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Scripting Languages

Scripting languages embeddable in a Rust game

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  • dyon

    Scripting Languages

    A rusty dynamically typed scripting language

    • Latest version:
      0.49.2
    • Downloads:
      133,283
    • Recent downloads:
      14,787
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      1,853
    • 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:
      68,829
    • Recent downloads:
      6,918
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      3,322
    • Last activity:
      2024-12-06

  • hlua

    Scripting Languages

    Zero-cost high-level wrapper for Lua

    • Latest version:
      0.4.2
    • Downloads:
      92,805
    • Recent downloads:
      5,114
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      512
    • Last activity:
      2024-07-27

  • ketos

    Scripting Languages

    Lisp dialect scripting and extension language

    • Latest version:
      0.12.0
    • Downloads:
      51,269
    • Recent downloads:
      6,807
    • 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:
      59,124
    • Recent downloads:
      6,645
    • 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:
      3,678
    • Recent downloads:
      398
    • 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:
      0.10.5
    • Downloads:
      2,647,604
    • Recent downloads:
      366,789
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      2,234
    • Last activity:
      2025-07-06

  • molt

    Scripting Languages

    Embeddable TCL interpreter for Rust applications

    • Latest version:
      0.3.1
    • Downloads:
      11,682
    • Recent downloads:
      1,323
    • License:
      BSD-3-Clause
    • Stars:
      111
    • Last activity:
      2022-08-08

  • mun

    Scripting Languages

    Source code for the Mun language and runtime.

    • Stars:
      2,060
    • Last activity:
      2025-06-30

  • passerine

    Scripting Languages

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

    • Latest version:
      0.9.3
    • Downloads:
      13,366
    • Recent downloads:
      1,775
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      1,075
    • Last activity:
      2024-09-11

  • rhai

    Scripting Languages

    Embedded scripting for Rust

    • Latest version:
      1.22.2
    • Downloads:
      3,441,475
    • Recent downloads:
      503,698
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      4,691
    • Last activity:
      2025-06-28

  • rlua

    Scripting Languages

    High level bindings to Lua 5.x

    • Latest version:
      0.20.1
    • Downloads:
      672,031
    • Recent downloads:
      39,409
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      1,766
    • Last activity:
      2024-07-20

  • rune

    Scripting Languages

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

    • Latest version:
      0.14.0
    • Downloads:
      101,355
    • Recent downloads:
      17,853
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      1,979
    • Last activity:
      2025-06-20

  • rustpython

    Scripting Languages

    A python interpreter written in rust.

    • Latest version:
      0.4.0
    • Downloads:
      23,109
    • Recent downloads:
      2,761
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      20,268
    • Last activity:
      2025-07-06

  • ruwren

    Scripting Languages

    A Rustified binding for Wren

    • Latest version:
      0.4.10
    • Downloads:
      40,710
    • Recent downloads:
      5,457
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      44
    • Last activity:
      2024-03-28

  • spaik

    Scripting Languages

    The SPAIK Programming Language

    • Latest version:
      0.3.1
    • Downloads:
      5,255
    • Recent downloads:
      796
    • License:
      BSD-2-Clause
    • Stars:
      42
    • Last activity:
      2025-06-16

  • throne

    Scripting Languages

    Game scripting language for rapid prototyping and story logic

    • Latest version:
      0.4.1
    • Downloads:
      10,111
    • Recent downloads:
      1,255
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      52
    • Last activity:
      2025-06-07

  • torchbear

    Scripting Languages

    Lua programming environment in Rust

    • Latest version:
      0.11.5
    • Downloads:
      34,005
    • Recent downloads:
      3,924
    • 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:
      28,851
    • Recent downloads:
      4,111
    • License:
      GPL-3.0-or-later
    • Stars:
      54
    • Last activity:
      2025-05-21

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:
      4,865
    • Recent downloads:
      482
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      398
    • Last activity:
      2022-03-08

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