloads:
      13,821
    • Recent downloads:
      1,729
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      1,077
    • Last activity:
      2024-09-11

  • rhai

    Scripting Languages

    Embedded scripting for Rust

    • Latest version:
      1.22.2
    • Downloads:
      3,594,731
    • Recent downloads:
      503,987
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      4,753
    • Last activity:
      2025-08-01

  • rlua

    Scripting Languages

    High level bindings to Lua 5.x

    • Latest version:
      0.20.1
    • Downloads:
      679,566
    • Recent downloads:
      30,342
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      1,763
    • Last activity:
      2024-07-20

  • rune

    Scripting Languages

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

    • Latest version:
      0.14.0
    • Downloads:
      106,239
    • Recent downloads:
      16,559
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      1,999
    • Last activity:
      2025-07-23

  • rustpython

    Scripting Languages

    A python interpreter written in rust.

    • Latest version:
      0.4.0
    • Downloads:
      24,666
    • Recent downloads:
      3,556
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      20,348
    • Last activity:
      2025-08-01

  • ruwren

    Scripting Languages

    A Rustified binding for Wren

    • Latest version:
      0.4.10
    • Downloads:
      42,281
    • Recent downloads:
      5,451
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      44
    • Last activity:
      2024-03-28

  • spaik

    Scripting Languages

    The SPAIK Programming Language

    • Latest version:
      0.3.1
    • Downloads:
      5,455
    • Recent downloads:
      750
    • License:
      BSD-2-Clause
    • Stars:
      42
    • Last activity:
      2025-06-16

  • throne

    Scripting Languages

    Game scripting language for rapid prototyping and story logic

    • Latest version:
      0.4.1
    • Downloads:
      10,450
    • Recent downloads:
      1,169
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      52
    • Last activity:
      2025-06-07

  • torchbear

    Scripting Languages

    Lua programming environment in Rust

    • Latest version:
      0.11.5
    • Downloads:
      34,998
    • Recent downloads:
      3,582
    • 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:
      29,791
    • Recent downloads:
      3,879
    • 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:
      5,027
    • Recent downloads:
      490
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      398
    • Last activity:
      2022-03-08

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