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What is luapower?

Luapower is a binary+source module distribution for LuaJIT and a way of deploying and sharing Lua modules. Learn more...

How do I get started?

Option 1. Like a Pro, using multigit:

git clone https://github.com/capr/multigit luapower
cd luapower
mgit clone https://github.com/luapower/luapower-repos
mgit clone-all

git clone https://github.com/capr/multigit luapower
cd luapower
./mgit clone https://github.com/luapower/luapower-repos
./mgit clone-all

Option 2. All-in-one:

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Option 3. Swedish buffet: Get only luajit and the modules you need from the table below, and unzip their contents over the same directory to get a portable, self-contained luapower installation.

NEW! Browse the whole annotated source tree online!

What is Lua?

Lua is a powerful, fast and lightweight scripting language. It has been used in many popular applications since its inception in 1993.

Why is it special?

Lua has a clean syntax, only 8 basic types (with LuaJIT adding a ninth), first class functions with multiple return values and varargs, a versatile data structuring type, lexical scoping, light threads, iterators, inheritance, exceptions, function environments, built-in pattern matching, tail calls, and a one-function module system.

Lua has a small and concise manual, an extensive FAQ and an active and friendly mailing list, making it easy to learn and get help along the way.

What is LuaJIT?

LuaJIT is a tracing just-in-time compiler (JIT) for Lua, and it's one of the fastest compilers for a dynamic language around.

LuaJIT is fully compatible with Lua 5.1, and includes many features from Lua 5.2 as well as some portability enhancements of the standard library.

LuaJIT extends Lua with a powerful ffi interface that allows calling C functions directly, without the need to write glue code.

Packages

Type	Package	What	Version	Updated	Platforms	License
Lua	affine2d	2D affine transforms	r1-15-gf23c844	1455466370	100;2;Lua	P.D.
Lua	amoeba	Cassowary constraint solver in Lua	c516b97	1521497834	100;2;Lua	MIT
Lua+ffi	bitmap	In-memory bitmaps	r4-13-g3525092	1560088478	100;1;Lua+ffi	P.D.
Lua+ffi	blake2	BLAKE2 hashing	r1-4-g925b92d	1560423703	3;1;Lua+ffi;linux64;mingw64;osx64	P.D.
Lua+ffi	bmp	BMP file loading and saving	r1-5-g25733a9	1543177053	100;1;Lua+ffi	P.D.
Lua+ffi	bnet	Networking library	f9a5797	1450970422	2;1;Lua+ffi;mingw32;mingw64	MIT
Lua	box2d	Rectangle math	r2-14-gdbe5a03	1560164346	100;2;Lua	P.D.
Lua+ffi	boxblur	Fast box blur	r1-20-g1ae642e	1560423712	3;1;Lua+ffi;linux64;mingw64;osx64	P.D.
Lua+ffi	bundle	Single-executable app deployment	r6-0-gf62aaeb	1572212206	100;1;Lua+ffi	P.D.
Lua+ffi	cairo	Cairo graphics engine	r4-34-gff9605a	1573080447	3;1;Lua+ffi;linux64;mingw64;osx64	MPL/LGPL
Lua+ffi	cbframe	Callback frames for luajit	r1-0-gf7f905b	1514301831	100;1;Lua+ffi	P.D.
Lua/C	cjson	JSON encoding & decoding	r3-31-gc04f3c6	1560423727	3;2;Lua/C;linux64;mingw64;osx64	MIT
Lua+ffi	clipper	Polygon clipping	r2-36-g06c169c	1560423733	3;1;Lua+ffi;linux64;mingw64;osx64	Boost
Lua	codedit	Code editor engine in Lua	dev-49-g58bf864	1532415733	100;2;Lua	P.D.
Lua	color	Color parsing, formatting and computation	r3-8-ge5235d2	1573080500	100;2;Lua	P.D.
Lua	coro	Symmetric coroutines	r3-3-g0f22eda	1572074465	100;2;Lua	P.D.
Lua+ffi	cplayer	Procedural graphics & IMGUI toolkit	dev-57-g46cc10f	1532365639	2;1;Lua+ffi;mingw32;mingw64	P.D.
Lua+ffi	dynasm	DynASM with Lua mode	r1-8-gd375b36	1560423745	3;1;Lua+ffi;linux64;mingw64;osx64	MIT
Lua	easing	Easing functions	r3-4-g1eccf8d	1530017215	100;2;Lua	P.D.
Lua	eq	3rd degree equation solver	r1-11-g9a9e491	1532376108	100;2;Lua	P.D.
Lua	events	Pub/sub mixin for object systems	dev-4-g7e44b0e	1541155889	100;2;Lua	P.D.
Lua+ffi	expat	XML parser	r2-45-g7baa61d	1560423754	3;1;Lua+ffi;linux64;mingw64;osx64	MIT
Lua+ffi	ffi_reflect	Luajit ffi reflection	4ee6eb7bd7-12-g9eeeb18	1446140239	100;1;Lua+ffi	P.D.
Lua+ffi	font_db	Font database for font selection	b1efd16	1558176947	100;1;Lua+ffi	P.D.
other	fonts-amiri		f8a06c5	1560186499	0;0;other	P.D.
other	fonts-awesome		b4a45ca	1530976556	0;0;other	P.D.
other	fonts-dejavuserif		34576d5	1560187354	0;0;other	P.D.
other	fonts-fireflysung		3fe0a86	1560188490	0;0;other	P.D.
other	fonts-fixedsys		a9ffc91	1560187525	0;0;other	P.D.
other	fonts-ionicons		3b45a2d	1530976016	0;0;other	P.D.
other	fonts-material-icons		8ad4861	1530977265	0;0;other	P.D.
other	fonts-noto-emoji		abbdf39	1542370064	0;0;other	P.D.
other	fonts-open-sans		28c3e2d	1542286112	0;0;other	P.D.
Lua+ffi	freetype	Freetype font engine	r3-19-g8017d13	1573130032	3;1;Lua+ffi;linux64;mingw64;osx64	FTL/BSD
Lua+ffi	fribidi	Unicode BiDi algorithm	r2-10-gce4b4de	1560423776	3;1;Lua+ffi;linux64;mingw64;osx64	LGPL
Lua+ffi	fs	Portable filesystem support	r3-4-g622664d	1573286332	100;1;Lua+ffi	P.D.
Lua+ffi	genx	XML writer	r2-29-g1df55b0	1560423783	3;1;Lua+ffi;linux64;mingw64;osx64	MIT
Lua+ffi	gfonts	Google Fonts font file finder	r1-3-gf339225	1558938720	100;1;Lua+ffi	P.D.
Lua+ffi	giflib	GIF reader	r3-17-g569d23e	1560423790	3;1;Lua+ffi;linux64;mingw64;osx64	MIT
Lua+ffi	glue	Everyday Lua functions	r22-20-ge1938a5	1573080564	100;1;Lua+ffi	P.D.
Lua+ffi	harfbuzz	Complex text shaping	r4-17-g9d7cc58	1560423798	3;1;Lua+ffi;linux64;mingw64;osx64	MIT
other	hash_benchmark		a7fb4ce	1547839968	0;0;other	P.D.
Lua	heap	Priority queues	r1-10-g12c41d4	1518880068	100;2;Lua	P.D.
Lua+ffi	hidapi	Hidapi ffi binding	dev-0-gd734f6e	1572132527	3;1;Lua+ffi;linux64;mingw64;osx64	BSD
Lua+ffi	hmac	HMAC hashing	r1-12-geac6f5e	1573051309	100;1;Lua+ffi	P.D.
Lua+ffi	hunspell	Spell checking	r2-33-ga3e5f2b	1560423808	3;1;Lua+ffi;linux64;mingw64;osx64	MPL
Lua	inspect	Table dump	v2.0.0-93-g98dcaac	1534327685	100;2;Lua	P.D.
Lua/C	lanes	Threads support	r4-14-gfade4b8	1560423814	3;2;Lua/C;linux64;mingw64;osx64	MIT
Lua	lexer	Scintillua lexers	r1-8-g5554c65	1532376166	100;2;Lua	MIT
Lua+ffi	lfrb	Lock-free ring buffer	dev-5-gcae28b6	1560423820	1;1;Lua+ffi;mingw64	P.D.
Lua/C	lfs	Filesystem support	r3-45-g76cfde3	1560423824	3;2;Lua/C;linux64;mingw64;osx64	MIT
Lua+ffi	libb64	Base64 encoding & decoding	r2-25-g65c2f4b	1560423828	3;1;Lua+ffi;linux64;mingw64;osx64	P.D.
Lua+ffi	libcurl	URL transfers	r1-11-g44df96b	1560423832	3;1;Lua+ffi;linux64;mingw64;osx64	MIT
Lua+ffi	libexif	EXIF reader & writer	dev-41-g5f96c61	1560423836	3;1;Lua+ffi;linux64;mingw64;osx64	LGPL
Lua+ffi	libjpeg	JPEG encoding & decoding	r2-4-g6f307cc	1560337379	3;1;Lua+ffi;linux64;mingw64;osx64	BSD
C	libmariadb	MariaDB client library	r1-10-g1057faf	1572848841	2;0;C;linux64;mingw64	LGPL
Lua+ffi	libogg	Ogg container file format	r1-3-ga179432	1560423849	3;1;Lua+ffi;linux64;mingw64;osx64	BSD
Lua+ffi	libpng	PNG reader	dev-41-gbb9e742	1560423853	3;1;Lua+ffi;linux64;mingw64;osx64	LIBPNG
Lua+ffi	libsodium	Libsodium binding	dev-3-gd7e136a	1560423857	1;1;Lua+ffi;mingw64	ISC
Lua+ffi	libsoundio	Audio input and output	dev-2-g618a36d	1560423861	6;1;Lua+ffi;linux32;linux64;mingw32;mingw64;osx32;osx64	MIT
Lua+ffi	libunibreak	Unicode line breaking	r5-11-g336767c	1560423867	3;1;Lua+ffi;linux64;mingw64;osx64	ZLIB/LIBPNG
Lua	linkedlist	Doubly linked lists in Lua	r3-4-gf1cfd59	1560096853	100;2;Lua	P.D.
Lua+ffi	llvm	LLVM + Clang binaries	3.5.0-3-gba7241e	1573509667	4;1;Lua+ffi;linux64;mingw32;mingw64;osx64	UI/NCSA
Lua/C	lpeg	Parsing expression grammars	r1-21-g7a82d08	1560423875	3;2;Lua/C;linux64;mingw64;osx64	MIT
Lua	lrucache	Size-limited LRU cache in Lua	r1-5-g8637719	1560096931	100;2;Lua	P.D.
C	lua-headers	Lua C API headers	r1-8-g0c55ac1	1440505009	0;0;C	MIT
Lua	luajit	LuaJIT binary	v2.1-20190912-1-g3f78c74	1573079242	3;2;Lua;linux64;mingw64;osx64	MIT
Lua+ffi	luapower	Luapower package reflection library	5251448	1573258597	100;1;Lua+ffi	P.D.
other	luapower-repos	The luapower multigit meta-package	27d5872	1573548379	0;0;other	P.D.
Lua	luapower_db	The luapower package database	9a6d4f6	1573256621	100;2;Lua	P.D.
Lua/C	luasec		f0e88cf	1572764323	2;2;Lua/C;linux64;mingw64	MIT
Lua+ffi	luastate	Lua/LuaJIT C API binding	r2-1-g487ff33	1529250649	100;1;Lua+ffi	P.D.
Lua+ffi	lx	LuaJIT lexer C API for LuaJIT ffi	dev-1-g164d5ac	1573081584	3;1;Lua+ffi;linux64;mingw64;osx64	P.D.
Lua+ffi	lz4	Extremely fast compression	dev-3-g9a9fec7	1560423899	3;1;Lua+ffi;linux64;mingw64;osx64	BSD
Lua+ffi	md5	Md5 hashing	r2-33-ge7f15c2	1573051323	3;1;Lua+ffi;linux64;mingw64;osx64	P.D.
C	mingw64-headers		35f0087	1550356395	0;0;C	P.D.
Lua+ffi	minizip	ZIP reader & writer	r2-32-gc2bb207	1560423912	3;1;Lua+ffi;linux64;mingw64;osx64	MIT
Lua	mustache	Logic-less templates	r1-0-gd7f462d	1509115528	100;2;Lua	P.D.
Lua+ffi	mysql	Mysql database client	r3-3-g1164e0f	1573079281	100;1;Lua+ffi	P.D.
C	nginx	Nginx server with lua-nginx-module	nginx-1.17.4-0-gd6260e2	1573068434	2;0;C;linux64;mingw64	BSD
Lua+ffi	nw	Cross-platform windows for Lua	dev-321-g54c4f22	1573080815	100;1;Lua+ffi	P.D.
Lua	objc	Obj-C & Cocoa bridge	r8-1-g35ac237	1573138770	2;2;Lua;osx32;osx64	P.D.
Lua	oo	Fancy object system	r13-3-gbbbde0c	1571070012	100;2;Lua	P.D.
Lua+ffi	opengl	OpenGL C API	r1-11-g997418e	1440505055	100;1;Lua+ffi	P.D.
C	openssl		r1-9-gccd59d7	1572847340	2;0;C;linux64;mingw64	Apache
Lua	path	Path manipulation	r1-8-gf85a8e6	1573080863	100;2;Lua	P.D.
Lua+ffi	path2d	2D geometry in Lua	dev-38-g72a1fc6	1544535634	100;1;Lua+ffi	P.D.
C	pcre		aa511b2	1572908863	1;0;C;mingw64	BSD
C	pixman	Pixel manipulation	r2-28-g48ff067	1560423933	3;0;C;linux64;mingw64;osx64	MIT
Lua	pp	Table serialization	r2-14-gc5b8931	1563290821	100;2;Lua	P.D.
Lua+ffi	proc	Processes and IPC	dev-3-g3b2f5ac	1573081143	100;1;Lua+ffi	P.D.
Lua+ffi	pthread	POSIX threads	r2-13-ga1cee34	1571686667	6;1;Lua+ffi;linux32;linux64;mingw32;mingw64;osx32;osx64	BSD
Lua+ffi	rangelist	Unidimensional non-overlapping selection ranges	r1-1-gd3ec88a	1538511221	100;1;Lua+ffi	P.D.
Lua	resolver	DNS Resolver in Lua	0.21-4-g7020118	1573134728	100;2;Lua	BSD
Lua+ffi	rs232	Rs232 serial communication library	dev-0-gcb501d5	1529251397	100;1;Lua+ffi	P.D.
Lua+ffi	rsync	Rsync algorithm in Lua	r1-3-g2705454	1573067282	100;1;Lua+ffi	P.D.
Lua+ffi	sha2	SHA-256/-384/-512 hashing	r2-29-g4b75533	1573051351	3;1;Lua+ffi;linux64;mingw64;osx64	BSD
Lua	shm	POSIX shared memory binding	r1-1-g75f5841	1442958666	100;2;Lua	P.D.
Lua/C	socket	Networking support	r4-30-gfdccfcd	1572655610	3;2;Lua/C;linux64;mingw64;osx64	MIT
Lua+ffi	socketloop	TCP sockets with coroutines	r4-0-g1a96e1e	1572720818	100;1;Lua+ffi	P.D.
Lua/C	struct	Binary packing & unpacking	r3-28-g2106c8f	1560423960	3;2;Lua/C;linux64;mingw64;osx64	MIT
Lua/C	terra	The Terra language	1.0.0b-21-g3a676eb	1573509944	3;2;Lua/C;linux64;mingw64;osx64	MIT
Terra	terra.arrayfreelist	Freelist for Terra based on a dynamic array	803d5ed	1573258615	0;0;Terra	P.D.
Terra	terra.arrayview	Array view type for Terra	74e393d	1573488615	0;0;Terra	P.D.
Lua	terra.binder	Terra build system, C header generator and LuaJIT ffi binding generator	65d558c	1573234293	100;2;Lua	P.D.
Terra	terra.bitarray	1-D and 2-D bit array type for Terra	53cbb6a	1573258646	0;0;Terra	P.D.
Terra	terra.bitmap	Bitmaps for Terra	5ab3160	1573210329	0;0;Terra	P.D.
Terra	terra.box2d	Math for 2D rectangles defined as (x, y, w, h) where w >= 0 and h >= 0	b153b9f	1573258653	0;0;Terra	P.D.
Terra	terra.boxblur	Fast bgra8 and g8 box blurs for Terra	b4b2307	1573488661	0;0;Terra	P.D.
Terra	terra.cairo	Cairo binding for Terra based on cairo 1.12.3	46e673b	1573254168	0;0;Terra	P.D.
Terra	terra.dynarray	Dynamic array type for Terra	dcc1e83	1573488684	0;0;Terra	P.D.
Terra	terra.fixedfreelist	Fixed-capacity freelist for Terra	fbc90d0	1573488693	0;0;Terra	P.D.
Terra	terra.hashmap	Hashmap type for Terra	c94bcbc	1573488701	0;0;Terra	P.D.
Terra	terra.layer	HTML-like box-model layouting and rendering engine in Terra with a C API	dev-9-g9da7737	1573488777	1;0;Terra;mingw64	P.D.
Terra	terra.linkedlist	Self-allocated doubly-linked list for Terra	c9be54f	1573488710	0;0;Terra	P.D.
Terra	terra.low	Lua+Terra standard library & flat vocabulary of tools	dev-89-g1a03b1d	1573234170	0;0;Terra	P.D.
Terra	terra.lrucache	LRU cache for Terra, size-limited and count-limited	1855638	1573488718	0;0;Terra	P.D.
Terra	terra.phf	Minimal Perfect Hash Function Generator for Lua/Terra	b0434aa	1573488726	0;0;Terra	P.D.
Terra	terra.random	Tausworthe PRNG in Terra	239b4fe	1573488734	0;0;Terra	P.D.
Terra	terra.tr	Unicode text layouting and rendering engine in Terra with a C API	dev-6-g99ba6e4	1573488757	0;0;Terra	P.D.
Terra	terra.utf8	UTF-8 encoding and decoding in Terra	f858394	1573488741	0;0;Terra	P.D.
Lua+ffi	testui	IMGUI for creating manual tests for UI libraries	58e274c	1573134676	100;1;Lua+ffi	P.D.
Lua+ffi	thread	Hi-level threads	r2-1-gbb20a69	1553677321	100;1;Lua+ffi	P.D.
Lua+ffi	time	Time and sleeping	r1-10-gb70394b	1547840119	6;1;Lua+ffi;linux32;linux64;mingw32;mingw64;osx32;osx64	P.D.
Lua+ffi	tr0	Unicode text shaping and rendering	dev-173-g7ef62f5	1573258531	100;1;Lua+ffi	P.D.
Lua	tuple	Real tuples	r2-0-g726b1c8	1533170921	100;2;Lua	P.D.
Lua	tweening	Tweening & timelines for animation	r1-0-g85ca336	1530985262	100;2;Lua	P.D.
Lua+ffi	ucdn	Unicode database and normalization	r3-5-g04cd599	1560424021	3;1;Lua+ffi;linux64;mingw64;osx64	MIT
Lua+ffi	ui	Extensible UI toolkit in Lua	dev-383-g32c156b	1573258538	100;1;Lua+ffi	P.D.
Lua+ffi	unit		r1-0-gc32d6b9	1434629440	100;1;Lua+ffi	P.D.
Lua	unixperms	UNIX permissions strings	r1-2-g05c8213	1514170059	100;2;Lua	P.D.
Lua+ffi	utf8	UTF-8 encoding and decoding for LuaJIT	r1-13-g0aecba4	1560163016	100;1;Lua+ffi	P.D.
Lua	utf8quot	&name; parser for utf-8 strings	e5f90be	1543853028	100;2;Lua	P.D.
Lua+ffi	videoinput	Video capturing	dev-2-g350bbef	1552640393	100;1;Lua+ffi	P.D.
Lua	webb	Procedural web framework for OpenResty	dev-1-ga5591b8	1573118770	100;2;Lua	P.D.
Lua+ffi	winapi	Win32 windows & controls	r5-15-g9fd0ff0	1573255759	2;1;Lua+ffi;mingw32;mingw64	P.D.
Lua+ffi	winapi.cairopanel	Cairo panels	r1-0-g8a0498a	1514376893	100;1;Lua+ffi	P.D.
Lua+ffi	winapi.wglpanel	OpenGL panels	r1-1-g42fac3c	1563290898	100;1;Lua+ffi	P.D.
Lua	xlib	LibX11 binding	r0-0-g856064e	1521595520	2;2;Lua;linux32;linux64	P.D.
Lua+ffi	xxhash	Fast non-crypto hash	r1-4-g402e537	1560424047	3;1;Lua+ffi;linux64;mingw64;osx64	BSD
Lua+ffi	zlib	Deflate & gzip	r2-36-ga551c8d	1572614515	3;1;Lua+ffi;linux64;mingw64;osx64	ZLIB

Runtimes

luajit

LuaJIT binary

Version: v2.1-20190912-1-g3f78c74
Updated:
Type: Lua
License: MIT

terra

The Terra language

Version: 1.0.0b-21-g3a676eb
Updated:
Type: Lua/C
License: MIT

nginx

Nginx server with lua-nginx-module

Version: nginx-1.17.4-0-gd6260e2
Updated:
Type: C
License: BSD

Deployment

bundle

Single-executable app deployment

Version: r6-0-gf62aaeb
Updated:
Type: Lua+ffi
License: Public Domain

terra.binder

Terra build system, C header generator and LuaJIT ffi binding generator

Version: 65d558c
Updated:
Type: Lua
License: Public Domain

Standard Libraries

glue

Everyday Lua functions

Version: r22-20-ge1938a5
Updated:
Type: Lua+ffi
License: Public Domain

pp

Table serialization

Version: r2-14-gc5b8931
Updated:
Type: Lua
License: Public Domain

oo

Fancy object system

Version: r13-3-gbbbde0c
Updated:
Type: Lua
License: Public Domain

events

Pub/sub mixin for object systems

Version: dev-4-g7e44b0e
Updated:
Type: Lua
License: Public Domain

lpeg

Parsing expression grammars

Version: r1-21-g7a82d08
Updated:
Type: Lua/C
License: MIT

coro

Symmetric coroutines

Version: r3-3-g0f22eda
Updated:
Type: Lua
License: Public Domain

Portable OS APIs

fs

Portable filesystem support

Version: r3-4-g622664d
Updated:
Type: Lua+ffi
License: Public Domain

nw

Cross-platform windows for Lua

Version: dev-321-g54c4f22
Updated:
Type: Lua+ffi
License: Public Domain

libsoundio

Audio input and output

Version: dev-2-g618a36d
Updated:
Type: Lua+ffi
License: MIT

videoinput

Video capturing

Version: dev-2-g350bbef
Updated:
Type: Lua+ffi
License: Public Domain

socket

Networking support

Version: r4-30-gfdccfcd
Updated:
Type: Lua/C
License: MIT

socketloop

TCP sockets with coroutines

Version: r4-0-g1a96e1e
Updated:
Type: Lua+ffi
License: Public Domain

thread

Hi-level threads

Version: r2-1-gbb20a69
Updated:
Type: Lua+ffi
License: Public Domain

pthread

POSIX threads

Version: r2-13-ga1cee34
Updated:
Type: Lua+ffi
License: BSD

proc

Processes and IPC

Version: dev-3-g3b2f5ac
Updated:
Type: Lua+ffi
License: Public Domain

time

Time and sleeping

Version: r1-10-gb70394b
Updated:
Type: Lua+ffi
License: Public Domain

rs232

Rs232 serial communication library

Version: dev-0-gcb501d5
Updated:
Type: Lua+ffi
License: Public Domain

hidapi

Hidapi ffi binding

Version: dev-0-gd734f6e
Updated:
Type: Lua+ffi
License: BSD

Portable UI

ui

Extensible UI toolkit in Lua

Version: dev-383-g32c156b
Updated:
Type: Lua+ffi
License: Public Domain

terra.layer

HTML-like box-model layouting and rendering engine in Terra with a C API

Version: dev-9-g9da7737
Updated:
Type: Terra
License: Public Domain

terra.tr

Unicode text layouting and rendering engine in Terra with a C API

Version: dev-6-g99ba6e4
Updated:
Type: Terra
License: Public Domain

Portable 2D Graphics

cairo

Cairo graphics engine

Version: r4-34-gff9605a
Updated:
Type: Lua+ffi
License: MPL/LGPL

bitmap

In-memory bitmaps

Version: r4-13-g3525092
Updated:
Type: Lua+ffi
License: Public Domain

color

Color parsing, formatting and computation

Version: r3-8-ge5235d2
Updated:
Type: Lua
License: Public Domain

boxblur

Fast box blur

Version: r1-20-g1ae642e
Updated:
Type: Lua+ffi
License: Public Domain

Native OS APIs

winapi

Win32 windows & controls

Version: r5-15-g9fd0ff0
Updated:
Type: Lua+ffi
License: Public Domain

winapi.wglpanel

OpenGL panels

Version: r1-1-g42fac3c
Updated:
Type: Lua+ffi
License: Public Domain

winapi.cairopanel

Cairo panels

Version: r1-0-g8a0498a
Updated:
Type: Lua+ffi
License: Public Domain

objc

Obj-C & Cocoa bridge

Version: r8-1-g35ac237
Updated:
Type: Lua
License: Public Domain

xlib

LibX11 binding

Version: r0-0-g856064e
Updated:
Type: Lua
License: Public Domain

2D Geometry

path2d

2D geometry in Lua

Version: dev-38-g72a1fc6
Updated:
Type: Lua+ffi
License: Public Domain

affine2d

2D affine transforms

Version: r1-15-gf23c844
Updated:
Type: Lua
License: Public Domain

box2d

Rectangle math

Version: r2-14-gdbe5a03
Updated:
Type: Lua
License: Public Domain

clipper

Polygon clipping

Version: r2-36-g06c169c
Updated:
Type: Lua+ffi
License: Boost

Image Formats

giflib

GIF reader

Version: r3-17-g569d23e
Updated:
Type: Lua+ffi
License: MIT

libjpeg

JPEG encoding & decoding

Version: r2-4-g6f307cc
Updated:
Type: Lua+ffi
License: BSD

libpng

PNG reader

Version: dev-41-gbb9e742
Updated:
Type: Lua+ffi
License: LIBPNG

bmp

BMP file loading and saving

Version: r1-5-g25733a9
Updated:
Type: Lua+ffi
License: Public Domain

libexif

EXIF reader & writer

Version: dev-41-g5f96c61
Updated:
Type: Lua+ffi
License: LGPL

Unicode

utf8

UTF-8 encoding and decoding for LuaJIT

Version: r1-13-g0aecba4
Updated:
Type: Lua+ffi
License: Public Domain

utf8quot

&name; parser for utf-8 strings

Version: e5f90be
Updated:
Type: Lua
License: Public Domain

ucdn

Unicode database and normalization

Version: r3-5-g04cd599
Updated:
Type: Lua+ffi
License: MIT

Hashing

xxhash

Fast non-crypto hash

Version: r1-4-g402e537
Updated:
Type: Lua+ffi
License: BSD

blake2

BLAKE2 hashing

Version: r1-4-g925b92d
Updated:
Type: Lua+ffi
License: Public Domain

sha2

SHA-256/-384/-512 hashing

Version: r2-29-g4b75533
Updated:
Type: Lua+ffi
License: BSD

md5

Md5 hashing

Version: r2-33-ge7f15c2
Updated:
Type: Lua+ffi
License: Public Domain

hmac

HMAC hashing

Version: r1-12-geac6f5e
Updated:
Type: Lua+ffi
License: Public Domain

Compression

zlib

Deflate & gzip

Version: r2-36-ga551c8d
Updated:
Type: Lua+ffi
License: ZLIB

lz4

Extremely fast compression

Version: dev-3-g9a9fec7
Updated:
Type: Lua+ffi
License: BSD

Encryption

libsodium

Libsodium binding

Version: dev-3-gd7e136a
Updated:
Type: Lua+ffi
License: ISC

Serialization

cjson

JSON encoding & decoding

Version: r3-31-gc04f3c6
Updated:
Type: Lua/C
License: MIT

expat

XML parser

Version: r2-45-g7baa61d
Updated:
Type: Lua+ffi
License: MIT

genx

XML writer

Version: r2-29-g1df55b0
Updated:
Type: Lua+ffi
License: MIT

libb64

Base64 encoding & decoding

Version: r2-25-g65c2f4b
Updated:
Type: Lua+ffi
License: Public Domain

Networking

luasec

Version: f0e88cf
Updated:
Type: Lua/C
License: MIT

resolver

DNS Resolver in Lua

Version: 0.21-4-g7020118
Updated:
Type: Lua
License: BSD

libcurl

URL transfers

Version: r1-11-g44df96b
Updated:
Type: Lua+ffi
License: MIT

rsync

Rsync algorithm in Lua

Version: r1-3-g2705454
Updated:
Type: Lua+ffi
License: Public Domain

Databases

mysql

Mysql database client

Version: r3-3-g1164e0f
Updated:
Type: Lua+ffi
License: Public Domain

Templating

mustache

Logic-less templates

Version: r1-0-gd7f462d
Updated:
Type: Lua
License: Public Domain

Motion

tweening

Tweening & timelines for animation

Version: r1-0-g85ca336
Updated:
Type: Lua
License: Public Domain

easing

Easing functions

Version: r3-4-g1eccf8d
Updated:
Type: Lua
License: Public Domain

Spell Checking

hunspell

Spell checking

Version: r2-33-ga3e5f2b
Updated:
Type: Lua+ffi
License: MPL

Data Structures

heap

Priority queues

Version: r1-10-g12c41d4
Updated:
Type: Lua
License: Public Domain

linkedlist

Doubly linked lists in Lua

Version: r3-4-gf1cfd59
Updated:
Type: Lua
License: Public Domain

lrucache

Size-limited LRU cache in Lua

Version: r1-5-g8637719
Updated:
Type: Lua
License: Public Domain

lfrb

Lock-free ring buffer

Version: dev-5-gcae28b6
Updated:
Type: Lua+ffi
License: Public Domain

Lua Support Libs

amoeba

Cassowary constraint solver in Lua

Version: c516b97
Updated:
Type: Lua
License: MIT

eq

3rd degree equation solver

Version: r1-11-g9a9e491
Updated:
Type: Lua
License: Public Domain

opengl

OpenGL C API

Version: r1-11-g997418e
Updated:
Type: Lua+ffi
License: Public Domain

luastate

Lua/LuaJIT C API binding

Version: r2-1-g487ff33
Updated:
Type: Lua+ffi
License: Public Domain

cbframe

Callback frames for luajit

Version: r1-0-gf7f905b
Updated:
Type: Lua+ffi
License: Public Domain

path

Path manipulation

Version: r1-8-gf85a8e6
Updated:
Type: Lua
License: Public Domain

unixperms

UNIX permissions strings

Version: r1-2-g05c8213
Updated:
Type: Lua
License: Public Domain

lexer

Scintillua lexers

Version: r1-8-g5554c65
Updated:
Type: Lua
License: MIT

dynasm

DynASM with Lua mode

Version: r1-8-gd375b36
Updated:
Type: Lua+ffi
License: MIT

rangelist

Unidimensional non-overlapping selection ranges

Version: r1-1-gd3ec88a
Updated:
Type: Lua+ffi
License: Public Domain

C Support Libs

pixman

Pixel manipulation

Version: r2-28-g48ff067
Updated:
Type: C
License: MIT

libmariadb

MariaDB client library

Version: r1-10-g1057faf
Updated:
Type: C
License: LGPL

openssl

Version: r1-9-gccd59d7
Updated:
Type: C
License: Apache

libogg

Ogg container file format

Version: r1-3-ga179432
Updated:
Type: Lua+ffi
License: BSD

lua-headers

Lua C API headers

Version: r1-8-g0c55ac1
Updated:
Type: C
License: MIT

shm

POSIX shared memory binding

Version: r1-1-g75f5841
Updated:
Type: Lua
License: Public Domain

llvm

LLVM + Clang binaries

Version: 3.5.0-3-gba7241e
Updated:
Type: Lua+ffi
License: UI/NCSA

freetype

Freetype font engine

Version: r3-19-g8017d13
Updated:
Type: Lua+ffi
License: FTL/BSD

harfbuzz

Complex text shaping

Version: r4-17-g9d7cc58
Updated:
Type: Lua+ffi
License: MIT

fribidi

Unicode BiDi algorithm

Version: r2-10-gce4b4de
Updated:
Type: Lua+ffi
License: LGPL

libunibreak

Unicode line breaking

Version: r5-11-g336767c
Updated:
Type: Lua+ffi
License: ZLIB/LIBPNG

pcre

Version: aa511b2
Updated:
Type: C
License: BSD

Development Tools

inspect

Table dump

Version: v2.0.0-93-g98dcaac
Updated:
Type: Lua
License: Public Domain

cplayer

Procedural graphics & IMGUI toolkit

Version: dev-57-g46cc10f
Updated:
Type: Lua+ffi
License: Public Domain

gfonts

Google Fonts font file finder

Version: r1-3-gf339225
Updated:
Type: Lua+ffi
License: Public Domain

hash_benchmark

Version: a7fb4ce
Updated:
Type: other
License: Public Domain

unit

Version: r1-0-gc32d6b9
Updated:
Type: Lua+ffi
License: Public Domain

testui

IMGUI for creating manual tests for UI libraries

Version: 58e274c
Updated:
Type: Lua+ffi
License: Public Domain

Web Development

webb

Procedural web framework for OpenResty

Version: dev-1-ga5591b8
Updated:
Type: Lua
License: Public Domain

Terra Standard Libraries

terra.low

Lua+Terra standard library & flat vocabulary of tools

Version: dev-89-g1a03b1d
Updated:
Type: Terra
License: Public Domain

terra.arrayview

Array view type for Terra

Version: 74e393d
Updated:
Type: Terra
License: Public Domain

terra.dynarray

Dynamic array type for Terra

Version: dcc1e83
Updated:
Type: Terra
License: Public Domain

terra.hashmap

Hashmap type for Terra

Version: c94bcbc
Updated:
Type: Terra
License: Public Domain

terra.phf

Minimal Perfect Hash Function Generator for Lua/Terra

Version: b0434aa
Updated:
Type: Terra
License: Public Domain

terra.linkedlist

Self-allocated doubly-linked list for Terra

Version: c9be54f
Updated:
Type: Terra
License: Public Domain

terra.fixedfreelist

Fixed-capacity freelist for Terra

Version: fbc90d0
Updated:
Type: Terra
License: Public Domain

terra.arrayfreelist

Freelist for Terra based on a dynamic array

Version: 803d5ed
Updated:
Type: Terra
License: Public Domain

terra.lrucache

LRU cache for Terra, size-limited and count-limited

Version: 1855638
Updated:
Type: Terra
License: Public Domain

terra.bitarray

1-D and 2-D bit array type for Terra

Version: 53cbb6a
Updated:
Type: Terra
License: Public Domain

terra.utf8

UTF-8 encoding and decoding in Terra

Version: f858394
Updated:
Type: Terra
License: Public Domain

terra.random

Tausworthe PRNG in Terra

Version: 239b4fe
Updated:
Type: Terra
License: Public Domain

Terra Support Libs

terra.bitmap

Bitmaps for Terra

Version: 5ab3160
Updated:
Type: Terra
License: Public Domain

terra.cairo

Cairo binding for Terra based on cairo 1.12.3

Version: 46e673b
Updated:
Type: Terra
License: Public Domain

terra.box2d

Math for 2D rectangles defined as (x, y, w, h) where w >= 0 and h >= 0

Version: b153b9f
Updated:
Type: Terra
License: Public Domain

terra.boxblur

Fast bgra8 and g8 box blurs for Terra

Version: b4b2307
Updated:
Type: Terra
License: Public Domain

mingw64-headers

Version: 35f0087
Updated:
Type: C
License: Public Domain

Package Management

luapower

Luapower package reflection library

Version: 5251448
Updated:
Type: Lua+ffi
License: Public Domain

luapower_db

The luapower package database

Version: 9a6d4f6
Updated:
Type: Lua
License: Public Domain

luapower-repos

The luapower multigit meta-package

Version: 27d5872
Updated:
Type: other
License: Public Domain

Unmaintained

tr0

Unicode text shaping and rendering

Version: dev-173-g7ef62f5
Updated:
Type: Lua+ffi
License: Public Domain

codedit

Code editor engine in Lua

Version: dev-49-g58bf864
Updated:
Type: Lua
License: Public Domain

bnet

Networking library

Version: f9a5797
Updated:
Type: Lua+ffi
License: MIT

lfs

Filesystem support

Version: r3-45-g76cfde3
Updated:
Type: Lua/C
License: MIT

lanes

Threads support

Version: r4-14-gfade4b8
Updated:
Type: Lua/C
License: MIT

ffi_reflect

Luajit ffi reflection

Version: 4ee6eb7bd7-12-g9eeeb18
Updated:
Type: Lua+ffi
License: Public Domain

struct

Binary packing & unpacking

Version: r3-28-g2106c8f
Updated:
Type: Lua/C
License: MIT

minizip

ZIP reader & writer

Version: r2-32-gc2bb207
Updated:
Type: Lua+ffi
License: MIT

tuple

Real tuples

Version: r2-0-g726b1c8
Updated:
Type: Lua
License: Public Domain

Misc

font_db

Font database for font selection

Version: b1efd16
Updated:
Type: Lua+ffi
License: Public Domain

fonts-amiri

Version: f8a06c5
Updated:
Type: other
License: Public Domain

fonts-awesome

Version: b4a45ca
Updated:
Type: other
License: Public Domain

fonts-dejavuserif

Version: 34576d5
Updated:
Type: other
License: Public Domain

fonts-fireflysung

Version: 3fe0a86
Updated:
Type: other
License: Public Domain

fonts-fixedsys

Version: a9ffc91
Updated:
Type: other
License: Public Domain

fonts-ionicons

Version: 3b45a2d
Updated:
Type: other
License: Public Domain

fonts-material-icons

Version: 8ad4861
Updated:
Type: other
License: Public Domain

fonts-noto-emoji

Version: abbdf39
Updated:
Type: other
License: Public Domain

fonts-open-sans

Version: 28c3e2d
Updated:
Type: other
License: Public Domain

lx

LuaJIT lexer C API for LuaJIT ffi

Version: dev-1-g164d5ac
Updated:
Type: Lua+ffi
License: Public Domain

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