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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:
      146,264
    • Recent downloads:
      8,184
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      1,870
    • 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:
      75,970
    • Recent downloads:
      4,908
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      3,349
    • Last activity:
      2024-12-06

  • hlua

    Scripting Languages

    Zero-cost high-level wrapper for Lua

    • Latest version:
      0.4.3
    • Downloads:
      100,920
    • Recent downloads:
      6,125
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      516
    • Last activity:
      2025-09-11

  • ketos

    Scripting Languages

    Lisp dialect scripting and extension language

    • Latest version:
      0.12.0
    • Downloads:
      60,389
    • Recent downloads:
      4,055
    • License:
      MIT/Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      761
    • Last activity:
      2021-05-18

  • lichen

    Scripting Languages

    Scripting DSL (for Dialogue Graphs, et al)

    • Latest version:
      0.3.8
    • Downloads:
      65,204
    • Recent downloads:
      3,780
    • 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:
      4,868
    • Recent downloads:
      1,039
    • 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:
      3,298,004
    • Recent downloads:
      473,733
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      2,416
    • Last activity:
      2025-11-06

  • molt

    Scripting Languages

    Embeddable TCL interpreter for Rust applications

    • Latest version:
      0.3.1
    • Downloads:
      13,436
    • Recent downloads:
      1,044
    • License:
      BSD-3-Clause
    • Stars:
      116
    • Last activity:
      2022-08-08

  • mun

    Scripting Languages

    Source code for the Mun language and runtime.

    • Stars:
      2,100
    • 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:
      15,064
    • Recent downloads:
      1,155
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      1,081
    • Last activity:
      2024-09-11

  • rhai

    Scripting Languages

    Embedded scripting for Rust

    • Latest version:
      1.23.6
    • Downloads:
      4,252,167
    • Recent downloads:
      603,965
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      4,966
    • Last activity:
      2025-11-09

  • rune

    Scripting Languages

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

    • Latest version:
      0.14.1
    • Downloads:
      124,305
    • Recent downloads:
      16,889
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      2,084
    • Last activity:
      2025-10-11

  • rustpython

    Scripting Languages

    A python interpreter written in rust.

    • Latest version:
      0.4.0
    • Downloads:
      28,564
    • Recent downloads:
      3,615
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      20,776
    • Last activity:
      2025-11-10

  • ruwren

    Scripting Languages

    A Rustified binding for Wren

    • Latest version:
      0.4.10
    • Downloads:
      46,375
    • Recent downloads:
      3,798
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      45
    • Last activity:
      2025-11-06

  • spaik

    Scripting Languages

    The SPAIK Programming Language

    • Latest version:
      0.3.1
    • Downloads:
      6,145
    • Recent downloads:
      621
    • 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:
      11,525
    • Recent downloads:
      977
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      53
    • Last activity:
      2025-06-07

  • torchbear

    Scripting Languages

    Lua programming environment in Rust

    • Latest version:
      0.11.5
    • Downloads:
      38,780
    • Recent downloads:
      3,486
    • 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:
      33,222
    • Recent downloads:
      3,326
    • 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:
      5,568
    • Recent downloads:
      510
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      395
    • Last activity:
      2022-03-08

  • rlua

    Scripting Languages

    High level bindings to Lua 5.x

    • Latest version:
      0.20.1
    • Downloads:
      704,091
    • Recent downloads:
      23,037
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      1,769
    • Last activity:
      2024-07-20

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