mattn/anko

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Anko is a scriptable interpreter written in Go that provides its own JavaScript-like scripting language. It can be embedded in Go applications to run user-defined scripts or used as a standalone command-line interpreter.

Use cases

• embed a scripting language in my Go application
• let users write custom scripts to extend my Go program
• run dynamic configuration or automation scripts from Go
• evaluate simple expressions or logic at runtime in Go
• execute .ank script files from the command line
• add a lightweight DSL interpreter to my Go service

When to choose

• you need an embeddable scripting language in a Go application
• you want a simple, Go-like syntax for user scripts
• you need to expose Go functions to a sandboxed script environment

When to avoid

• you need a mature, widely-adopted scripting language with a large ecosystem
• you need high-performance execution of complex scripts
• you need strict stability guarantees, since the master branch API and language may change

Facets

library · maturity active

interpreter programming-language programming-languages developer-tools go cross-platform cli scripting-language embedded-interpreter golang-library scripting automation

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