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Lua

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Lua is a powerful, fast, lightweight, embeddable scripting language.

Lua combines simple procedural syntax with powerful data description constructs based on associative arrays and extensible semantics. Lua is dynamically typed, runs by interpreting bytecode for a register-based.

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License model

  • Free • Open Source

Application type

Platforms

  • Mac
  • Windows
  • Linux  Provided by distribution
  • Android
  • iPhone
  • Android Tablet
  • BSD  Provided by distribution
  • iPad
  • Android Wear
  • Haiku
  • AmigaOS
  • Playstation
  • MorphOS
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4.4 / 5 Avg rating (5)
175likes
4comments
82alternatives
0news articles

Features

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Properties

  1.  Lightweight

Features

  1.  Embeddable
  2.  Support for scripting
  3.  Configuration
  4.  Command line interface

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  • boomflex liked Lua
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  • braky updated Lua
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    SoCalDude added Lua as alternative to Xedge32
    •2 months ago
  • Eighty-nine, Alaik, thejfex and AuthoritativeProtocol liked Lua
    •2 months ago
  • IamPyu and forcemajore liked Lua
    •10 months ago
  • POX added Lua as alternative to Borgo Programming Language
    •12 months ago
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Lua information

  • Developed by

    PUC-Rio

  • Licensing

    Open Source and Free product.

  • Written in

  • Rating

    Average rating of 4.4

  • Alternatives

    82 alternatives listed

  • Supported Languages

    • English

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GitHub repository

  •  8,955 Stars
  •  1,715 Forks
  •  0 Open Issues
  •   Updated Apr 4, 2025 
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Our users have written 4 comments and reviews about Lua, and it has gotten 175 likes

Lua was added to AlternativeTo by nitrofurano on Dec 5, 2010 and this page was last updated Feb 15, 2025.

Comments and Reviews

   
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Top Positive Comment
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•Sep 12, 2023
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Its awesome for embedding!

Guest
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•Jul 26, 2022
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My favorite language!

roalcantara
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•Apr 25, 2021
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Cuz it reminds me of ruby quite a bit.. 🤓

EmasXP
•Jul 1, 2011
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If it only had utf-8 built in...

Luiz Carlos Alves Santos
•Feb 10, 2021

Do we have to manually implement it?

What is Lua?

Lua is a powerful, fast, lightweight, embeddable scripting language.

Lua combines simple procedural syntax with powerful data description constructs based on associative arrays and extensible semantics. Lua is dynamically typed, runs by interpreting bytecode for a register-based virtual machine, and has automatic memory management with incremental garbage collection, making it ideal for configuration, scripting, and rapid prototyping.

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