---
key: pl/moonscript
kind: plang
name: "MoonScript"
url: https://plangs.page/moonscript
---

# MoonScript

> Dynamic scripting language compiling to Lua with CoffeeScript-inspired syntax.

Dynamic, whitespace-sensitive language that compiles to Lua, offering a cleaner syntax inspired by CoffeeScript and compatibility with Lua environments, including LuaJIT.

## Facts

- Appeared: 2011
- Homepage: https://moonscript.org/
- GitHub: https://github.com/leafo/moonscript
- Languish ranking: #327

## Relationships

### Paradigms

- [Functional](https://plangs.page/paradigm/functional)
- [Imperative](https://plangs.page/paradigm/imperative)
- [Metaprog](https://plangs.page/paradigm/metaprogramming)
- [Multi](https://plangs.page/paradigm/multi)
- [Object-Oriented](https://plangs.page/paradigm/oop)
- [Procedural](https://plangs.page/paradigm/procedural)
- [Prototype-Based](https://plangs.page/paradigm/prototype)
- [Reflective](https://plangs.page/paradigm/reflective)
- [Scripting](https://plangs.page/paradigm/scripting)

### Platforms

- [Cross-Platform](https://plangs.page/platform/cross)

### Type Systems

- [Duck](https://plangs.page/type-system/duck)
- [Dynamic](https://plangs.page/type-system/dynamic)
- [Object-Oriented](https://plangs.page/type-system/object)
- [Strong](https://plangs.page/type-system/strong)

### Compiles To

- [Lua](https://plangs.page/lua)

### Influenced By

- [C++](https://plangs.page/c++)
- [CoffeeScript](https://plangs.page/coffeescript)
- [Lua](https://plangs.page/lua)
- [Scheme](https://plangs.page/scheme)

### Influenced

- [JavaScript](https://plangs.page/javascript)
- [Julia](https://plangs.page/julia)
- [Ruby](https://plangs.page/ruby)

### Licenses

- [MIT](https://plangs.page/license/mit)

### Tags

- [Application](https://plangs.page/tag/app)
- [Compiler](https://plangs.page/tag/compiler)
- [DBMS](https://plangs.page/tag/dbms)
- [Editor](https://plangs.page/tag/editor)
- [Games](https://plangs.page/tag/games)
- [Industrial Control](https://plangs.page/tag/industrial)
- [Interpreter](https://plangs.page/tag/interpreters)
- [Ray Tracer](https://plangs.page/tag/ray-tracer)
- [Scripting](https://plangs.page/tag/scripting)
- [Visualization](https://plangs.page/tag/viz)