duckscript by sagiegurari

Simple, extendable and embeddable scripting language.

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Verdict 67/100 health $4.13/mo cheapest, hetzner 2/5 setup difficulty Last release 1.6 years ago

Self-host duckscript on hetzner CAX11 for $4.13/mo.

Health score
67 /100
6-dim composite
Self-hosts from
$4.13 /mo
hetzner · CAX11
Difficulty
2 /5
Docker + read README
GitHub stars
581
56 forks

About duckscript

From the project's README at github.com/sagiegurari/duckscript. Lightly cleaned for readability; for the full source see the upstream repo.

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Overview Language Goals Installation Homebrew Binary Release Duckscript Tutorial Hello World Example Commands Passing Arguments

Health score breakdown

6-dimension composite. See methodology for formula and weights.

activity
74
maturity
100
community
82
security
70
sustainability
53
adoption
23

Adoption signals

Real-world usage data, pulled from each registry. The bigger the numbers, the more battle-tested the project.

SignalValueSource
GitHub stars 581 github.com/sagiegurari/duckscript
GitHub forks 56 github.com/sagiegurari/duckscript
CRATES downloads (last month) 224k duckscript

Release & maintenance

Is this project actively maintained, or about to die? Check the recency of last commit and last release.

Project age6.4 yearssince Dec 2019
Last commit3 months agoFeb 3, 2026
Releases shipped62last: 1.6 years ago

Self-hosting cost across providers

Detected requirements: 4GB RAM, 40GB disk minimum. Cheapest plan per provider that meets the requirement.

ProviderPlanSpecsMonthly
hetzner CAX11 2c · 4GB · 40GB $4.13 USD Deploy →
vultr VC2 1c · 1GB · 25GB $5 USD Deploy →
linode Nanode 1GB 1c · 1GB · 25GB $5.12 USD Deploy →
digitalocean Basic Regular 1GB 1c · 1GB · 25GB $6 USD Deploy →

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Ready to self-host duckscript?

Spin up a hetzner CAX11 (4GB RAM, 40GB disk) for $4.13/mo and follow the project's official install docs.

Data last refreshed May 7, 2026.

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