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Code Quality Rank: L3
Programming language: C
Tags: Scripting    

Lua alternatives and related libraries

Based on the "Scripting" category

  • V8

    9.6 10.0 L1 Lua VS V8
    A fast JavaScript engine by Google that can be embedded into any C++ application. [BSD]

  • ChakraCore

    9.3 9.7 L4 Lua VS ChakraCore
    -A JavaScript engine by Microsoft that can be embedded into nodejs. [MIT]

  • Cython

    8.7 9.7 L2 Lua VS Cython
    Cython is an optimising static compiler for both the Python programming language and the extended Cython programming language (based on Pyrex). It makes writing C extensions for Python as easy as Python itself. [Apache] website

  • SWIG

    8.3 9.6 L5 Lua VS SWIG
    A wrapper/interface Generator that let you link your c++ code to Javascript, Perl, PHP, Python, Tcl and Ruby. [GPL/Output not licensed]

  • Duktape

    8.3 8.1 L2 Lua VS Duktape
    An embeddable Javascript engine with compact footprint. [MIT] website

  • JavaCpp

    8.1 8.3 L1 Lua VS JavaCpp
    The missing bridge between Java and native C++. [Apache2]

  • djinni

    7.8 5.8 Lua VS djinni
    A tool for generating cross-language type declarations and interface bindings. [Apache2]

  • CppSharp

    7.2 8.8 L2 Lua VS CppSharp
    Tools and libraries to glue C/C++ APIs to high-level languages. [MIT]

  • ChaiScript

    7.2 7.1 L1 Lua VS ChaiScript
    An easy to use embedded scripting language for C++. [BSD] website

  • libffi

    7.0 6.7 Lua VS libffi
    A portable foreign-function interface library. [MIT] website

  • sol2

    6.9 8.7 Lua VS sol2
    Sol v2.0 - a C++ <-> Lua API wrapper with advanced features and top notch performance - is here, and it's great! Documentation:

  • nbind

    6.7 1.2 Lua VS nbind
    Magical headers that make your C++ library accessible from JavaScript. [MIT]

  • V7

    6.6 0.0 L3 Lua VS V7
    An embedded JavaScript engine. [GPL2]

  • ctypes.sh

    6.1 0.3 Lua VS ctypes.sh
    A foreign function interface for bash. [MIT]

  • cppimport

    5.3 4.2 L4 Lua VS cppimport
    Import C++ files directly from Python! [MIT]

  • v8pp

    4.6 6.8 L4 Lua VS v8pp
    Bind C++ functions and classes into V8 JavaScript engine

  • luacxx

    2.8 0.0 L1 Lua VS luacxx
    C++11 API for creating Lua bindings. [MIT]

  • shpp

    2.3 0.0 L4 Lua VS shpp
    Call C++ functions from an interactive shell

  • tbing

    1.1 0.0 Lua VS tbing
    Templates-based bindings and interfaces generator for C++

  • Boost.Python

    - - Lua VS Boost.Python
    A C++ library which enables seamless interoperability between C++ and the Python programming language. [Boost]

  • SIP

    - - Lua VS SIP
    C/C++ Bindings Generator for Python v2 and v3. [GPL]

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