A minimal and fast scripting engine for configuration files and basic application scripting. [MIT]

Lua alternatives and similar libraries

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• V8

  9.7 10.0 L1 Lua VS V8

  A fast JavaScript engine by Google that can be embedded into any C++ application. [BSD]

• ChakraCore

  9.2 7.4 L4 Lua VS ChakraCore

  -A JavaScript engine by Microsoft that can be embedded into nodejs. [MIT]

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• Cython

  8.9 9.4 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

  8.4 7.9 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

  8.4 6.5 L2 Lua VS Duktape

  An embeddable Javascript engine with compact footprint. [MIT] website

• Wren

  8.3 8.0 Lua VS Wren

  The Wren Programming Language. Wren is a small, fast, class-based concurrent scripting language.

• JavaCpp

  8.1 6.9 L1 Lua VS JavaCpp

  The missing bridge between Java and native C++. [Apache2]

• djinni

  7.7 0.6 Lua VS djinni

  A tool for generating cross-language type declarations and interface bindings. [Apache2]

• libffi

  7.4 5.5 Lua VS libffi

  A portable foreign-function interface library. [MIT] website

• sol2

  7.4 7.4 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:

• ChaiScript

  7.3 3.6 L1 Lua VS ChaiScript

  An easy to use embedded scripting language for C++. [BSD] website

• CppSharp

  7.3 9.5 L2 Lua VS CppSharp

  Tools and libraries to glue C/C++ APIs to high-level languages. [MIT]

• nbind

  6.6 0.0 Lua VS nbind

  Magical headers that make your C++ library accessible from JavaScript. [MIT]

• V7

  6.4 0.9 L3 Lua VS V7

  An embedded JavaScript engine. [GPL2]

• ctypes.sh

  6.4 4.2 Lua VS ctypes.sh

  A foreign function interface for bash. [MIT]

• cppimport

  5.3 3.0 L4 Lua VS cppimport

  Import C++ files directly from Python! [MIT]

• v8pp

  4.8 1.8 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

  2.2 0.0 L4 Lua VS shpp

  Call C++ functions from an interactive shell

• nelson

  1.8 0.0 Lua VS nelson

  Nelson numerical interpreter

• tbing

  0.9 0.0 Lua VS tbing

  Templates-based bindings and interfaces generator for C++

• SIP

  - Lua VS SIP

  C/C++ Bindings Generator for Python v2 and v3. [GPL]

• Boost.Python

  - Lua VS Boost.Python

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

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