cs-script vs Westwind.Scripting

cs-script

C# scripting platform (by oleg-shilo)

Westwind.Scripting

Small C# library to provide dynamic runtime code compilation from source code for code and expressions execution (by RickStrahl)

C# Roslyn runtime-compilation

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cs-script		Westwind.Scripting
	Project
7	Mentions	1
1,542	Stars	195
-	Growth	-
8.6	Activity	5.3
24 days ago	Latest Commit	about 1 month ago
C#	Language	C#
MIT License	License	-

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cs-script

Posts with mentions or reviews of cs-script. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-02-22.

What is the latest on scripting inside of C# (especially for Unity development)?
7 projects | /r/dotnet | 22 Feb 2023

CS-Script
[OC] Options for Runtime (Dynamic) Scripting for .NET [C#, Scripting, Modding]
5 projects | /r/GodotCSharp | 15 Jan 2023
CSharp script?
1 project | /r/csharp | 12 Nov 2022
Visual Studio Code: /bin/sh: line 1: scriptcs: command not found
2 projects | /r/EndeavourOS | 14 Sep 2022

:: Querying AUR... Repository : aur Name : cs-script Keywords : None Version : 3.28.4.0-1 Description : Run C# sources like scripts URL : https://github.com/oleg-shilo/cs-script AUR URL : https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/cs-script Groups : None Licenses : MIT Provides : None Depends On : mono Make Deps : None Check Deps : None Optional Deps : None Conflicts With : None Maintainer : clofresh Votes : 0 Popularity : 0.000000 First Submitted : Sat 12 Nov 2016 01:56:26 PM GMT Last Modified : Sat 09 Jun 2018 05:18:39 AM BST Out-of-date : No
Importing script dynamically in unity
1 project | /r/gamedev | 8 May 2022

I did something like that in a pure C# game engine using this tool: https://github.com/oleg-shilo/cs-script/wiki
Started my C# journey today on MacOS. How do people usually run C# from terminal?
2 projects | /r/csharp | 28 Sep 2021

That said, there are some projects like cs-script that provide tools that let you treat C# more like a scripting language and omit that infrastructure. It's just not as feasible or useful as you start to write more complicated application types.
C# 9 top-level programs and target-typed expressions
11 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 30 Mar 2021

There are third party projects that support this: https://github.com/oleg-shilo/cs-script

Westwind.Scripting

Posts with mentions or reviews of Westwind.Scripting. We have used some of these posts to build our list of alternatives and similar projects. The last one was on 2023-01-15.

[OC] Options for Runtime (Dynamic) Scripting for .NET [C#, Scripting, Modding]
5 projects | /r/GodotCSharp | 15 Jan 2023

What are some alternatives?

When comparing cs-script and Westwind.Scripting you can also consider the following projects:

dotnet-script - Run C# scripts from the .NET CLI.

ExpressionEvaluator - A Simple Math and Pseudo C# Expression Evaluator in One C# File. Can also execute small C# like scripts

ClearScript - A library for adding scripting to .NET applications. Supports V8 (Windows, Linux, macOS) and JScript/VBScript (Windows).

.NET-Obfuscator - Lists of .NET Obfuscator (Free, Freemium, Paid and Open Source )

Unbreakable - Alive, dammit!

SSharp - S# is a weakly-typed dynamic language and runtime infrastructure to make your applications extendable, customizable and highly flexible. It allows introducing expressions and large code blocks evaluation within your applications in the similar way Microsoft Office deals with VBScript, gives you possibilities providing rich formula evaluation capabilities like it can be seen in MS Excel and other office applications.

Uno Platform - Build Mobile, Desktop and WebAssembly apps with C# and XAML. Today. Open source and professionally supported.

Roslynator - Roslynator is a set of code analysis tools for C#, powered by Roslyn.

lizzie - A script language for .Net and the CLR

Roslyn - The Roslyn .NET compiler provides C# and Visual Basic languages with rich code analysis APIs.