Boost.Python alternatives and similar libraries

Based on the "Scripting" category.

• V8

  9.6 10.0 L1 Boost.Python VS V8

  The official mirror of the V8 Git repository
  

• ChakraCore

  9.2 7.4 L4 Boost.Python VS ChakraCore

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

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• Cython

  9.1 9.9 L2 Boost.Python VS Cython

  The most widely used Python to C compiler
  

• Wren

  8.5 4.2 Boost.Python VS Wren

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

• SWIG

  8.5 9.6 L5 Boost.Python VS SWIG

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

• Duktape

  8.3 6.4 L2 Boost.Python VS Duktape

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

• sol2

  8.1 4.7 Boost.Python 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:
  

• JavaCpp

  8.0 6.1 L1 Boost.Python VS JavaCpp

  The missing bridge between Java and native C++
  

• libffi

  7.9 8.0 Boost.Python VS libffi

  A portable foreign-function interface library.
  

• djinni

  7.7 0.6 Boost.Python VS djinni

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

• CppSharp

  7.5 4.9 L2 Boost.Python VS CppSharp

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

• ChaiScript

  7.3 3.5 L1 Boost.Python VS ChaiScript

  Embedded Scripting Language Designed for C++
  

• Lua

  7.1 0.0 L3 Boost.Python VS 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

  6.3 2.3 Boost.Python VS ctypes.sh

  A foreign function interface for bash.
  

• nbind

  6.2 0.0 Boost.Python VS nbind

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

• V7

  6.1 1.8 L3 Boost.Python VS V7

  Embedded JavaScript engine for C/C++
  

• cppimport

  5.4 5.5 L4 Boost.Python VS cppimport

  Import C++ files directly from Python!
  

• v8pp

  5.0 5.1 L4 Boost.Python VS v8pp

  Bind C++ functions and classes into V8 JavaScript engine
  

• luacxx

  3.0 0.0 L1 Boost.Python VS luacxx

  Lua binding library for modern C++
  

• nelson

  2.7 9.2 Boost.Python VS nelson

  The Nelson Programming Language
  

• shpp

  2.3 0.0 L4 Boost.Python VS shpp

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

• plugify

  2.2 - Boost.Python VS plugify

  A Modern C++ Plugin Manager with Multi-Language Support
  

• tbing

  0.9 0.0 Boost.Python VS tbing

  Templates-based bindings and interfaces generator for C++
  

• SIP

  - Boost.Python VS SIP

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

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