Top Alternatives to Lua

Python is a high level programming language.

JavaScript is a high-level, dynamic, untyped, and interpreted run-time language.

PHP Hypertext Preprocessor (PHP) is a programming language that allows web developers to create dynamic content that interacts with databases.

C++ is a general-purpose programming language.

Ruby is a dynamic, reflective, object-oriented, general-purpose programming language.

C# is a simple, modern, general-purpose, object-oriented programming language developed by Microsoft.

Perl is a family of high-level, general-purpose, interpreted, dynamic programming languages.

Go (golang) is a free and open source programming language created at Google.

Scala is a general-purpose programming language providing support for functional programming and a strong static type system.

Haskell is a standardized, general-purpose purely functional programming language, with non-strict semantics and strong static typing.

D is a systems programming language with C-like syntax and static typing.

Objective-C is a general-purpose, object-oriented programming language that adds Smalltalk-style messaging to the C programming language.

Apache Groovy is a powerful, optionally typed and dynamic language, with static-typing and static compilation capabilities, for the Java platform.

Swift is a general-purpose, multi-paradigm, compiled programming language.

Clojure is a dialect of the Lisp programming language.

FreeBASIC is a multiplatform, free/open source (GPL) BASIC compiler for Microsoft Windows, protected-mode MS-DOS (DOS extender), Linux, FreeBSD and Xbox.

JRuby is an implementation of the Ruby programming language atop the Java Virtual Machine, written largely in Java. It is free software released under a three-way EPL/GPL/LGPL license.

Tcl is a high-level, general-purpose, interpreted, dynamic programming language.

Rebol is a cross-platform data exchange language and a multi-paradigm dynamic programming language.

F# is a mature, open source, cross-platform, functional-first programming language.

Hack is a programming language for HHVM.

Nim (Nimrod) is an imperative, multi-paradigm, compiled programming language.