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Boost.Python alternatives and similar libraries

Based on the "Scripting" category.

• V8

  The official mirror of the V8 Git repository

  

• ChakraCore

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

  



• Cython

  The most widely used Python to C compiler

  

• Wren

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

  

• SWIG

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

  

• Duktape

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

  

• sol2

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

  

• JavaCpp

  The missing bridge between Java and native C++

  

• libffi

  A portable foreign-function interface library.

  

• djinni

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

• CppSharp

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

  

• ChaiScript

  Embedded Scripting Language Designed for C++

  

• Lua

  DISCONTINUED. Lua is a powerful, efficient, lightweight, embeddable scripting language. It supports procedural programming, object-oriented programming, functional programming, data-driven programming, and data description.

• ctypes.sh

  A foreign function interface for bash.

  

• nbind

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

  

• V7

  Embedded JavaScript engine for C/C++

  

• cppimport

  Import C++ files directly from Python!

  

• v8pp

  Bind C++ functions and classes into V8 JavaScript engine

  

• luacxx

  C++11 API for creating Lua bindings

  

• nelson

  The Nelson Programming Language

  

• shpp

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

  

• tbing

  Templates-based bindings and interfaces generator for C++

  

• SIP

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

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