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Scripting Languages

Scripting languages embeddable in a Rust game

Crates

  • dyon

    A rusty dynamically typed scripting language

    • Latest version:
      0.49.2
    • Downloads:
      119,431
    • Recent downloads:
      14,398
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      1,825
    • Last activity:
      2025-02-17
  • Ellie Language

    A type-safe scripting language

  • gluon

    A static, type inferred programming language for application embedding

    • Latest version:
      0.18.2
    • Downloads:
      62,557
    • Recent downloads:
      6,865
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      3,294
    • Last activity:
      2024-12-06
  • hlua

    Zero-cost high-level wrapper for Lua

    • Latest version:
      0.4.2
    • Downloads:
      88,110
    • Recent downloads:
      6,767
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      509
    • Last activity:
      2024-07-27
  • ketos

    Lisp dialect scripting and extension language

    • Latest version:
      0.12.0
    • Downloads:
      44,929
    • Recent downloads:
      4,630
    • License:
      MIT/Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      755
    • Last activity:
      2021-05-18
  • lichen

    Scripting DSL (for Dialogue Graphs, et al)

    • Latest version:
      0.3.8
    • Downloads:
      53,101
    • Recent downloads:
      6,611
    • License:
      Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      33
    • Last activity:
      2022-04-13
  • luajit

    Rust crate for calling LuaJIT from Rust

    • Latest version:
      0.1.1
    • Downloads:
      3,312
    • Recent downloads:
      383
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      11
    • Last activity:
      2021-02-15
  • mlua

    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:
      2,304,121
    • Recent downloads:
      405,765
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      2,062
    • Last activity:
      2025-04-06
  • molt

    Embeddable TCL interpreter for Rust applications

    • Latest version:
      0.3.1
    • Downloads:
      10,475
    • Recent downloads:
      1,309
    • License:
      BSD-3-Clause
    • Stars:
      110
    • Last activity:
      2022-08-08
  • mun

    Source code for the Mun language and runtime.

    • Stars:
      1,967
    • Last activity:
      2025-04-13
  • passerine

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

    • Latest version:
      0.9.3
    • Downloads:
      11,752
    • Recent downloads:
      1,745
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      1,067
    • Last activity:
      2024-09-11
  • rhai

    Embedded scripting for Rust

    • Latest version:
      1.21.0
    • Downloads:
      2,969,331
    • Recent downloads:
      467,019
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      4,515
    • Last activity:
      2025-04-09
  • rlua

    High level bindings to Lua 5.x

    • Latest version:
      0.20.1
    • Downloads:
      636,524
    • Recent downloads:
      27,539
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      1,760
    • Last activity:
      2024-07-20
  • rune

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

    • Latest version:
      0.13.4
    • Downloads:
      84,275
    • Recent downloads:
      13,639
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      1,892
    • Last activity:
      2025-03-31
  • rustpython

    A python interpreter written in rust.

    • Latest version:
      0.4.0
    • Downloads:
      20,574
    • Recent downloads:
      3,718
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      19,881
    • Last activity:
      2025-04-11
  • ruwren

    A Rustified binding for Wren

    • Latest version:
      0.4.10
    • Downloads:
      35,803
    • Recent downloads:
      5,609
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      44
    • Last activity:
      2024-03-28
  • spaik

    The SPAIK Programming Language

    • Latest version:
      0.3.1
    • Downloads:
      4,533
    • Recent downloads:
      833
    • License:
      BSD-2-Clause
    • Stars:
      43
    • Last activity:
      2025-03-21
  • throne

    Game scripting language for rapid prototyping and story logic

    • Latest version:
      0.4.1
    • Downloads:
      8,980
    • Recent downloads:
      1,279
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      53
    • Last activity:
      2025-01-19
  • torchbear

    Lua programming environment in Rust

    • Latest version:
      0.11.5
    • Downloads:
      30,484
    • Recent downloads:
      3,989
    • License:
      MIT/Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      147
    • Last activity:
      2021-12-30
  • wlambda

    WLambda is an embeddable scripting language for Rust

    • Latest version:
      0.8.1
    • Downloads:
      25,079
    • Recent downloads:
      3,664
    • License:
      GPL-3.0-or-later
    • Stars:
      53
    • Last activity:
      2025-02-04

Archived

These crates are no longer maintained, but may still be of interest.
  • glsp

    The GameLisp scripting language

    • Latest version:
      0.2.0
    • Downloads:
      4,426
    • Recent downloads:
      519
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      399
    • Last activity:
      2022-03-08

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