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Scripting Languages

Scripting languages embeddable in a Rust game

Crates

  • amble_script

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

    • Stars:
      17
    • Last activity:
      2026-02-02
  • dyon

    A rusty dynamically typed scripting language

    • Latest version:
      0.51.0
    • Downloads:
      147,376
    • Recent downloads:
      1,128
    • License:
      Apache-2.0 OR MIT
    • Stars:
      1,905
    • Last activity:
      2025-12-23
  • Ellie Language

    A type-safe scripting language

  • gluon

    A static, type inferred programming language for application embedding

    • Latest version:
      0.18.2
    • Downloads:
      76,944
    • Recent downloads:
      1,026
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      3,388
    • Last activity:
      2024-12-06
  • hlua

    Zero-cost high-level wrapper for Lua

    • Latest version:
      0.4.3
    • Downloads:
      104,546
    • Recent downloads:
      3,843
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      520
    • Last activity:
      2025-09-11
  • ketos

    Lisp dialect scripting and extension language

    • Latest version:
      0.12.0
    • Downloads:
      61,120
    • Recent downloads:
      768
    • License:
      MIT/Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      768
    • Last activity:
      2021-05-18
  • lichen

    Scripting DSL (for Dialogue Graphs, et al)

    • Latest version:
      0.3.8
    • Downloads:
      65,462
    • Recent downloads:
      261
    • 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:
      6,137
    • Recent downloads:
      1,401
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      11
    • Last activity:
      2021-02-15
  • mlua

    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:
      3,811,148
    • Recent downloads:
      545,476
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      2,563
    • Last activity:
      2026-01-30
  • molt

    Embeddable TCL interpreter for Rust applications

    • Latest version:
      0.3.1
    • Downloads:
      13,831
    • Recent downloads:
      422
    • License:
      BSD-3-Clause
    • Stars:
      117
    • Last activity:
      2022-08-08
  • mun

    Source code for the Mun language and runtime.

    • Stars:
      2,108
    • Last activity:
      2025-08-12
  • passerine

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

    • Latest version:
      0.9.3
    • Downloads:
      15,169
    • Recent downloads:
      108
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      1,085
    • Last activity:
      2024-09-11
  • rhai

    Embedded scripting for Rust

    • Latest version:
      1.24.0
    • Downloads:
      4,928,706
    • Recent downloads:
      722,489
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      5,135
    • Last activity:
      2026-01-19
  • roto

    a statically-typed, compiled, embedded scripting language

    • Latest version:
      0.10.0
    • Downloads:
      11,181
    • Recent downloads:
      683
    • License:
      BSD-3-Clause
    • Stars:
      459
    • Last activity:
      2026-02-02
  • rune

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

    • Latest version:
      0.14.1
    • Downloads:
      134,455
    • Recent downloads:
      10,755
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      2,152
    • Last activity:
      2026-01-29
  • rustpython

    A python interpreter written in rust.

    • Latest version:
      0.4.0
    • Downloads:
      31,614
    • Recent downloads:
      3,209
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      21,750
    • Last activity:
      2026-02-02
  • ruwren

    A Rustified binding for Wren

    • Latest version:
      0.4.10
    • Downloads:
      46,567
    • Recent downloads:
      197
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      50
    • Last activity:
      2025-12-10
  • spaik

    The SPAIK Programming Language

    • Latest version:
      0.3.1
    • Downloads:
      6,159
    • Recent downloads:
      14
    • License:
      BSD-2-Clause
    • Stars:
      40
    • Last activity:
      2025-09-15
  • throne

    Game scripting language for rapid prototyping and story logic

    • Latest version:
      0.4.1
    • Downloads:
      11,599
    • Recent downloads:
      77
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      53
    • Last activity:
      2025-06-07
  • torchbear

    Lua programming environment in Rust

    • Latest version:
      0.11.5
    • Downloads:
      38,841
    • Recent downloads:
      61
    • 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:
      33,301
    • Recent downloads:
      79
    • License:
      GPL-3.0-or-later

Archived

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

    The GameLisp scripting language

    • Latest version:
      0.2.0
    • Downloads:
      5,724
    • Recent downloads:
      168
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      398
    • Last activity:
      2022-03-08
  • rlua

    High level bindings to Lua 5.x

    • Latest version:
      0.20.1
    • Downloads:
      719,194
    • Recent downloads:
      16,516
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      1,769
    • Last activity:
      2024-07-20

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