V8 is large and not actually that easy to embed. There is a pure Go implementation of Lua for scripting already [1]<p>[1] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;Shopify&#x2F;go-lua" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;github.com&#x2F;Shopify&#x2F;go-lua</a>