开源软件名称(OpenSource Name): LewisJEllis/awesome-lua开源软件地址(OpenSource Url): https://github.com/LewisJEllis/awesome-lua开源编程语言(OpenSource Language): 开源软件介绍(OpenSource Introduction): Awesome Lua
A curated list of quality Lua packages and resources .
Inspired by the lists awesome , awesome-awesomeness , and awesome-nodejs .
Packages
Resources
Implementations, Interpreters, and Bindings
Lua - Lua's original ANSI C interpreter.
Lua Repo - The official Lua repo, as seen by the Lua team, mirrored to GitHub.
LuaJIT - High-performance Just-In-Time compiler for Lua.
LLVM-Lua - Compiles Lua to LLVM.
lua.vm.js - Lua VM on the web; a direct port of the C interpreter via LLVM, emscripten, and asm.js.
Moonshine - A Lua VM implemented in JavaScript. Slower than lua.vm.js, but with better docs, examples, and JS interfacing.
Fengari - The Lua VM rewritten in Javascript with seamless JS and DOM interoperability.
MoonSharp - A Lua interpreter written entirely in C# for the .NET, Mono and Unity platforms.
UniLua - A pure C# implementation of Lua 5.2, focused on compatibility with the Unity game engine.
lupa - Python bindings to LuaJIT2.
golua - Golang bindings to the Lua C API.
GopherLua - Lua 5.1 VM and compiler implemented in Go with Go APIs.
LuaBridge - A lightweight library for mapping data, functions, and classes back and forth between C++ and Lua.
Note: From LuaJIT to Lua to lua.vm.js to Moonshine, a basic benchmark sees performance drop by roughly a factor of 6 with each hop.
Package Managers
LuaRocks - De-facto tool for installing Lua modules as packages called "rocks", plus public rock repository and website. Much like npm or pip.
Build Tools and Standalone Makers
Lake - A build engine written in Lua, similar to Ruby's rake.
Luabuild - Highly customizable Lua 5.2 build system.
luastatic - Simple tool for turning Lua programs into standalone executables.
omnia - A batteries-included creator of standalone executables, built on top of luastatic.
Debugging and Profiling
ProFi - Simple profiler that works with LuaJIT and produces a report file.
luatrace - Toolset for tracing/analyzing/profiling script execution and generating detailed reports.
StackTracePlus - Drop-in upgrade to Lua's stack traces which adds local context and improves readability.
MobDebug - Powerful remote debugger with breakpoints and stack inspection. Used by ZeroBraneStudio.
lovebird - Browser-based debug console. Originally made for LÖVE, but works in any project with LuaSocket support.
IDEs and Plugins
Lua Development Tools - Eclipse plugin which provides code completion, debugging, and more. Built on Metalua.
Lua for IDEA - IntelliJ IDEA plugin which, among other things, provides code completion, smart highlighting, and experimental debugging.
ZeroBraneStudio - Lightweight, customizable, cross-platform Lua-dedicated IDE with code completion and analysis, written in Lua. Has broad debugging support for numerous Lua engines.
BabeLua - Lua editor/debugger extension for VS2012-13 with highlighting, auto-completion, linting, and formatting capabilities.
lua-mode - Emacs major mode for editing Lua.
vscode-lua - VSCode intellisense and linting.
Utility Belts
Lua Fun - High-performance functional programming library designed for LuaJIT.
Moses - Functional programming utility belt, inspired by Underscore.js.
Penlight - Broad, heavyweight utility library, inspired by Python's standard libs. Provides the batteries that Lua doesn't.
lua-stdlib - Middle-weight standard library extension; adds some useful data structures, utility functions, and basic functional stuff.
Microlight - A little library of useful Lua functions; the 'extra light' version of Penlight.
compat53 - Compatibility module providing Lua-5.3-style APIs for Lua 5.2 and 5.1.
RxLua - Reactive Extensions, Observables, etc.
Game Engines
LÖVE 2D - Desktop game development platform. Cross-platform, feature-complete, well-adopted.
Corona SDK - Development platform for iOS and Android. Proprietary, but used by numerous top games and apps, totaling over 150 million downloads.
MOAI - Open source, cross-platform, mobile game development framework. Minimalist C++ engine powered by Lua scripting.
Drystal - Open source, games can run on Linux or on any platform with a recent web browser.
Amulet - Open source, audio/visual toolkit suitable for small games and experimentation. It runs on Windows, Mac, Linux, HTML5 and iOS.
LÖVR - 3D framework for creating virtual reality experiences, inspired by LÖVE 2D.
Game Development
Corona
Coronium - Simple cloud platform supporting analytics, data objects, user management, and more.
LÖVE
awesome-love2d - A list like this one, but focused on game dev and the LÖVE platform.
lurker - Shortens the iteration cycle by auto-swapping changed Lua files in a running LÖVE project.
HUMP - A set of lightweight helpers for LÖVE; a game-oriented utility belt.
MOAI
moaifiddle - Edit and share short scripts for the MOAI game engine and run them in the browser using WebGL.
Jumper - Fast, lightweight, and easy-to-use pathfinding library for grid-based games.
lume - Utility belt library geared toward game development.
NoobHub - Network multiplayer for Corona, LÖVE, and more, following a simple pub-sub model.
Collision detection
bump.lua - Minimal rectangle-based collision detection which handles tunnelling and basic collision resolution.
HardonCollider - Detect collisions between arbitrarily positioned and rotated shapes of any type.
Tweening
flux - A fast, lightweight tweening library for Lua with easing functions and the ability to group tweens together.
tween.lua - Small library for tweening, with several easing functions.
Examples
Logging
lua-log - Asynchronous logging library with pluggable writers for file system, network, ZeroMQ, and more.
LuaLogging - Log4j-inspired logging library supporting various appenders.
luasyslog - Log to syslog, based on LuaLogging.
Web/Networking Platforms
OpenResty - A fast and scalable web application platform created by extending Nginx with Lua. Today's de-facto Lua web platform, used heavily by Cloudflare, Taobao, Tencent, and others.
turbo - Event-driven, non-blocking, LuaJIT-based networking suite and framework, inspired by Tornado.
Kepler Project - A collection of web-oriented projects using a common set of standards and components.
Pegasus.lua - Pegasus.lua is a http server to work with web applications written in Lua language.
OpenResty
awesome-resty - A list like this one, but focused on OpenResty.
Core platform
ngx_lua - The core piece of OpenResty. Embeds Lua in Nginx and exposes, among other things, the cosocket API for non-blocking sockets (compatible with LuaSocket's API).
OpenResty GitHub Organization - Home of the repositories for ngx_lua, ngx_openresty, and many related modules.
Third-party modules
Frameworks & tools
Lapis - Full-stack framework for Lua and OpenResty. Like the Django or Rails of Lua. Supports Moonscript.
ledge - Lua module providing scriptable, RFC-compliant HTTP cache functionality.
Sailor — An MVC web framework compatible with OpenResty, Apache and other webservers.
Kong - Microservice & API Management Layer.
Search this page for 'OpenResty' to find related packages under other categories (data stores in particular).
Command-line Utilities
ansicolors - Simple function for printing to the console in color.
cliargs - A simple command-line argument parsing module.
lua-term - Terminal operations and manipulations.
argparse - A feature-rich command line parser inspired by argparse for Python.
Concurrency and Multithreading
Coroutine-based multitasking:
Lumen - Simple concurrent task scheduling.
ConcurrentLua - Implements an Erlang-style message-passing concurrency model.
cqueues - Library for managing sockets, signals, and threads based on an event loop with coroutines.
Multithreading:
llthreads - A simple wrapper for low-level pthreads & WIN32 threads.
llthreads2 - Newer rewrite of llthreads.
lanes - Library implementing a message passing model with one OS thread per Lua thread.
luaproc - Message-passing model which allows multiple threads per OS thread and easily generalizes across a network. See also the paper where it originated.
For more on the differences (particularly between lanes
and luaproc
), see this comparison of options; somewhat dated, but covers how each one works and the significant differences.
Templating
lustache - Mustache template implementation.
etlua - Embedded Lua templates, ERB-style.
lua-resty-template - Lua-oriented template engine for OpenResty, somewhat Jinja-like.
Documentation
LDoc - Documentation generator which modernizes and extends LuaDoc .
Locco - Lua port of Docco , the "quick-and-dirty, hundred-line-long, literate-programming-style documentation generator".
docroc - Parse comments into a Lua table to generate documentation.
Object-oriented Programming
30log - Minimalist OOP library with basic classes, inheritance, and mixins in 30 lines.
middleclass - Simple but robust OOP library with inheritance, methods, metamethods, class variables and mixins.
File system and OS
LuaFileSystem - Extends and complements Lua's built-in set of file system functions.
luaposix - Bindings for POSIX APIs, including curses.
lunix - Bindings to common Unix system APIs, striving for thread-safety.
lua-path - File system path manipulation library.
Time and Date
LuaDate - Date and time module with parsing, formatting, addition/subtraction, localization, and ISO 8601 support.
cron.lua - Time-related functions for Lua, inspired by JavaScript's setTimeout and setInterval.
luatx - Time, date, and timezone library.
Image Manipulation
magick - Lua bindings to ImageMagick for LuaJIT using FFI.
Digital Signal Processing
LuaFFT - An easy to use Fast Fourier Transformation package in pure Lua.
Worp - Sound/music/DSP engine written for LuaJIT.
Hardware and Embedded Systems
eLua - Lua, extended with optimizations and specific features for efficient and portable embedded software development.
Math and Scientific Computing
SciLua - Numerical/scientific computing framework built on LuaJIT, with an interface to R.
Torch7 - Scientific computing framework with wide support for machine learning algorithms, used by Facebook, Google, and more.
lhf's Lua Tools - Assorted libraries and tools, many math- or data-related.
Parsing and Serialization
JSON
lua-cjson - Blazing fast JSON encoding/decoding implemented in C and exposed to Lua.
luajson - JSON encoder/decoder implemented in Lua on top of LPeg.
dkjson - JSON encoder/decoder implemented in pure Lua.
json.lua - A fast and tiny JSON library in pure Lua.
XML
LuaExpat - SAX XML parser via binding to the Expat library.
SLAXML - Pure Lua SAX-like streaming XML parser.
MessagePack
lua-MessagePack - Pure Lua implementation of MessagePack.
lua-cmsgpack - A MessagePack C implementation with Lua bindings, as used by Redis.=
LPeg
LPeg - A pattern-matching library for Lua, based on Parsing Expression Grammars.
lpeg_patterns - A collection of LPeg patterns.
LuLPeg - A pure Lua implementation of LPeg v0.12.
LPegLJ - A pure LuaJIT implementation of LPeg v1.0.
LPegLabel - An extension of LPeg adding support for labeled failures.
lyaml - YAML encoding/decoding via binding to LibYAML.
lunamark - Converts Markdown to other textual formats including HTML and LaTeX. Uses LPeg for fast parsing.
LXSH - A collection of lexers and syntax highlighters written with LPeg.
lua-pb - Protocol Buffers implementation.
Humanize
i18n.lua - Internationalization library with locales, formatting, and pluralization.
inspect.lua - Human-readable representation of Lua tables.
serpent - Serializer and pretty printer.
Ser - Dead simple serializer with good performance.
say - Simple string key-value store for i18n.
Compression
lua-zlib - Simple streaming interface to zlib for gzip/gunzip.
lua-zip - Lua binding to libzip. Reads and writes zip files.
Cryptography
LuaCrypto - Lua bindings to OpenSSL.
lua-lockbox - A collection of cryptographic primitives written in pure Lua.
luatweetnacl - Bindings to tweetnacl, modern high-security cryptographic library.
luaossl - "Most comprehensive OpenSSL module in the Lua universe" - used by lapis, kong, and lua-http.
Network
LuaSocket - Networking extension which provides a socket API for TCP and UDP, and implements HTTP, FTP, and SMTP.
lua-websockets - WebSocket client and server modules. Webserver-agnostic, implemented in Lua on top of LuaSocket.
lua-cURLv3 - Lua binding to libcurl.
lua-http - Asynchronous HTTP and WebSocket library with client and server APIs, TLS, and HTTP/2; based on cqueues.
Data Stores
LuaSQL - Simple interface for connecting to ODBC, ADO, Oracle, MySQL, SQLite and PostgreSQL.
pgmoon - Lua PostgreSQL driver for OpenResty, LuaSocket, and cqueues.
lua-resty-mysql - Lua MySQL driver for OpenResty.
lua-resty-cassandra - Lua Cassandra client driver for OpenResty and others.
Redis
redis-lua - Pure Lua client library for Redis.
lua-resty-redis - Lua Redis client driver for OpenResty.
lredis - Asynchronous Redis client with pipelining and Pub/Sub support; based on cqueues.
Message Brokers
Testing
busted - BDD-style unit testing framework with great docs and Moonscript support.
telescope - Flexible and highly customizable testing library.
luassert - Assertion library extending Lua's built-in assertions.
lust - Minimal test framework.
Foreign Function Interfaces
LuaJIT FFI - LuaJIT's mechanism for calling external C functions and using C data structures from pure Lua code.
luaffi - Standalone FFI library, compatible with the LuaJIT FFI interface.
Analysis Tools and ASTs
luadec51 - Lua Decompiler for Lua version 5.1.
luacov - Simple coverage analyzer, used by busted and telescope for checking test coverage.
luacheck - Simple static analyzer which detects accidental globals and undefined or shadowed locals.
Metalua - Pure Lua parser and compiler, used for generating ASTs. A number of other tools make use of the Metalua parser in this way.
LuaInspect - Lua's most powerful code analysis and linting tool, built on Metalua. Used by ZeroBraneStudio, among others.
LuaMinify - Minifier which also brings its own static analysis tools, lexer, and parser.
Typed Lua - A typed superset of Lua that compiles to plain Lua.
lua-parser - A Lua 5.3 parser written using LPegLabel, with improved error messages.
Experimental, etc
punchdrunk.js - Moonshine + LÖVE API reimplementation = run LÖVE games in the browser.
luvit - Node.js's underlying architecture (libUV) with Lua on top instead of JavaScript.
graphql-lua - Lua implementation of GraphQL .
Scriptable by Lua
luakit - Fast, small, webkit based browser framework extensible by Lua.
Hammerspoon - A powerful, extensible OS X automation tool. A community-maintained fork of Mjolnir .
kpie - A scripting utility to juggle windows.
lumail - A console-based mail client, with extensive scripting capabilities.
AwesomeWM - A highly configurable and extensible window manager for X, scripted and configured by Lua.
Textadept - Extremely lightweight, customizable, cross-platform editor, written (mostly) in (and scripted by) Lua.
KoReader - An ebook reader application supports PDF, DJVU, EPUB, FB2 and much more, running on Kindle, Kobo, PocketBook and Android devices.
Miscellaneous
MoonScript - Moonscript is a dynamic scripting language that compiles to Lua. It reduces verbosity and provides a rich set of features like comprehensions and classes. Its author calls it 'CoffeeScript for Lua'.
sitegen - A static site generator which uses MoonScript and supports HTML and Markdown, page grouping, and plugins.
Resources
Community
lua-l - The official Lua mailing list, and one of the focal points of the Lua community.
Lua.Space - The Lua community blog.
Lua Users Foundation - An association of individuals with the mission of supporting and promoting Lua and its community and ecosystems.
lua-users.org - A site for and by users of Lua, featuring an IRC channel, a web archive of lua-l, and a large wiki.
Conferences/Meetups
Lua Workshop - Annual 2-day meeting of the Lua community, in rotating locations.
Lua Conf - Annual 1-day Lua conference in Brazil.
FOSDEM - Annual 2-day gathering of F/OSS developers in Brussels which sometimes has a "Lua devroom".
References
Reference Manual - The official definition of the Lua language.
lua-users wiki - A large community-maintained collection of Lua information and resources, supplementing the official website.
Lua Unofficial FAQ - Answers all sorts of Lua-related questions, including many of the form 'How to ___?'.
Glossaries
Style Guides
Tutorials
Lua Crash Course - Short crash course readover, or reference for when you forget the basics.
Learn Lua in 15 Minutes - A well-commented example file which covers the basics.
Learning Lua from JS - An overview of the similarities and differences between Lua and JS; a great start for JavaScript folks looking to pick up Lua.
lua-users tutorial - In-depth collection of tutorials aimed at newcomers.
Lua Missions - A series of 'Missions' to work through which are designed to teach aspects of Lua along the way.
Creating an Image Server - Walks through setting up and using OpenResty to build a simple image processing server; a great starting point for playing with OpenResty.
Articles
Embedding Lua in C - An introductory walkthrough of embedding Lua in a C program. A bit dated, but still a great walkthrough.
Lua: Good, bad, and ugly parts - A thorough summary of the good, different, bad, and ugly aspects of Lua, including many subtle quirks, by the author of ZeroBraneStudio.
Lua states, libraries, coroutines and memory - Diagrams and explains some more advanced concepts of the Lua VM, particularly when interfacing with C.