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Scripting Languages

Scripting languages embeddable in a Rust game

Crates

  • amble_script

    Scripting Languages ยท Tools

    Natural-language-like DSL with compiler and linter for building games with amble_engine ('Amble').

    • Stars:
      17
    • Last activity:
      2026-01-10

  • dyon

    Scripting Languages

    A rusty dynamically typed scripting language

    • Latest version:
      0.51.0
    • Downloads:
      147,005
    • Recent downloads:
      2,001
    • License:
      Apache-2.0 OR MIT
    • Stars:
      1,898
    • Last activity:
      2025-12-23

  • 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:
      76,650
    • Recent downloads:
      1,474
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      3,381
    • Last activity:
      2024-12-06

  • hlua

    Scripting Languages

    Zero-cost high-level wrapper for Lua

    • Latest version:
      0.4.3
    • Downloads:
      103,822
    • Recent downloads:
      4,533
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      520
    • Last activity:
      2025-09-11

  • ketos

    Scripting Languages

    Lisp dialect scripting and extension language

    • Latest version:
      0.12.0
    • Downloads:
      60,921
    • Recent downloads:
      1,123
    • License:
      MIT/Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      767
    • Last activity:
      2021-05-18

  • lichen

    Scripting Languages

    Scripting DSL (for Dialogue Graphs, et al)

    • Latest version:
      0.3.8
    • Downloads:
      65,324
    • Recent downloads:
      610
    • License:
      Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      33
    • Last activity:
      2022-04-13

  • luajit

    Scripting Languages

    Rust crate for calling LuaJIT from Rust

    • Latest version:
      0.1.1
    • Downloads:
      6,109
    • Recent downloads:
      1,690
    • 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:
      0.11.5
    • Downloads:
      3,667,795
    • Recent downloads:
      511,226
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      2,528
    • Last activity:
      2025-11-22

  • molt

    Scripting Languages

    Embeddable TCL interpreter for Rust applications

    • Latest version:
      0.3.1
    • Downloads:
      13,691
    • Recent downloads:
      461
    • License:
      BSD-3-Clause
    • Stars:
      116
    • Last activity:
      2022-08-08

  • mun

    Scripting Languages

    Source code for the Mun language and runtime.

    • Stars:
      2,110
    • 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:
      15,127
    • Recent downloads:
      220
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      1,085
    • Last activity:
      2024-09-11

  • rhai

    Scripting Languages

    Embedded scripting for Rust

    • Latest version:
      1.23.6
    • Downloads:
      4,710,057
    • Recent downloads:
      654,935
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      5,098
    • Last activity:
      2026-01-04

  • roto

    Scripting Languages

    strongly-typed, compiled language for Rotonda

    • Latest version:
      0.9.0
    • Downloads:
      11,008
    • Recent downloads:
      1,101
    • License:
      BSD-3-Clause
    • Stars:
      441
    • Last activity:
      2026-01-09

  • rune

    Scripting Languages

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

    • Latest version:
      0.14.1
    • Downloads:
      131,343
    • Recent downloads:
      11,677
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      2,131
    • Last activity:
      2026-01-09

  • rustpython

    Scripting Languages

    A python interpreter written in rust.

    • Latest version:
      0.4.0
    • Downloads:
      30,869
    • Recent downloads:
      3,148
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      21,645
    • Last activity:
      2026-01-11

  • ruwren

    Scripting Languages

    A Rustified binding for Wren

    • Latest version:
      0.4.10
    • Downloads:
      46,470
    • Recent downloads:
      565
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      49
    • Last activity:
      2025-12-10

  • spaik

    Scripting Languages

    The SPAIK Programming Language

    • Latest version:
      0.3.1
    • Downloads:
      6,151
    • Recent downloads:
      92
    • 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:
      11,576
    • Recent downloads:
      194
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      53
    • Last activity:
      2025-06-07

  • torchbear

    Scripting Languages

    Lua programming environment in Rust

    • Latest version:
      0.11.5
    • Downloads:
      38,811
    • Recent downloads:
      504
    • 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:
      33,274
    • Recent downloads:
      480
    • License:
      GPL-3.0-or-later

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:
      5,682
    • Recent downloads:
      216
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      398
    • Last activity:
      2022-03-08

  • rlua

    Scripting Languages

    High level bindings to Lua 5.x

    • Latest version:
      0.20.1
    • Downloads:
      715,541
    • Recent downloads:
      17,406
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      1,769
    • Last activity:
      2024-07-20

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