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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:
      122,306
    • Recent downloads:
      14,962
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      1,828
    • 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:
      63,935
    • Recent downloads:
      7,086
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      3,304
    • Last activity:
      2024-12-06

  • hlua

    Scripting Languages

    Zero-cost high-level wrapper for Lua

    • Latest version:
      0.4.2
    • Downloads:
      89,187
    • Recent downloads:
      6,728
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      509
    • Last activity:
      2024-07-27

  • ketos

    Scripting Languages

    Lisp dialect scripting and extension language

    • Latest version:
      0.12.0
    • Downloads:
      46,183
    • Recent downloads:
      5,062
    • License:
      MIT/Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      756
    • Last activity:
      2021-05-18

  • lichen

    Scripting Languages

    Scripting DSL (for Dialogue Graphs, et al)

    • Latest version:
      0.3.8
    • Downloads:
      54,288
    • Recent downloads:
      6,789
    • 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:
      3,387
    • Recent downloads:
      400
    • 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 Roblox Luau with async/await features and support of writing native Lua modules in Rust.

    • Latest version:
      0.10.3
    • Downloads:
      2,398,892
    • Recent downloads:
      425,864
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      2,107
    • Last activity:
      2025-05-05

  • molt

    Scripting Languages

    Embeddable TCL interpreter for Rust applications

    • Latest version:
      0.3.1
    • Downloads:
      10,740
    • Recent downloads:
      1,356
    • License:
      BSD-3-Clause
    • Stars:
      109
    • Last activity:
      2022-08-08

  • mun

    Scripting Languages

    Source code for the Mun language and runtime.

    • Stars:
      1,978
    • Last activity:
      2025-05-04

  • passerine

    Scripting Languages

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

    • Latest version:
      0.9.3
    • Downloads:
      12,061
    • Recent downloads:
      1,783
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      1,066
    • Last activity:
      2024-09-11

  • rhai

    Scripting Languages

    Embedded scripting for Rust

    • Latest version:
      1.21.0
    • Downloads:
      3,083,698
    • Recent downloads:
      502,193
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      4,554
    • Last activity:
      2025-04-28

  • rlua

    Scripting Languages

    High level bindings to Lua 5.x

    • Latest version:
      0.20.1
    • Downloads:
      649,203
    • Recent downloads:
      35,622
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      1,759
    • Last activity:
      2024-07-20

  • rune

    Scripting Languages

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

    • Latest version:
      0.14.0
    • Downloads:
      89,283
    • Recent downloads:
      16,308
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      1,900
    • Last activity:
      2025-05-04

  • rustpython

    Scripting Languages

    A python interpreter written in rust.

    • Latest version:
      0.4.0
    • Downloads:
      21,118
    • Recent downloads:
      3,338
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      19,970
    • Last activity:
      2025-05-01

  • ruwren

    Scripting Languages

    A Rustified binding for Wren

    • Latest version:
      0.4.10
    • Downloads:
      36,755
    • Recent downloads:
      5,851
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      43
    • Last activity:
      2024-03-28

  • spaik

    Scripting Languages

    The SPAIK Programming Language

    • Latest version:
      0.3.1
    • Downloads:
      4,690
    • Recent downloads:
      884
    • License:
      BSD-2-Clause
    • Stars:
      42
    • Last activity:
      2025-04-17

  • throne

    Scripting Languages

    Game scripting language for rapid prototyping and story logic

    • Latest version:
      0.4.1
    • Downloads:
      9,264
    • Recent downloads:
      1,402
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      52
    • Last activity:
      2025-01-19

  • torchbear

    Scripting Languages

    Lua programming environment in Rust

    • Latest version:
      0.11.5
    • Downloads:
      31,391
    • Recent downloads:
      4,379
    • License:
      MIT/Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      146
    • Last activity:
      2021-12-30

  • wlambda

    Scripting Languages

    WLambda is an embeddable scripting language for Rust

    • Latest version:
      0.8.1
    • Downloads:
      25,875
    • Recent downloads:
      3,999
    • License:
      GPL-3.0-or-later
    • Stars:
      54
    • Last activity:
      2025-02-04

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:
      4,538
    • Recent downloads:
      533
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      398
    • Last activity:
      2022-03-08

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