luajit
is small, fast(well, it can jit), and has a small but complete standard library and can do FFI pretty easily, should be ideal for most homelab usecase
ldd $(which luajit)
linux-vdso.so.1 (0x00007ffee9dc7000)
libm.so.6 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libm.so.6 (0x00007fb4db618000)
libdl.so.2 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libdl.so.2 (0x00007fb4db613000)
libgcc_s.so.1 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libgcc_s.so.1 (0x00007fb4db5f3000)
libc.so.6 => /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc.so.6 (0x00007fb4db3ca000)
/lib64/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 (0x00007fb4db799000)