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<h1 id="awesome-lua-awesome">Awesome Lua <a
href="https://github.com/sindresorhus/awesome"><img
src="https://cdn.rawgit.com/sindresorhus/awesome/d7305f38d29fed78fa85652e3a63e154dd8e8829/media/badge.svg"
alt="Awesome" /></a></h1>
<blockquote>
<p>A curated list of quality Lua <a href="#packages">packages</a> and <a
href="#resources">resources</a>.</p>
</blockquote>
<p>Inspired by the lists <a
href="https://github.com/sindresorhus/awesome">awesome</a>, <a
href="https://github.com/bayandin/awesome-awesomeness">awesome-awesomeness</a>,
and <a
href="https://github.com/sindresorhus/awesome-nodejs">awesome-nodejs</a>.</p>
<h2 id="packages">Packages</h2>
<ul>
<li><a
href="#implementations-interpreters-and-bindings">Implementations,
Interpreters, and Bindings</a></li>
<li><a href="#package-managers">Package Managers</a></li>
<li><a href="#build-tools-and-standalone-makers">Build Tools and
Standalone Makers</a></li>
<li><a href="#debugging-and-profiling">Debugging and Profiling</a></li>
<li><a href="#ides-and-plugins">IDEs and Plugins</a></li>
<li><a href="#utility-belts">Utility Belts</a></li>
<li><a href="#game-engines">Game Engines</a></li>
<li><a href="#game-development">Game Development</a></li>
<li><a href="#logging">Logging</a></li>
<li><a href="#webnetworking-platforms">Web/Networking Platforms</a></li>
<li><a href="#openresty">OpenResty</a></li>
<li><a href="#command-line-utilities">Command-line Utilities</a></li>
<li><a href="#concurrency-and-multithreading">Concurrency and
Multithreading</a></li>
<li><a href="#templating">Templating</a></li>
<li><a href="#documentation">Documentation</a></li>
<li><a href="#object-oriented-programming">Object-oriented
Programming</a></li>
<li><a href="#file-system-and-os">File system and OS</a></li>
<li><a href="#time-and-date">Time and Date</a></li>
<li><a href="#image-manipulation">Image Manipulation</a></li>
<li><a href="#digital-signal-processing">Digital Signal
Processing</a></li>
<li><a href="###hardware-and-embedded-systems">Hardware and Embedded
Systems</a></li>
<li><a href="#math-and-scientific-computing">Math and Scientific
Computing</a></li>
<li><a href="#parsing-and-serialization">Parsing and
Serialization</a></li>
<li><a href="#humanize">Humanize</a></li>
<li><a href="#compression">Compression</a></li>
<li><a href="#cryptography">Cryptography</a></li>
<li><a href="#network">Network</a></li>
<li><a href="#data-stores">Data Stores</a></li>
<li><a href="#message-brokers">Message Brokers</a></li>
<li><a href="#testing">Testing</a></li>
<li><a href="#foreign-function-interfaces">Foreign Function
Interfaces</a></li>
<li><a href="#analysis-tools-and-asts">Analysis Tools and ASTs</a></li>
<li><a href="#experimental-etc">Experimental, etc</a></li>
<li><a href="#scriptable-by-lua">Scriptable by Lua</a></li>
<li><a href="#miscellaneous">Miscellaneous</a></li>
</ul>
<h2 id="resources">Resources</h2>
<ul>
<li><a href="#community">Community</a></li>
<li><a href="#references">References</a></li>
<li><a href="#style-guides">Style Guides</a></li>
<li><a href="#tutorials">Tutorials</a></li>
<li><a href="#articles">Articles</a></li>
<li><a href="#talks--slides">Talks &amp; Slides</a></li>
<li><a href="#books">Books</a></li>
<li><a href="#other-lists">Other Lists</a></li>
</ul>
<h3 id="implementations-interpreters-and-bindings">Implementations,
Interpreters, and Bindings</h3>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.lua.org/download.html">Lua</a> - Lua’s original
ANSI C interpreter.
<ul>
<li><a href="https://github.com/lua/lua">Lua Repo</a> - The official Lua
repo, as seen by the Lua team, mirrored to GitHub.</li>
</ul></li>
<li><a href="http://luajit.org/luajit.html">LuaJIT</a> -
High-performance Just-In-Time compiler for Lua.</li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/neopallium/llvm-lua">LLVM-Lua</a> -
Compiles Lua to LLVM.</li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/daurnimator/lua.vm.js">lua.vm.js</a> -
Lua VM on the web; a direct port of the C interpreter via LLVM,
emscripten, and asm.js.</li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/gamesys/moonshine">Moonshine</a> - A Lua
VM implemented in JavaScript. Slower than lua.vm.js, but with better
docs, examples, and JS interfacing.</li>
<li><a href="https://fengari.io/">Fengari</a> - The Lua VM rewritten in
Javascript with seamless JS and DOM interoperability.</li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/xanathar/moonsharp">MoonSharp</a> - A
Lua interpreter written entirely in C# for the .NET, Mono and Unity
platforms.</li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/xebecnan/UniLua">UniLua</a> - A pure C#
implementation of Lua 5.2, focused on compatibility with the Unity game
engine.</li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/scoder/lupa">lupa</a> - Python bindings
to LuaJIT2.</li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/aarzilli/golua">golua</a> - Golang
bindings to the Lua C API.</li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/yuin/gopher-lua">GopherLua</a> - Lua 5.1
VM and compiler implemented in Go with Go APIs.</li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/vinniefalco/LuaBridge">LuaBridge</a> - A
lightweight library for mapping data, functions, and classes back and
forth between C++ and Lua.</li>
</ul>
<p>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.</p>
<h3 id="package-managers">Package Managers</h3>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://luarocks.org/">LuaRocks</a> - De-facto tool for
installing Lua modules as packages called “rocks”, plus public rock
repository and website. Much like npm or pip.</li>
</ul>
<h3 id="build-tools-and-standalone-makers">Build Tools and Standalone
Makers</h3>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://github.com/stevedonovan/Lake">Lake</a> - A build
engine written in Lua, similar to Ruby’s rake.</li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/stevedonovan/luabuild">Luabuild</a> -
Highly customizable Lua 5.2 build system.</li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/ers35/luastatic">luastatic</a> - Simple
tool for turning Lua programs into standalone executables.</li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/tongson/omnia">omnia</a> - A
batteries-included creator of standalone executables, built on top of
luastatic.</li>
</ul>
<h3 id="debugging-and-profiling">Debugging and Profiling</h3>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://gist.github.com/perky/2838755">ProFi</a> - Simple
profiler that works with LuaJIT and produces a report file.</li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/geoffleyland/luatrace">luatrace</a> -
Toolset for tracing/analyzing/profiling script execution and generating
detailed reports.</li>
<li><a
href="https://github.com/ignacio/StackTracePlus">StackTracePlus</a> -
Drop-in upgrade to Lua’s stack traces which adds local context and
improves readability.</li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/pkulchenko/MobDebug">MobDebug</a> -
Powerful remote debugger with breakpoints and stack inspection. Used by
ZeroBraneStudio.</li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/rxi/lovebird">lovebird</a> -
Browser-based debug console. Originally made for LÖVE, but works in any
project with LuaSocket support.</li>
</ul>
<h3 id="ides-and-plugins">IDEs and Plugins</h3>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://eclipse.org/ldt/">Lua Development Tools</a> -
Eclipse plugin which provides code completion, debugging, and more.
Built on Metalua.</li>
<li><a
href="https://bitbucket.org/sylvanaar2/lua-for-idea/wiki/Home">Lua for
IDEA</a> - IntelliJ IDEA plugin which, among other things, provides code
completion, smart highlighting, and experimental debugging.</li>
<li><a href="https://studio.zerobrane.com/">ZeroBraneStudio</a> -
Lightweight, customizable, cross-platform Lua-dedicated IDE with code
completion and analysis, written in Lua. Has broad debugging support for
numerous Lua engines.</li>
<li><a href="https://archive.codeplex.com/?p=babelua">BabeLua</a> - Lua
editor/debugger extension for VS2012-13 with highlighting,
auto-completion, linting, and formatting capabilities.</li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/immerrr/lua-mode">lua-mode</a> - Emacs
major mode for editing Lua.</li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/trixnz/vscode-lua">vscode-lua</a> -
VSCode intellisense and linting.</li>
</ul>
<h3 id="utility-belts">Utility Belts</h3>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://github.com/luafun/luafun">Lua Fun</a> -
High-performance functional programming library designed for
LuaJIT.</li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/Yonaba/Moses">Moses</a> - Functional
programming utility belt, inspired by Underscore.js.</li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/stevedonovan/Penlight">Penlight</a> -
Broad, heavyweight utility library, inspired by Python’s standard libs.
Provides the batteries that Lua doesn’t.</li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/lua-stdlib/lua-stdlib">lua-stdlib</a> -
Middle-weight standard library extension; adds some useful data
structures, utility functions, and basic functional stuff.</li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/stevedonovan/Microlight">Microlight</a>
- A little library of useful Lua functions; the ‘extra light’ version of
Penlight.</li>
<li><a
href="https://luarocks.org/modules/siffiejoe/compat53">compat53</a> -
Compatibility module providing Lua-5.3-style APIs for Lua 5.2 and
5.1.</li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/bjornbytes/RxLua">RxLua</a> - Reactive
Extensions, Observables, etc.</li>
</ul>
<h3 id="game-engines">Game Engines</h3>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://love2d.org/">LÖVE 2D</a> - Desktop game development
platform. Cross-platform, feature-complete, well-adopted.</li>
<li><a href="https://coronalabs.com/">Corona SDK</a> - Development
platform for iOS and Android. Proprietary, but used by numerous top
games and apps, totaling over 150 million downloads.</li>
<li><a href="http://getmoai.com/">MOAI</a> - Open source,
cross-platform, mobile game development framework. Minimalist C++ engine
powered by Lua scripting.</li>
<li><a href="https://drystal.github.io/">Drystal</a> - Open source,
games can run on Linux or on any platform with a recent web
browser.</li>
<li><a href="http://www.amulet.xyz/">Amulet</a> - Open source,
audio/visual toolkit suitable for small games and experimentation. It
runs on Windows, Mac, Linux, HTML5 and iOS.</li>
<li><a href="https://lovr.org">LÖVR</a> - 3D framework for creating
virtual reality experiences, inspired by LÖVE 2D.</li>
</ul>
<h3 id="game-development">Game Development</h3>
<ul>
<li>Corona
<ul>
<li><a
href="https://develephant.github.io/coronium-core-docs/">Coronium</a> -
Simple cloud platform supporting analytics, data objects, user
management, and more.</li>
</ul></li>
<li>LÖVE
<ul>
<li><a
href="https://github.com/love2d-community/awesome-love2d">awesome-love2d</a>
- A list like this one, but focused on game dev and the LÖVE
platform.</li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/rxi/lurker">lurker</a> - Shortens the
iteration cycle by auto-swapping changed Lua files in a running LÖVE
project.</li>
<li><a href="http://vrld.github.io/hump/">HUMP</a> - A set of
lightweight helpers for LÖVE; a game-oriented utility belt.</li>
</ul></li>
<li>MOAI
<ul>
<li><a href="https://moaifiddle.com">moaifiddle</a> - Edit and share
short scripts for the MOAI game engine and run them in the browser using
WebGL.</li>
</ul></li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/Yonaba/Jumper">Jumper</a> - Fast,
lightweight, and easy-to-use pathfinding library for grid-based
games.</li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/rxi/lume/">lume</a> - Utility belt
library geared toward game development.</li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/Overtorment/NoobHub">NoobHub</a> -
Network multiplayer for Corona, LÖVE, and more, following a simple
pub-sub model.</li>
<li>Collision detection
<ul>
<li><a href="https://github.com/kikito/bump.lua">bump.lua</a> - Minimal
rectangle-based collision detection which handles tunnelling and basic
collision resolution.</li>
<li><a href="http://vrld.github.io/HardonCollider/">HardonCollider</a> -
Detect collisions between arbitrarily positioned and rotated shapes of
any type.</li>
</ul></li>
<li>Tweening
<ul>
<li><a href="https://github.com/rxi/flux">flux</a> - A fast, lightweight
tweening library for Lua with easing functions and the ability to group
tweens together.</li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/kikito/tween.lua">tween.lua</a> - Small
library for tweening, with several easing functions.</li>
</ul></li>
<li>Examples
<ul>
<li><a href="https://github.com/tylerneylon/termtris">termtris</a> - A
tetris clone, written in literate style with “an emphasis on
learn-from-ability”.</li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/tylerneylon/pacpac">PacPac</a> - A
Pac-man clone, made with LÖVE.</li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/Stabyourself/mari0">Mari0</a> - Fusion
of Mario and Portal, made with LÖVE. See also its <a
href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mari0">wikipedia entry</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/hawkthorne/hawkthorne-journey">Journey
to the Center of Hawkthorne</a> - 2D platformer based on Community’s <a
href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_Estate_Planning">Digital
Estate Planning</a> episode, made with LÖVE.</li>
</ul></li>
</ul>
<h3 id="logging">Logging</h3>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://github.com/moteus/lua-log">lua-log</a> -
Asynchronous logging library with pluggable writers for file system,
network, ZeroMQ, and more.</li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/Neopallium/lualogging">LuaLogging</a> -
Log4j-inspired logging library supporting various appenders.</li>
<li><a
href="https://luarocks.org/modules/luarocks/luasyslog">luasyslog</a> -
Log to syslog, based on LuaLogging.</li>
</ul>
<h3 id="webnetworking-platforms">Web/Networking Platforms</h3>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://openresty.org/en/">OpenResty</a> - 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.</li>
<li><a href="https://turbo.readthedocs.io/en/latest/">turbo</a> -
Event-driven, non-blocking, LuaJIT-based networking suite and framework,
inspired by Tornado.</li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/keplerproject">Kepler Project</a> - A
collection of web-oriented projects using a common set of standards and
components.</li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/EvandroLG/pegasus.lua">Pegasus.lua</a> -
Pegasus.lua is a http server to work with web applications written in
Lua language.</li>
</ul>
<h3 id="openresty">OpenResty</h3>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://github.com/bungle/awesome-resty">awesome-resty</a>
- A list like this one, but focused on OpenResty.</li>
<li>Core platform
<ul>
<li><a
href="https://www.nginx.com/resources/wiki/modules/lua/">ngx_lua</a> -
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).</li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/openresty">OpenResty GitHub
Organization</a> - Home of the repositories for ngx_lua, ngx_openresty,
and many related modules.</li>
</ul></li>
<li>Third-party modules
<ul>
<li><a
href="https://github.com/pintsized/lua-resty-http">lua-resty-http</a> -
Lua HTTP client driver, built on the cosocket API.</li>
</ul></li>
<li>Frameworks &amp; tools
<ul>
<li><a href="http://leafo.net/lapis/">Lapis</a> - Full-stack framework
for Lua and OpenResty. Like the Django or Rails of Lua. Supports
Moonscript.</li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/pintsized/ledge">ledge</a> - Lua module
providing scriptable, RFC-compliant HTTP cache functionality.</li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/sailorproject/sailor">Sailor</a> — An
MVC web framework compatible with OpenResty, Apache and other
webservers.</li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/Kong/kong">Kong</a> - Microservice &amp;
API Management Layer.</li>
</ul></li>
</ul>
<p>Search this page for ‘OpenResty’ to find related packages under other
categories (data stores in particular).</p>
<h3 id="command-line-utilities">Command-line Utilities</h3>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://github.com/kikito/ansicolors.lua">ansicolors</a> -
Simple function for printing to the console in color.</li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/amireh/lua_cliargs">cliargs</a> - A
simple command-line argument parsing module.</li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/hoelzro/lua-term">lua-term</a> -
Terminal operations and manipulations.</li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/mpeterv/argparse">argparse</a> - A
feature-rich command line parser inspired by argparse for Python.</li>
</ul>
<h3 id="concurrency-and-multithreading">Concurrency and
Multithreading</h3>
<ul>
<li>Coroutine-based multitasking:
<ul>
<li><a href="https://github.com/xopxe/Lumen">Lumen</a> - Simple
concurrent task scheduling.</li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/lefcha/concurrentlua">ConcurrentLua</a>
- Implements an Erlang-style message-passing concurrency model.</li>
<li><a
href="http://25thandclement.com/~william/projects/cqueues.html">cqueues</a>
- Library for managing sockets, signals, and threads based on an event
loop with coroutines.</li>
</ul></li>
<li>Multithreading:
<ul>
<li><a href="https://github.com/Neopallium/lua-llthreads">llthreads</a>
- A simple wrapper for low-level pthreads &amp; WIN32 threads.</li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/moteus/lua-llthreads2">llthreads2</a> -
Newer rewrite of llthreads.</li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/LuaLanes/lanes">lanes</a> - Library
implementing a message passing model with one OS thread per Lua
thread.</li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/askyrme/luaproc">luaproc</a> -
Message-passing model which allows multiple threads per OS thread and
easily generalizes across a network. See also <a
href="http://www.inf.puc-rio.br/~roberto/docs/ry08-05.pdf">the paper</a>
where it originated.</li>
</ul></li>
</ul>
<p>For more on the differences (particularly between <code>lanes</code>
and <code>luaproc</code>), see this <a
href="http://www.luteus.biz/Download/LoriotPro_Doc/LUA/LUA_For_Windows/lanes/comparison.html">comparison</a>
of options; somewhat dated, but covers how each one works and the
significant differences.</p>
<h3 id="templating">Templating</h3>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://olivinelabs.com/lustache/">lustache</a> - Mustache
template implementation.</li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/leafo/etlua">etlua</a> - Embedded Lua
templates, ERB-style.</li>
<li><a
href="https://github.com/bungle/lua-resty-template">lua-resty-template</a>
- Lua-oriented template engine for OpenResty, somewhat Jinja-like.</li>
</ul>
<h3 id="documentation">Documentation</h3>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://stevedonovan.github.io/ldoc/">LDoc</a> -
Documentation generator which modernizes and extends <a
href="http://keplerproject.github.io/luadoc/">LuaDoc</a>.</li>
<li><a href="http://rgieseke.github.io/locco/">Locco</a> - Lua port of
<a href="http://ashkenas.com/docco/">Docco</a>, the “quick-and-dirty,
hundred-line-long, literate-programming-style documentation
generator”.</li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/bjornbytes/docroc">docroc</a> - Parse
comments into a Lua table to generate documentation.</li>
</ul>
<h3 id="object-oriented-programming">Object-oriented Programming</h3>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://github.com/Yonaba/30log">30log</a> - Minimalist OOP
library with basic classes, inheritance, and mixins in 30 lines.</li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/kikito/middleclass">middleclass</a> -
Simple but robust OOP library with inheritance, methods, metamethods,
class variables and mixins.</li>
</ul>
<h3 id="file-system-and-os">File system and OS</h3>
<ul>
<li><a
href="http://keplerproject.github.io/luafilesystem/">LuaFileSystem</a> -
Extends and complements Lua’s built-in set of file system
functions.</li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/luaposix/luaposix">luaposix</a> -
Bindings for POSIX APIs, including curses.</li>
<li><a
href="http://25thandclement.com/~william/projects/lunix.html">lunix</a>
- Bindings to common Unix system APIs, striving for thread-safety.</li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/moteus/lua-path">lua-path</a> - File
system path manipulation library.</li>
</ul>
<h3 id="time-and-date">Time and Date</h3>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://github.com/Tieske/date">LuaDate</a> - Date and time
module with parsing, formatting, addition/subtraction, localization, and
ISO 8601 support.</li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/kikito/cron.lua">cron.lua</a> -
Time-related functions for Lua, inspired by JavaScript’s setTimeout and
setInterval.</li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/daurnimator/luatz">luatx</a> - Time,
date, and timezone library.</li>
</ul>
<h3 id="image-manipulation">Image Manipulation</h3>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://github.com/leafo/magick">magick</a> - Lua bindings
to ImageMagick for LuaJIT using FFI.</li>
</ul>
<h3 id="digital-signal-processing">Digital Signal Processing</h3>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://github.com/h4rm/luafft">LuaFFT</a> - An easy to use
Fast Fourier Transformation package in pure Lua.</li>
<li><a href="http://worp.zevv.nl/about.html">Worp</a> - Sound/music/DSP
engine written for LuaJIT.</li>
</ul>
<h3 id="hardware-and-embedded-systems">Hardware and Embedded
Systems</h3>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.eluaproject.net/">eLua</a> - Lua, extended with
optimizations and specific features for efficient and portable embedded
software development.</li>
</ul>
<h3 id="math-and-scientific-computing">Math and Scientific
Computing</h3>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://scilua.org/">SciLua</a> - Numerical/scientific
computing framework built on LuaJIT, with an interface to R.</li>
<li><a href="http://torch.ch/">Torch7</a> - Scientific computing
framework with wide support for machine learning algorithms, used by
Facebook, Google, and more.</li>
<li><a href="http://webserver2.tecgraf.puc-rio.br/~lhf/ftp/lua/">lhf’s
Lua Tools</a> - Assorted libraries and tools, many math- or
data-related.</li>
</ul>
<h3 id="parsing-and-serialization">Parsing and Serialization</h3>
<ul>
<li>JSON
<ul>
<li><a href="https://github.com/mpx/lua-cjson/">lua-cjson</a> - Blazing
fast JSON encoding/decoding implemented in C and exposed to Lua.</li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/harningt/luajson">luajson</a> - JSON
encoder/decoder implemented in Lua on top of LPeg.</li>
<li><a href="http://dkolf.de/src/dkjson-lua.fsl/home">dkjson</a> - JSON
encoder/decoder implemented in pure Lua.</li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/rxi/json.lua">json.lua</a> - A fast and
tiny JSON library in pure Lua.</li>
</ul></li>
<li>XML
<ul>
<li><a href="https://matthewwild.co.uk/projects/luaexpat/">LuaExpat</a>
- SAX XML parser via binding to the Expat library.</li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/Phrogz/SLAXML">SLAXML</a> - Pure Lua
SAX-like streaming XML parser.</li>
</ul></li>
<li>MessagePack
<ul>
<li><a
href="https://github.com/fperrad/lua-MessagePack">lua-MessagePack</a> -
Pure Lua implementation of MessagePack.</li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/antirez/lua-cmsgpack">lua-cmsgpack</a> -
A MessagePack C implementation with Lua bindings, as used by
Redis.=</li>
</ul></li>
<li>LPeg
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.inf.puc-rio.br/~roberto/lpeg/">LPeg</a> - A
pattern-matching library for Lua, based on Parsing Expression
Grammars.</li>
<li><a
href="https://github.com/daurnimator/lpeg_patterns">lpeg_patterns</a> -
A collection of LPeg patterns.</li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/pygy/LuLPeg">LuLPeg</a> - A pure Lua
implementation of LPeg v0.12.</li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/sacek/LPegLJ">LPegLJ</a> - A pure LuaJIT
implementation of LPeg v1.0.</li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/sqmedeiros/lpeglabel">LPegLabel</a> - An
extension of LPeg adding support for labeled failures.</li>
</ul></li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/gvvaughan/lyaml">lyaml</a> - YAML
encoding/decoding via binding to LibYAML.</li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/jgm/lunamark">lunamark</a> - Converts
Markdown to other textual formats including HTML and LaTeX. Uses LPeg
for fast parsing.</li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/xolox/lua-lxsh">LXSH</a> - A collection
of lexers and syntax highlighters written with LPeg.</li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/Neopallium/lua-pb">lua-pb</a> - Protocol
Buffers implementation.</li>
</ul>
<h3 id="humanize">Humanize</h3>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://github.com/kikito/i18n.lua">i18n.lua</a> -
Internationalization library with locales, formatting, and
pluralization.</li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/kikito/inspect.lua">inspect.lua</a> -
Human-readable representation of Lua tables.</li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/pkulchenko/serpent">serpent</a> -
Serializer and pretty printer.</li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/gvx/Ser">Ser</a> - Dead simple
serializer with good performance.</li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/Olivine-Labs/say">say</a> - Simple
string key-value store for i18n.</li>
</ul>
<h3 id="compression">Compression</h3>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://github.com/brimworks/lua-zlib">lua-zlib</a> -
Simple streaming interface to zlib for gzip/gunzip.</li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/brimworks/lua-zip">lua-zip</a> - Lua
binding to libzip. Reads and writes zip files.</li>
</ul>
<h3 id="cryptography">Cryptography</h3>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://github.com/mkottman/luacrypto">LuaCrypto</a> - Lua
bindings to OpenSSL.</li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/somesocks/lua-lockbox">lua-lockbox</a> -
A collection of cryptographic primitives written in pure Lua.</li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/philanc/luatweetnacl">luatweetnacl</a> -
Bindings to tweetnacl, modern high-security cryptographic library.</li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/wahern/luaossl">luaossl</a> - “Most
comprehensive OpenSSL module in the Lua universe” - used by lapis, kong,
and lua-http.</li>
</ul>
<h3 id="network">Network</h3>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://github.com/diegonehab/luasocket">LuaSocket</a> -
Networking extension which provides a socket API for TCP and UDP, and
implements HTTP, FTP, and SMTP.</li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/lipp/lua-websockets">lua-websockets</a>
- WebSocket client and server modules. Webserver-agnostic, implemented
in Lua on top of LuaSocket.</li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/Lua-cURL/Lua-cURLv3">lua-cURLv3</a> -
Lua binding to libcurl.</li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/daurnimator/lua-http">lua-http</a> -
Asynchronous HTTP and WebSocket library with client and server APIs,
TLS, and HTTP/2; based on cqueues.</li>
</ul>
<h3 id="data-stores">Data Stores</h3>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://keplerproject.github.io/luasql/">LuaSQL</a> - Simple
interface for connecting to ODBC, ADO, Oracle, MySQL, SQLite and
PostgreSQL.</li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/leafo/pgmoon">pgmoon</a> - Lua
PostgreSQL driver for OpenResty, LuaSocket, and cqueues.</li>
<li><a
href="https://github.com/openresty/lua-resty-mysql">lua-resty-mysql</a>
- Lua MySQL driver for OpenResty.</li>
<li><a
href="https://github.com/jbochi/lua-resty-cassandra">lua-resty-cassandra</a>
- Lua Cassandra client driver for OpenResty and others.</li>
<li>Redis
<ul>
<li><a href="https://github.com/nrk/redis-lua">redis-lua</a> - Pure Lua
client library for Redis.</li>
<li><a
href="https://github.com/openresty/lua-resty-redis">lua-resty-redis</a>
- Lua Redis client driver for OpenResty.</li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/daurnimator/lredis">lredis</a> -
Asynchronous Redis client with pipelining and Pub/Sub support; based on
cqueues.</li>
</ul></li>
</ul>
<h3 id="message-brokers">Message Brokers</h3>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://github.com/Neopallium/lua-zmq">lua-zmq</a> - Lua
bindings to ZeroMQ.</li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/zeromq/lzmq">lzmq</a> - A newer Lua
binding to ZeroMQ.</li>
<li><a
href="https://github.com/doujiang24/lua-resty-kafka">lua-resty-kafka</a>
- Kafka client driver based on OpenResty cosockets.</li>
<li><a
href="https://github.com/wingify/lua-resty-rabbitmqstomp">lua-resty-rabbitmqstomp</a>
- RabbitMQ client library based on OpenResty cosockets.</li>
</ul>
<h3 id="testing">Testing</h3>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://olivinelabs.com/busted/">busted</a> - BDD-style unit
testing framework with great docs and Moonscript support.</li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/norman/telescope">telescope</a> -
Flexible and highly customizable testing library.</li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/Olivine-Labs/luassert">luassert</a> -
Assertion library extending Lua’s built-in assertions.</li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/bjornbytes/lust">lust</a> - Minimal test
framework.</li>
</ul>
<h3 id="foreign-function-interfaces">Foreign Function Interfaces</h3>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://luajit.org/ext_ffi.html">LuaJIT FFI</a> - LuaJIT’s
mechanism for calling external C functions and using C data structures
from pure Lua code.</li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/jmckaskill/luaffi">luaffi</a> -
Standalone FFI library, compatible with the LuaJIT FFI interface.</li>
</ul>
<h3 id="analysis-tools-and-asts">Analysis Tools and ASTs</h3>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://github.com/sztupy/luadec51">luadec51</a> - Lua
Decompiler for Lua version 5.1.</li>
<li><a href="http://keplerproject.github.io/luacov/">luacov</a> - Simple
coverage analyzer, used by busted and telescope for checking test
coverage.
<ul>
<li><a
href="https://github.com/moteus/luacov-coveralls">luacov-coveralls</a> -
LuaCov reporter for coveralls.io.</li>
</ul></li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/mpeterv/luacheck">luacheck</a> - Simple
static analyzer which detects accidental globals and undefined or
shadowed locals.</li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/fab13n/metalua">Metalua</a> - Pure Lua
parser and compiler, used for generating ASTs. A number of other tools
make use of the Metalua parser in this way.</li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/davidm/lua-inspect">LuaInspect</a> -
Lua’s most powerful code analysis and linting tool, built on Metalua.
Used by ZeroBraneStudio, among others.</li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/stravant/LuaMinify">LuaMinify</a> -
Minifier which also brings its own static analysis tools, lexer, and
parser.</li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/andremm/typedlua">Typed Lua</a> - A
typed superset of Lua that compiles to plain Lua.</li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/andremm/lua-parser">lua-parser</a> - A
Lua 5.3 parser written using LPegLabel, with improved error
messages.</li>
</ul>
<h3 id="experimental-etc">Experimental, etc</h3>
<ul>
<li><a
href="https://github.com/TannerRogalsky/punchdrunk">punchdrunk.js</a> -
Moonshine + LÖVE API reimplementation = run LÖVE games in the
browser.</li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/luvit/luvit">luvit</a> - Node.js’s
underlying architecture (libUV) with Lua on top instead of
JavaScript.</li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/bjornbytes/graphql-lua">graphql-lua</a>
- Lua implementation of <a href="http://graphql.org/">GraphQL</a>.</li>
</ul>
<h3 id="scriptable-by-lua">Scriptable by Lua</h3>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://luakit.github.io/luakit/">luakit</a> - Fast, small,
webkit based browser framework extensible by Lua.</li>
<li><a href="http://www.hammerspoon.org">Hammerspoon</a> - A powerful,
extensible OS X automation tool. A community-maintained fork of <a
href="http://www.mjolnir.io/">Mjolnir</a>.</li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/skx/kpie">kpie</a> - A scripting utility
to juggle windows.</li>
<li><a href="https://lumail.org/">lumail</a> - A console-based mail
client, with extensive scripting capabilities.</li>
<li><a href="https://awesomewm.org/">AwesomeWM</a> - A highly
configurable and extensible window manager for X, scripted and
configured by Lua.</li>
<li><a href="https://foicica.com/textadept/">Textadept</a> - Extremely
lightweight, customizable, cross-platform editor, written (mostly) in
(and scripted by) Lua.</li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/koreader/koreader">KoReader</a> - An
ebook reader application supports PDF, DJVU, EPUB, FB2 and much more,
running on Kindle, Kobo, PocketBook and Android devices.</li>
</ul>
<h3 id="miscellaneous">Miscellaneous</h3>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://moonscript.org/">MoonScript</a> - 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’.</li>
<li><a href="http://leafo.net/sitegen/">sitegen</a> - A static site
generator which uses MoonScript and supports HTML and Markdown, page
grouping, and plugins.</li>
</ul>
<h2 id="resources-1">Resources</h2>
<h3 id="community">Community</h3>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.lua.org/lua-l.html">lua-l</a> - The official Lua
mailing list, and one of the focal points of the Lua community.</li>
<li><a href="http://lua.space/">Lua.Space</a> - The Lua community
blog.</li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/lua-users-foundation">Lua Users
Foundation</a> - An association of individuals with the mission of
supporting and promoting Lua and its community and ecosystems.</li>
<li><a href="http://lua-users.org/">lua-users.org</a> - A site for and
by users of Lua, featuring an IRC channel, a web archive of lua-l, and a
large wiki.</li>
<li>Conferences/Meetups
<ul>
<li><a href="https://www.lua.org/community.html#workshop">Lua
Workshop</a> - Annual 2-day meeting of the Lua community, in rotating
locations.</li>
<li><a href="http://luaconf.com/">Lua Conf</a> - Annual 1-day Lua
conference in Brazil.</li>
<li><a href="https://fosdem.org/">FOSDEM</a> - Annual 2-day gathering of
F/OSS developers in Brussels which sometimes has a “Lua devroom”.</li>
</ul></li>
</ul>
<h3 id="references">References</h3>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.lua.org/manual/5.3/">Reference Manual</a> - The
official definition of the Lua language.</li>
<li><a href="http://lua-users.org/wiki/">lua-users wiki</a> - A large
community-maintained collection of Lua information and resources,
supplementing the official website.</li>
<li><a href="http://www.luafaq.org/">Lua Unofficial FAQ</a> - Answers
all sorts of Lua-related questions, including many of the form ’How to
___?’.</li>
</ul>
<h3 id="glossaries">Glossaries</h3>
<ul>
<li><a
href="https://rawgit.com/dlaurie/lua-notes/master/glossary.html">Lua 5.3
Glossary</a> - A glossary of some essential Lua terms.</li>
</ul>
<h3 id="style-guides">Style Guides</h3>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://lua-users.org/wiki/LuaStyleGuide">Lua-users style
guide</a> - A general, high-level style guide; unopinionated, easily
agreed on.</li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/Olivine-Labs/lua-style-guide">Olivine
style guide</a> - A more opinionated and specific, and therefore more
rigorous, guide.</li>
</ul>
<h3 id="tutorials">Tutorials</h3>
<ul>
<li><a
href="http://www.coppeliarobotics.com/helpFiles/en/luaCrashCourse.htm">Lua
Crash Course</a> - Short crash course readover, or reference for when
you forget the basics.</li>
<li><a href="http://tylerneylon.com/a/learn-lua/">Learn Lua in 15
Minutes</a> - A well-commented example file which covers the
basics.</li>
<li><a href="http://phrogz.net/lua/LearningLua_FromJS.html">Learning Lua
from JS</a> - An overview of the similarities and differences between
Lua and JS; a great start for JavaScript folks looking to pick up
Lua.</li>
<li><a href="http://lua-users.org/wiki/LuaTutorial">lua-users
tutorial</a> - In-depth collection of tutorials aimed at newcomers.</li>
<li><a href="https://github.com/kikito/lua_missions">Lua Missions</a> -
A series of ‘Missions’ to work through which are designed to teach
aspects of Lua along the way.</li>
<li><a
href="http://leafo.net/posts/creating_an_image_server.html">Creating an
Image Server</a> - Walks through setting up and using OpenResty to build
a simple image processing server; a great starting point for playing
with OpenResty.</li>
</ul>
<h3 id="articles">Articles</h3>
<ul>
<li><a
href="https://debian-administration.org/article/264/Embedding_a_scripting_language_inside_your_C/C_code">Embedding
Lua in C</a> - An introductory walkthrough of embedding Lua in a C
program. A bit dated, but still a great walkthrough.</li>
<li><a
href="http://notebook.kulchenko.com/programming/lua-good-different-bad-and-ugly-parts">Lua:
Good, bad, and ugly parts</a> - A thorough summary of the good,
different, bad, and ugly aspects of Lua, including many subtle quirks,
by the author of ZeroBraneStudio.</li>
<li><a href="http://www.thijsschreijer.nl/blog/?p=693">Lua states,
libraries, coroutines and memory</a> - Diagrams and explains some more
advanced concepts of the Lua VM, particularly when interfacing with
C.</li>
</ul>
<h3 id="talks-slides">Talks &amp; Slides</h3>
<ul>
<li><a
href="http://www.inf.puc-rio.br/~roberto/talks/index.html">Roberto’s
Talks</a> - History of talks given by Lua’s chief architect, with slides
for each.</li>
<li><a href="http://www.lua.org/wshop14.html#abstracts">Lua Workshop
Talks</a> - High-quality talks are given at each ~annual Lua Workshop,
and a history of them is online, slides included.</li>
</ul>
<h3 id="books">Books</h3>
<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.lua.org/pil/">Programming in Lua</a> - The
authoritative intro to all aspects of Lua programming, written by Lua’s
chief architect. Three editions released; first edition available
online.</li>
<li><a href="https://foicica.com/lua/">Lua Quick Reference</a> - A quick
reference on how to program in and embed Lua 5.1 through 5.3, by the
creator of Textadept.</li>
<li><a href="http://www.lua.org/gems/">Programming Gems</a> - A
collection of articles covering existing wisdom and practices on
programming well in Lua, in a broad variety of use cases.</li>
<li><a href="https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Lua_Programming">Lua
Programming</a> - A shorter overview of the language, up to date for Lua
5.2, and available online.</li>
</ul>
<h3 id="other-lists">Other Lists</h3>
<ul>
<li><a href="https://github.com/bungle/awesome-resty">awesome-resty</a>
- A list like this one, but focused on OpenResty.</li>
<li><a
href="https://github.com/love2d-community/awesome-love2d">awesome-love2d</a>
- A list like this one, but focused on game dev and the LÖVE
platform.</li>
<li><a
href="https://sites.google.com/site/marbux/home/where-lua-is-used">Where
Lua is Used</a> - A comprehensive list of stand-alone programs written
in or extensible using Lua.</li>
</ul>
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href="contributing.md">contribution guidelines</a> first.</p>
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