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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:
      28
    • Last activity:
      2026-09-26

  • dyon

    Scripting Languages

    A rusty dynamically typed scripting language

    • Latest version:
      0.51.3
    • Downloads:
      149,513
    • Recent downloads:
      909
    • License:
      Apache-2.0 OR MIT
    • Stars:
      1,923
    • Last activity:
      2026-09-12

  • 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:
      0.18.4
    • Downloads:
      81,480
    • Recent downloads:
      2,243
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      3,456
    • Last activity:
      2026-08-06

  • hlua

    Scripting Languages

    Zero-cost high-level wrapper for Lua

    • Latest version:
      0.4.3
    • Downloads:
      127,347
    • Recent downloads:
      9,635
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      521
    • Last activity:
      2025-09-11

  • ketos

    Scripting Languages

    Lisp dialect scripting and extension language

    • Latest version:
      0.12.0
    • Downloads:
      65,066
    • Recent downloads:
      2,493
    • License:
      MIT/Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      768
    • Last activity:
      2021-05-18

  • lichen

    Scripting Languages

    Scripting DSL (for Dialogue Graphs, et al)

    • Latest version:
      0.3.8
    • Downloads:
      65,861
    • Recent downloads:
      108
    • 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:
      6,266
    • Recent downloads:
      56
    • 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:
      0.12.2
    • Downloads:
      8,047,808
    • Recent downloads:
      2,364,922
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      2,918
    • Last activity:
      2026-10-03

  • molt

    Scripting Languages

    Embeddable TCL interpreter for Rust applications

    • Latest version:
      0.3.1
    • Downloads:
      15,965
    • Recent downloads:
      765
    • License:
      BSD-3-Clause
    • Stars:
      127
    • Last activity:
      2022-08-08

  • mun

    Scripting Languages

    Source code for the Mun language and runtime.

    • Stars:
      2,149
    • Last activity:
      2026-10-19

  • passerine

    Scripting Languages

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

    • Latest version:
      0.9.3
    • Downloads:
      15,401
    • Recent downloads:
      76
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      1,092
    • Last activity:
      2026-04-22

  • rhai

    Scripting Languages

    Embedded scripting for Rust

    • Latest version:
      1.27.0
    • Downloads:
      13,338,015
    • Recent downloads:
      4,413,634
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      5,751
    • Last activity:
      2026-10-22

  • roto

    Scripting Languages

    a statically-typed, compiled, embedded scripting language

    • Latest version:
      0.13.0
    • Downloads:
      27,301
    • Recent downloads:
      9,702
    • License:
      BSD-3-Clause

  • rune

    Scripting Languages

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

    • Latest version:
      0.14.2
    • Downloads:
      181,433
    • Recent downloads:
      23,209
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      2,343
    • Last activity:
      2026-10-11

  • rustpython

    Scripting Languages

    A python interpreter written in rust.

    • Latest version:
      0.6.0
    • Downloads:
      42,151
    • Recent downloads:
      3,238
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      22,415
    • Last activity:
      2026-10-22

  • ruwren

    Scripting Languages

    A Rustified binding for Wren

    • Latest version:
      0.4.10
    • Downloads:
      47,607
    • Recent downloads:
      679
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      53
    • Last activity:
      2026-03-04

  • spaik

    Scripting Languages

    The SPAIK Programming Language

    • Latest version:
      0.3.1
    • Downloads:
      6,191
    • License:
      BSD-2-Clause
    • Stars:
      40
    • Last activity:
      2026-09-20

  • throne

    Scripting Languages

    Scripting language for game prototyping and story logic

    • Latest version:
      0.5.0
    • Downloads:
      11,819
    • Recent downloads:
      53
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      52
    • Last activity:
      2026-03-10

  • torchbear

    Scripting Languages

    Lua programming environment in Rust

    • Latest version:
      0.11.5
    • Downloads:
      38,990
    • Recent downloads:
      1
    • License:
      MIT/Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      146
    • Last activity:
      2021-12-30

  • wlambda

    Scripting Languages

    WLambda is an embeddable scripting language for Rust

    • Latest version:
      0.8.1
    • Downloads:
      33,426
    • Recent downloads:
      11
    • 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:
      6,195
    • Recent downloads:
      163
    • License:
      MIT OR Apache-2.0
    • Stars:
      403
    • Last activity:
      2022-03-08

  • rlua

    Scripting Languages

    High level bindings to Lua 5.x

    • Latest version:
      0.20.1
    • Downloads:
      803,486
    • Recent downloads:
      42,523
    • License:
      MIT
    • Stars:
      1,755
    • Last activity:
      2024-07-20

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