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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:
      26
    • Last activity:
      2026-05-12

  • dyon

    Scripting Languages

    A rusty dynamically typed scripting language

    • Latest version:
      0.51.0
    • Downloads:
      148,305
    • Recent downloads:
      476
    • License:
      Apache-2.0 OR MIT
    • Stars:
      1,910
    • 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:
      78,813
    • Recent downloads:
      1,299
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      3,399
    • Last activity:
      2024-12-06

  • hlua

    Scripting Languages

    Zero-cost high-level wrapper for Lua

    • Latest version:
      0.4.3
    • Downloads:
      114,712
    • Recent downloads:
      7,570
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      522
    • Last activity:
      2025-09-11

  • ketos

    Scripting Languages

    Lisp dialect scripting and extension language

    • Latest version:
      0.12.0
    • Downloads:
      62,388
    • Recent downloads:
      924
    • License:
      MIT/Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      769
    • Last activity:
      2021-05-18

  • lichen

    Scripting Languages

    Scripting DSL (for Dialogue Graphs, et al)

    • Latest version:
      0.3.8
    • Downloads:
      65,637
    • Recent downloads:
      101
    • 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:
      6,195
    • Recent downloads:
      35
    • 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:
      5,308,869
    • Recent downloads:
      1,028,836
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      2,765
    • Last activity:
      2026-06-27

  • molt

    Scripting Languages

    Embeddable TCL interpreter for Rust applications

    • Latest version:
      0.3.1
    • Downloads:
      14,903
    • Recent downloads:
      810
    • License:
      BSD-3-Clause
    • Stars:
      125
    • Last activity:
      2022-08-08

  • mun

    Scripting Languages

    Source code for the Mun language and runtime.

    • Stars:
      2,121
    • Last activity:
      2026-06-19

  • passerine

    Scripting Languages

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

    • Latest version:
      0.9.3
    • Downloads:
      15,287
    • Recent downloads:
      70
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      1,091
    • Last activity:
      2026-04-22

  • rhai

    Scripting Languages

    Embedded scripting for Rust

    • Latest version:
      1.25.1
    • Downloads:
      7,817,641
    • Recent downloads:
      2,017,956
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      5,465
    • Last activity:
      2026-05-31

  • roto

    Scripting Languages

    a statically-typed, compiled, embedded scripting language

    • Latest version:
      0.11.0
    • Downloads:
      15,839
    • Recent downloads:
      4,209
    • License:
      BSD-3-Clause

  • rune

    Scripting Languages

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

    • Latest version:
      0.14.2
    • Downloads:
      153,572
    • Recent downloads:
      12,106
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      2,275
    • Last activity:
      2026-06-23

  • rustpython

    Scripting Languages

    A python interpreter written in rust.

    • Latest version:
      0.5.0
    • Downloads:
      38,161
    • Recent downloads:
      4,741
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      22,149
    • Last activity:
      2026-06-26

  • ruwren

    Scripting Languages

    A Rustified binding for Wren

    • Latest version:
      0.4.10
    • Downloads:
      46,831
    • Recent downloads:
      172
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      51
    • Last activity:
      2026-03-04

  • spaik

    Scripting Languages

    The SPAIK Programming Language

    • Latest version:
      0.3.1
    • Downloads:
      6,176
    • Recent downloads:
      9
    • 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:
      11,736
    • Recent downloads:
      74
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      53
    • Last activity:
      2026-03-10

  • torchbear

    Scripting Languages

    Lua programming environment in Rust

    • Latest version:
      0.11.5
    • Downloads:
      38,929
    • Recent downloads:
      56
    • License:
      MIT/Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      148
    • Last activity:
      2021-12-30

  • wlambda

    Scripting Languages

    WLambda is an embeddable scripting language for Rust

    • Latest version:
      0.8.1
    • Downloads:
      33,363
    • Recent downloads:
      30
    • 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:
      5,994
    • Recent downloads:
      177
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      400
    • Last activity:
      2022-03-08

  • rlua

    Scripting Languages

    High level bindings to Lua 5.x

    • Latest version:
      0.20.1
    • Downloads:
      754,267
    • Recent downloads:
      21,742
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      1,761
    • Last activity:
      2024-07-20

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