Rui CarmoA little language that can.
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| IDE | ZeroBrane Studio | a very nice IDE for Windows, Mac OSX, and Linux |
| Automation | Hammerspoon | a macOS desktop automation tool that can be used for window management |
| Browsers | luakit | a fast, small, webkit-based browser framework extensible by Lua |
| Embedding | LuaCore | A framework for Cocoa embedding. |
| Frameworks | lovr | a Lua framework for rapidly building VR experiences across multiple platforms and devices |
| GUI | TekUI | a cross-platform GUI toolkit |
| IUP | a GUI toolkit |
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| https://github.com/samyeyo/LuaRT | A framework (and accompanying IDE) for writing Windows desktop or console applications |
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| GLU | a Lua GUI toolkit |
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| Game Development | Grid SDK | a game engine for Lua |
| solar2d | a fork of the former Corona SDK, now open-sourced |
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| LISP | fennel | a LISP that compiles to Lua |
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| Urn | another, more sophisticated LISP that compiles to Lua |
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| Libraries | feedparser | An RSS feed parser. |
| Torch7 | A scientific toolkit |
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| civlua | A curated set of libraries to build a minimalist dev environment. |
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| Penlight | a nice set of Python-inspired modules to paper over the lack of a good standard library in Lua |
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| lua-git | a Lua library that implements some |
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| ltui | a terminal UI kit |
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| Multiprocessing | LuaLanes | A nice alternative to coroutines |
| Runtimes | LuaJIT | the official JIT |
| Luvit | A wonderful variant of LuaJIT using |
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| moonshine | A lightweight Lua VM for the browser |
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| Moon# | An interpreter written in C# |
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| luje | A Java VM written in Lua |
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| luax | interpreter and REPL augmented with some useful packages and the ability to create standalone executables |
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| MicroLua | a Lua VM for the RP2040 microcontroller with cooperative multithreading and Fennel support |
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| Pluto | a superset of Lua 5.4 with some added syntax sugar |
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| go-lua | a lua VM in Go |
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| blua | blazing fast native Lua for Unity |
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| Ravi | a dialect of Lua with limited optional static typing |
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| piccolo | An experimental stackless Lua VM implemented in pure Rust |
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| luau | a fast, small, safe, gradually typed embeddable derived language |
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| luajit-libuv | An FFI binding to libuv that seems nicer than |
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| gopher-lua | A Lua VM and compiler written in Go |
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| Mako Server | an all-in-one Lua application server with MQTT, HTTP, database and OPC servers. GPLv2 with a very strange license. |
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| Nelua | a typed language with Lua syntax and AOT compilation that can target WASM. |
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| Tools | Hammerspoon | A Lua-powered scripting engine for Mac OS X |
| Bounces | a macOS/iOS IDE that allows for live reloading. Sadly, it has a subscription model. |
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| lua-language-server | a language server for Lua |
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| luastatic | pack and build static executables |
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| luapak | pack and build static executables from Lua rocks |
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| lite-xl | a lightweight cross-platform text editor |
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| Web Frameworks | Lapis | A web framework that runs inside the LuaJIT runtime hosted inside |
| Mercury | A tiny Sinatra-like framework |
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| fullmoon | a fast and minimalistic web framework based on Redbean - a portable, single-file distributable web server. |