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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:
      23
    • Last activity:
      2026-03-22

  • dyon

    Scripting Languages

    A rusty dynamically typed scripting language

    • Latest version:
      0.51.0
    • Downloads:
      147,805
    • Recent downloads:
      1,082
    • License:
      Apache-2.0 OR MIT
    • Stars:
      1,905
    • 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:
      77,448
    • Recent downloads:
      1,054
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      3,391
    • Last activity:
      2024-12-06

  • hlua

    Scripting Languages

    Zero-cost high-level wrapper for Lua

    • Latest version:
      0.4.3
    • Downloads:
      106,888
    • Recent downloads:
      3,758
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      521
    • Last activity:
      2025-09-11

  • ketos

    Scripting Languages

    Lisp dialect scripting and extension language

    • Latest version:
      0.12.0
    • Downloads:
      61,422
    • Recent downloads:
      684
    • License:
      MIT/Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      766
    • Last activity:
      2021-05-18

  • lichen

    Scripting Languages

    Scripting DSL (for Dialogue Graphs, et al)

    • Latest version:
      0.3.8
    • Downloads:
      65,530
    • Recent downloads:
      258
    • 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:
      6,155
    • Recent downloads:
      211
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      11
    • Last activity:
      2021-02-15

  • mlua

    Scripting Languages

    High level bindings to Lua 5.5/5.4/5.3/5.2/5.1 (including LuaJIT) and Luau with async/await features and support of writing native Lua modules in Rust.

    • Latest version:
      0.11.6
    • Downloads:
      4,204,799
    • Recent downloads:
      637,481
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      2,637
    • Last activity:
      2026-03-08

  • molt

    Scripting Languages

    Embeddable TCL interpreter for Rust applications

    • Latest version:
      0.3.1
    • Downloads:
      14,021
    • Recent downloads:
      409
    • License:
      BSD-3-Clause
    • Stars:
      122
    • Last activity:
      2022-08-08

  • mun

    Scripting Languages

    Source code for the Mun language and runtime.

    • Stars:
      2,111
    • 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:
      15,213
    • Recent downloads:
      110
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      1,085
    • Last activity:
      2024-09-11

  • rhai

    Scripting Languages

    Embedded scripting for Rust

    • Latest version:
      1.24.0
    • Downloads:
      5,663,782
    • Recent downloads:
      1,082,976
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      5,229
    • Last activity:
      2026-03-22

  • roto

    Scripting Languages

    a statically-typed, compiled, embedded scripting language

    • Latest version:
      0.10.0
    • Downloads:
      11,549
    • Recent downloads:
      656
    • License:
      BSD-3-Clause
    • Stars:
      477
    • Last activity:
      2026-03-20

  • rune

    Scripting Languages

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

    • Latest version:
      0.14.1
    • Downloads:
      140,594
    • Recent downloads:
      11,273
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      2,174
    • Last activity:
      2026-03-20

  • rustpython

    Scripting Languages

    A python interpreter written in rust.

    • Latest version:
      0.4.0
    • Downloads:
      33,116
    • Recent downloads:
      2,622
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      21,897
    • Last activity:
      2026-03-22

  • ruwren

    Scripting Languages

    A Rustified binding for Wren

    • Latest version:
      0.4.10
    • Downloads:
      46,654
    • Recent downloads:
      200
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      50
    • Last activity:
      2026-03-04

  • spaik

    Scripting Languages

    The SPAIK Programming Language

    • Latest version:
      0.3.1
    • Downloads:
      6,166
    • Recent downloads:
      15
    • License:
      BSD-2-Clause
    • Stars:
      40
    • Last activity:
      2025-09-15

  • throne

    Scripting Languages

    Scripting language for game prototyping and story logic

    • Latest version:
      0.5.0
    • Downloads:
      11,657
    • Recent downloads:
      94
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      52
    • Last activity:
      2026-03-10

  • torchbear

    Scripting Languages

    Lua programming environment in Rust

    • Latest version:
      0.11.5
    • Downloads:
      38,872
    • Recent downloads:
      62
    • 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:
      33,329
    • Recent downloads:
      56
    • 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:
      5,804
    • Recent downloads:
      159
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      397
    • Last activity:
      2022-03-08

  • rlua

    Scripting Languages

    High level bindings to Lua 5.x

    • Latest version:
      0.20.1
    • Downloads:
      730,723
    • Recent downloads:
      19,094
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      1,763
    • Last activity:
      2024-07-20

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