Lua alternatives and similar libraries

Based on the "Scripting" category.
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V8

9.7 9.2 L1 Lua VS V8

The official mirror of the V8 Git repository
ChakraCore

9.2 7.4 L4 Lua VS ChakraCore

ChakraCore is an open source Javascript engine with a C API. [Moved to: https://github.com/chakra-core/ChakraCore]

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Cython

9.0 9.6 L2 Lua VS Cython

The most widely used Python to C compiler
Duktape

8.4 6.0 L2 Lua VS Duktape

Duktape - embeddable Javascript engine with a focus on portability and compact footprint
SWIG

8.4 9.4 L5 Lua VS SWIG

SWIG is a software development tool that connects programs written in C and C++ with a variety of high-level programming languages.
Wren

8.4 7.9 Lua VS Wren

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

8.0 8.0 L1 Lua VS JavaCpp

The missing bridge between Java and native C++
djinni

7.7 0.6 Lua VS djinni

A tool for generating cross-language type declarations and interface bindings. [Apache2]
sol2

7.5 7.2 Lua VS sol2

Sol3 (sol2 v3.0) - a C++ <-> Lua API wrapper with advanced features and top notch performance - is here, and it's great! Documentation:
CppSharp

7.4 8.9 L2 Lua VS CppSharp

Tools and libraries to glue C/C++ APIs to high-level languages
libffi

7.4 8.1 Lua VS libffi

A portable foreign-function interface library.
ChaiScript

7.3 7.4 L1 Lua VS ChaiScript

Embedded Scripting Language Designed for C++
nbind

6.6 0.0 Lua VS nbind

:sparkles: Magical headers that make your C++ library accessible from JavaScript :rocket:
ctypes.sh

6.4 0.7 Lua VS ctypes.sh

A foreign function interface for bash.
V7

6.3 0.3 L3 Lua VS V7

Embedded JavaScript engine for C/C++
cppimport

5.3 3.6 L4 Lua VS cppimport

Import C++ files directly from Python!
v8pp

4.8 7.6 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
shpp

2.2 0.0 L4 Lua VS shpp

Call c++ functions from a shell with any arguments of any types parsed automatically
nelson

1.9 9.3 Lua VS nelson

Nelson numerical interpreter
tbing

1.0 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]