Skriptau

Skriptau is a cross-platform scripting language and virtual machine designed for automation, game modding, and lightweight applications. It emphasizes readability, safe execution, and embeddability, making it suitable as an internal scripting layer or as a standalone language for small tools.

Skriptau originated as an open-source project in the mid-2010s and is maintained by the Skriptau Foundation with contributions from a global community. The project released its first public version and has since evolved through several major revisions, expanding the standard library, tooling, and platform support.

The language design blends influences from Python and Lua. Skriptau uses indentation-based blocks and optional braces, supports dynamic typing with optional static typing through type annotations, and provides first-class functions, closures, and coroutines. Asynchronous programming is available through an async/await model, enabling non-blocking I/O and cooperative multitasking.

Skriptau compiles to a compact bytecode executed by a dedicated virtual machine. The runtime is implemented in a systems language to provide speed and safety. The standard library covers I/O, file systems, networking, and basic data structures. Tooling includes a package manager and a compiler in the same toolchain; a foreign function interface allows calling into C libraries.

Skriptau runs on Windows, macOS, and Linux, and can be embedded in game engines or applications as a scripting layer. It supports WebAssembly targets for browser use and offers sandboxing and resource limits to improve safety in untrusted scripts.

User communities highlight its readability and safety features, while criticisms often focus on the ecosystem size and performance relative to native code. Related languages include Lua, Python, and JavaScript.