Go Embeddable Scripting Languages

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Top 20 Go Embeddable Scripting Language Projects

  • otto

    A JavaScript interpreter in Go (golang)

    • Project mention: SSR React in Go | dev.to | 2024-01-20

    robertkrimen/otto

  • gopher-lua

    GopherLua: VM and compiler for Lua in Go

    • Project mention: Go performance from version 1.0 to 1.22 | news.ycombinator.com | 2024-04-14

    Would be neat to see graph of recent versions with linear scale

    I checked, they use switch on opcodes in vm.go. So would expect a recent improvement, but probably only <5%, & I didn't look close enough to see if awk is one of those languages where instruction dispatch matters less (like how APL tends to avoid issues since array ops avoid having dispatch in tight loops, or how Python avoids instruction dispatch overhead when using numpy)

    For VMs Go had a problem for large switch statements: it would always use binary search instead of a jump table. This caused gopher-lua & go-lua to both take the route of having an array of functions which they call on to dispatch instead

    A couple years ago this was fixed: https://go-review.googlesource.com/c/go/+/357330

    I measured a small perf improvement switching gopher-lua to switch: https://github.com/yuin/gopher-lua/pull/479

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  • goja

    ECMAScript/JavaScript engine in pure Go

    • Project mention: Goja: ECMAScript/JavaScript engine in pure Go | news.ycombinator.com | 2024-04-07

  • tengo

    A fast script language for Go

    • Project mention: Making Games in Go for Absolute Beginners | news.ycombinator.com | 2023-11-24

    > It also has a bunch of libraries for embedding scripting languages https://awesome-go.com/embeddable-scripting-languages, with Tengo _probably_ being the quickest https://github.com/d5/tengo

    Yes, I noticed those packages recently. The problem is that there is little data about how reliable and maintainable goloader is going to be on the long term.

    As I care about performance and security, I don't want a scripting language, but WASM seems to be a very promising possibility. I have made benchmarks with 2~3 WASM engines in Go, and so far I am not completely convinced about the quality and performance of the available APIs. Also, when compiling Golang to WASM, the native compiler is still abysmally bad and does not have full support for imports, so Tinygo is a must-have.

    Anyway, modding is still a long term idea at this point, so hopefully the ecosystem will get more mature within a couple of years.

  • go-lua

    A Lua VM in Go

    • Project mention: Jacobin: Minimal JVM written in Go and capable of running Java 17 classes | news.ycombinator.com | 2023-08-24

    https://github.com/Shopify/go-lua

    Unless you specifically need a JVM either of these will be a much more practical and mature choice for embedded scripting.

    Alternatively if you prefer JS then Otto is a good choice:

  • starlark-go

    Starlark in Go: the Starlark configuration language, implemented in Go

    • Project mention: Python Is Easy. Go Is Simple. Simple = Easy | news.ycombinator.com | 2023-11-27

    Starlark in go https://github.com/google/starlark-go is a great way to combine the best of both, the ease of use of Python and the simplicity of go.

    I have been building a platform for deploying internal web applications using this approach https://github.com/claceio/clace. Use Starlark to configure the application, the platform itself is built in go.

  • cel-go

    Fast, portable, non-Turing complete expression evaluation with gradual typing (Go)

    • Project mention: CEL on N resources? | /r/kubernetes | 2023-12-04

    There's a simple repl implementation in the cel-go repo that you can use https://github.com/google/cel-go/tree/master/repl/main. But not sure about what you actually want to do though. Has a bit of on XY problem feel to be honest.

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  • anko

    Scriptable interpreter written in golang (by mattn)

    • Project mention: Anko: Scriptable Interpreter Written in Go | news.ycombinator.com | 2023-07-03

  • go-php

    PHP bindings for the Go programming language (Golang)

  • gval

    Expression evaluation in golang

  • prolog

    The only reasonable scripting engine for Go.

  • risor

    Fast and flexible scripting for Go developers and DevOps.

    • Project mention: Risor v1.4.0: write scripts for K8s, Vault, and the Go ecosystem | news.ycombinator.com | 2024-02-27

    GitHub project here:

    https://github.com/risor-io/risor

  • gisp

    Simple LISP in Go

  • Gentee script programming language

    Gentee - script programming language for automation. It uses VM and compiler written in Go (Golang).

  • The uGO Language

    Script Language for Go

  • binder

    High level go to Lua binder. Write less, do more. (by alexeyco)

  • purl

    Perl, but fluffy like a cat! (by ian-kent)

  • ecal

    A simple embeddable scripting language which supports concurrent event processing. (by krotik)

  • ngaro

    An embeddable implementation of the Ngaro Virtual Machine for Go programs

  • mosalat

    a rule-engine with custom dsl for golang (by Sazito)

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NOTE: The open source projects on this list are ordered by number of github stars. The number of mentions indicates repo mentiontions in the last 12 Months or since we started tracking (Dec 2020).

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Index

What are some of the best open-source Embeddable Scripting Language projects in Go? This list will help you:

Project Stars
1 otto 7,837
2 gopher-lua 6,005
3 goja 4,931
4 tengo 3,444
5 go-lua 2,929
6 starlark-go 2,196
7 cel-go 2,036
8 anko 1,435
9 go-php 921
10 gval 696
11 prolog 533
12 risor 520
13 gisp 511
14 Gentee script programming language 128
15 The uGO Language 104
16 binder 69
17 purl 41
18 ecal 37
19 ngaro 26
20 mosalat 11

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