cs-script vs ScriptCS

cs-script

C# scripting platform (by oleg-shilo)

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ScriptCS

Write C# apps with a text editor, nuget and the power of Roslyn! (by scriptcs)

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cs-script		ScriptCS
	Project
7	Mentions	7
1,542	Stars	2,453
-	Growth	0.1%
8.6	Activity	0.0
24 days ago	Latest Commit	10 months ago
C#	Language	C#
MIT License	License	GNU General Public License v3.0 or later

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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Popularity : 0.000000 First Submitted : Sat 12 Nov 2016 01:56:26 PM GMT Last Modified : Sat 09 Jun 2018 05:18:39 AM BST Out-of-date : No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

ScriptCS

Posts with mentions or reviews of ScriptCS. 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

ScriptCS
Can't run C#
1 project | /r/learnprogramming | 11 Feb 2023

This is a bug in scriptcs. That said, the fix should be out by now.
Visual Studio Code: /bin/sh: line 1: scriptcs: command not found
2 projects | /r/EndeavourOS | 14 Sep 2022

tried https://github.com/scriptcs/scriptcs but the linux build fails. the item in arch repos (cs-script) succeeds but does not fix the issue
Scriptcs: command not found
1 project | /r/Fedora | 29 May 2022
What is the/your current/popular choice for dotnet c# scripting ?
7 projects | /r/dotnet | 24 Mar 2022

[1] http://scriptcs.net/
Run and Debug csx files in Visual Studio? (c# Scripts)
2 projects | /r/csharp | 10 Nov 2021
Script could not be found (VS Code)
1 project | /r/Crostini | 21 Oct 2021

Github Instructions (https://github.com/scriptcs/scriptcs) // I did.

What are some alternatives?

When comparing cs-script and ScriptCS you can also consider the following projects:

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

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

FluentValidation - A popular .NET validation library for building strongly-typed validation rules.

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

Jot - Jot is a library for persisting and applying .NET application state.

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.

Scientist.net - A .NET library for carefully refactoring critical paths. It's a port of GitHub's Ruby Scientist library

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

ByteSize - ByteSize is a utility class that makes byte size representation in code easier by removing ambiguity of the value being represented. ByteSize is to bytes what System.TimeSpan is to time.

lizzie - A script language for .Net and the CLR

simple-exec - 🏃 A .NET library that runs external commands.