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the LuaJIT distribution for Windows, Linux and OS X

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:

DOWNLOAD 225 MB
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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	Public Domain
Lua	amoeba	Cassowary constraint solver in Lua	c516b97	1521497834	100;2;Lua	MIT
Lua+ffi	bitmap	In-memory bitmaps	r4-4-g6fa548b	1552607809	100;1;Lua+ffi	Public Domain
Lua+ffi	blake2	BLAKE2 hashing	r1-2-g3c4f39b	1532900350	6;1;Lua+ffi;linux32;linux64;mingw32;mingw64;osx32;osx64	Public Domain
Lua+ffi	bmp	BMP file loading and saving	r1-5-g25733a9	1543177053	100;1;Lua+ffi	Public Domain
Lua+ffi	bnet	Networking library	f9a5797	1450970422	2;1;Lua+ffi;mingw32;mingw64	MIT
Lua	box2d	Rectangle math	r2-11-gf9e8146	1543939534	100;2;Lua	Public Domain
Lua+ffi	boxblur	Fast box blur	r1-9-gf3c356d	1553077950	6;1;Lua+ffi;linux32;linux64;mingw32;mingw64;osx32;osx64	Public Domain
Lua+ffi	bundle	Single-executable app deployment	r5-2-g0eec6c0	1537804649	100;1;Lua+ffi	Public Domain
Lua+ffi	cairo	Cairo graphics engine	r4-26-g4c286a4	1553078049	6;1;Lua+ffi;linux32;linux64;mingw32;mingw64;osx32;osx64	MPL/LGPL
Lua+ffi	cbframe	Callback frames for luajit	r1-0-gf7f905b	1514301831	100;1;Lua+ffi	Public Domain
Lua/C	cjson	JSON encoding & decoding	r3-29-g252dcba	1532900412	6;2;Lua/C;linux32;linux64;mingw32;mingw64;osx32;osx64	MIT
Lua+ffi	clipper	Polygon clipping	r2-34-gaad6f13	1532900416	6;1;Lua+ffi;linux32;linux64;mingw32;mingw64;osx32;osx64	Boost
Lua	codedit	Code editor engine in Lua	dev-49-g58bf864	1532415733	100;2;Lua	Public Domain
Lua	color	Color parsing, formatting and computation	r3-4-g77cbc8e	1537642027	100;2;Lua	Public Domain
Lua	coro	Symmetric coroutines	r3-1-g9a55ec8	1511262875	100;2;Lua	Public Domain
Lua+ffi	cplayer	Procedural graphics & IMGUI toolkit	dev-57-g46cc10f	1532365639	2;1;Lua+ffi;mingw32;mingw64	Public Domain
Lua	dlist	Doubly linked lists in Lua	r3-3-gc5e72f1	1547839913	100;2;Lua	Public Domain
Lua+ffi	dynasm	DynASM with Lua mode	r1-6-g0adde2c	1551925302	6;1;Lua+ffi;linux32;linux64;mingw32;mingw64;osx32;osx64	MIT
Lua	easing	Easing functions	r3-4-g1eccf8d	1530017215	100;2;Lua	Public Domain
Lua	eq	3rd degree equation solver	r1-11-g9a9e491	1532376108	100;2;Lua	Public Domain
Lua	events	Pub/sub mixin for object systems	dev-4-g7e44b0e	1541155889	100;2;Lua	Public Domain
Lua+ffi	expat	XML parser	r2-43-g98eb125	1532900441	6;1;Lua+ffi;linux32;linux64;mingw32;mingw64;osx32;osx64	MIT
Lua+ffi	ffi_reflect	Luajit ffi reflection	4ee6eb7bd7-12-g9eeeb18	1446140239	100;1;Lua+ffi	Public Domain
other	fonts-awesome		b4a45ca	1530976556	0;0;other	Public Domain
other	fonts-ionicons		3b45a2d	1530976016	0;0;other	Public Domain
other	fonts-material-icons		8ad4861	1530977265	0;0;other	Public Domain
other	fonts-noto-emoji		abbdf39	1542370064	0;0;other	Public Domain
other	fonts-open-sans		28c3e2d	1542286112	0;0;other	Public Domain
Lua+ffi	freetype	Freetype font engine	r3-9-g504bb6d	1553078121	6;1;Lua+ffi;linux32;linux64;mingw32;mingw64;osx32;osx64	FTL/BSD
Lua+ffi	fribidi	Unicode BiDi algorithm	r2-8-gfc63cb6	1553078141	6;1;Lua+ffi;linux32;linux64;mingw32;mingw64;osx32;osx64	LGPL
Lua+ffi	fs	Portable filesystem support	r2-1-g1f8e48c	1549668830	100;1;Lua+ffi	Public Domain
Lua+ffi	genx	XML writer	r2-27-g027b4a2	1532900466	6;1;Lua+ffi;linux32;linux64;mingw32;mingw64;osx32;osx64	MIT
Lua+ffi	gfonts	Google Fonts font file finder	r1-2-gb145e30	1537482540	100;1;Lua+ffi	Public Domain
Lua+ffi	giflib	GIF reader	r3-15-g1912c13	1532900472	6;1;Lua+ffi;linux32;linux64;mingw32;mingw64;osx32;osx64	MIT
Lua+ffi	glue	Everyday Lua functions	r22-10-g885d1c9	1552346581	100;1;Lua+ffi	Public Domain
Lua+ffi	harfbuzz	Complex text shaping	r4-14-ga4fa588	1553078301	6;1;Lua+ffi;linux32;linux64;mingw32;mingw64;osx32;osx64	MIT
other	hash_benchmark		a7fb4ce	1547839968	0;0;other	Public Domain
Lua	heap	Priority queues	r1-10-g12c41d4	1518880068	100;2;Lua	Public Domain
Lua+ffi	hmac	HMAC hashing	r1-9-g6168bd3	1440504951	100;1;Lua+ffi	Public Domain
Lua+ffi	hunspell	Spell checking	r2-31-g2dfd7cd	1542267275	6;1;Lua+ffi;linux32;linux64;mingw32;mingw64;osx32;osx64	MPL
Lua	inspect	Table dump	v2.0.0-93-g98dcaac	1534327685	100;2;Lua	Public Domain
Lua/C	lanes	Threads support	r4-12-gd651f8e	1532900493	6;2;Lua/C;linux32;linux64;mingw32;mingw64;osx32;osx64	MIT
Lua	lexer	Scintillua lexers	r1-8-g5554c65	1532376166	100;2;Lua	MIT
Lua+ffi	lfrb	Lock-free ring buffer	dev-4-g4209c3f	1532900499	1;1;Lua+ffi;mingw64	Public Domain
Lua/C	lfs	Filesystem support	r3-43-g0523a1d	1532900504	6;2;Lua/C;linux32;linux64;mingw32;mingw64;osx32;osx64	MIT
Lua+ffi	libb64	Base64 encoding & decoding	r2-23-gd203b6c	1532900508	6;1;Lua+ffi;linux32;linux64;mingw32;mingw64;osx32;osx64	Public Domain
Lua+ffi	libcurl	URL transfers	r1-8-ge8369cd	1532900512	6;1;Lua+ffi;linux32;linux64;mingw32;mingw64;osx32;osx64	MIT
Lua+ffi	libexif	EXIF reader & writer	dev-39-g8c1a1c8	1550303091	6;1;Lua+ffi;linux32;linux64;mingw32;mingw64;osx32;osx64	LGPL
Lua+ffi	libjpeg	JPEG encoding & decoding	r2-2-g790f9e6	1529968720	6;1;Lua+ffi;linux32;linux64;mingw32;mingw64;osx32;osx64	BSD
C	libmariadb	MariaDB client library	r1-6-gef1f82b	1440504983	4;0;C;linux32;linux64;mingw32;mingw64	LGPL
C	libmysql	MySQL client library	r1-14-g9786c04	1440504986	6;0;C;linux32;linux64;mingw32;mingw64;osx32;osx64	GPL
Lua+ffi	libogg	Ogg container file format	r1-1-g9eeedd0	1532900530	6;1;Lua+ffi;linux32;linux64;mingw32;mingw64;osx32;osx64	BSD
Lua+ffi	libpng	PNG reader	dev-39-g4073201	1532900534	6;1;Lua+ffi;linux32;linux64;mingw32;mingw64;osx32;osx64	LIBPNG
Lua+ffi	libsodium	Libsodium binding	dev-2-g879b180	1532900542	1;1;Lua+ffi;mingw64	ISC
Lua+ffi	libsoundio	Audio input and output	dev-0-gf45f512	1506716395	6;1;Lua+ffi;linux32;linux64;mingw32;mingw64;osx32;osx64	MIT
C	libstdcxx	C++ standard library	r1-0-g5796c9b	1428294181	4;0;C;linux32;linux64;mingw32;mingw64	GPLv3+LINK
Lua+ffi	libunibreak	Unicode line breaking	r5-8-ge3f91e5	1553078385	6;1;Lua+ffi;linux32;linux64;mingw32;mingw64;osx32;osx64	ZLIB/LIBPNG
C	llvm	LLVM + Clang binaries	18b1eb0	1550356492	6;0;C;linux32;linux64;mingw32;mingw64;osx32;osx64	UI/NCSA
Lua/C	lpeg	Parsing expression grammars	r1-19-g73b9514	1532900559	6;2;Lua/C;linux32;linux64;mingw32;mingw64;osx32;osx64	MIT
Lua	lrucache_lua	Size-limited LRU cache in Lua	r1-4-g1a537c9	1547737752	100;2;Lua	Public Domain
C	lua-headers	Lua C API headers	r1-8-g0c55ac1	1440505009	0;0;C	MIT
Lua	luajit	LuaJIT binary	2.1.0-beta3-1-g5b611d0	1550362344	6;2;Lua;linux32;linux64;mingw32;mingw64;osx32;osx64	MIT
Lua+ffi	luapower	Luapower package reflection library	1d23674	1549668874	100;1;Lua+ffi	Public Domain
other	luapower-repos	The luapower multigit meta-package	e517d01	1550365430	0;0;other	Public Domain
Lua	luapower_db	The luapower package database	6f3578a	1531003509	100;2;Lua	Public Domain
Lua+ffi	luastate	Lua/LuaJIT C API binding	r2-1-g487ff33	1529250649	100;1;Lua+ffi	Public Domain
Lua+ffi	lz4	Extremely fast compression	dev-1-gd797c02	1532900584	6;1;Lua+ffi;linux32;linux64;mingw32;mingw64;osx32;osx64	BSD
Lua+ffi	md5	Md5 hashing	r2-29-g5c19e20	1532900588	6;1;Lua+ffi;linux32;linux64;mingw32;mingw64;osx32;osx64	Public Domain
Lua+ffi	minizip	ZIP reader & writer	r2-30-g820ee86	1532900592	6;1;Lua+ffi;linux32;linux64;mingw32;mingw64;osx32;osx64	MIT
Lua	mustache	Logic-less templates	r1-0-gd7f462d	1509115528	100;2;Lua	Public Domain
Lua+ffi	mysql	Mysql database client	r3-2-g4bc8277	1440505035	100;1;Lua+ffi	Public Domain
Lua+ffi	nw	Cross-platform windows for Lua	dev-313-gd94c714	1551888715	100;1;Lua+ffi	Public Domain
Lua+ffi	objc	Obj-C & Cocoa bridge	r8-0-g7067be8	1509803327	2;1;Lua+ffi;osx32;osx64	Public Domain
Lua	oo	Fancy object system	r12-5-g2f99800	1543843831	100;2;Lua	Public Domain
Lua+ffi	opengl	OpenGL C API	r1-11-g997418e	1440505055	100;1;Lua+ffi	Public Domain
C	openssl		r1-0-gbca2858	1450796914	2;0;C;linux32;linux64	BSD
Lua	path	Path manipulation	r1-7-gda27b37	1546028348	100;2;Lua	Public Domain
Lua+ffi	path2d	2D geometry in Lua	dev-38-g72a1fc6	1544535634	100;1;Lua+ffi	Public Domain
C	pixman	Pixel manipulation	r2-26-ga87ac5e	1532900618	6;0;C;linux32;linux64;mingw32;mingw64;osx32;osx64	MIT
Lua	pp	Table serialization	r2-13-geb8e136	1536879056	100;2;Lua	Public Domain
Lua+ffi	pthread	POSIX threads	r2-10-gf3e5b30	1529246070	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	Public Domain
Lua+ffi	rs232	Rs232 serial communication library	e1476a8	1528228134	100;1;Lua+ffi	Public Domain
Lua+ffi	rsync	Rsync algorithm in Lua	r1-2-gc1ea780	1511272025	100;1;Lua+ffi	Public Domain
Lua+ffi	sha2	SHA-256/-384/-512 hashing	r2-26-ge88193d	1532900630	6;1;Lua+ffi;linux32;linux64;mingw32;mingw64;osx32;osx64	BSD
Lua+ffi	shm	POSIX shared memory binding	r1-1-g75f5841	1442958666	100;1;Lua+ffi	Public Domain
Lua/C	socket	Networking support	r4-24-g5f1c3c6	1532900637	6;2;Lua/C;linux32;linux64;mingw32;mingw64;osx32;osx64	MIT
Lua+ffi	socketloop	TCP sockets with coroutines	r3-0-g6f89b28	1511261933	100;1;Lua+ffi	Public Domain
Lua/C	struct	Binary packing & unpacking	r3-26-g9b1eca7	1532900645	6;2;Lua/C;linux32;linux64;mingw32;mingw64;osx32;osx64	MIT
Lua/C	terra	The Terra language	1.0.0b-9-gf128989	1551483707	3;2;Lua/C;linux64;mingw64;osx64	MIT
Lua+ffi	thread	Hi-level threads	r2-0-g774a523	1529258098	100;1;Lua+ffi	Public Domain
Lua+ffi	time	Time and sleeping	r1-10-gb70394b	1547840119	6;1;Lua+ffi;linux32;linux64;mingw32;mingw64;osx32;osx64	Public Domain
Lua+ffi	tr	Unicode text shaping and rendering	dev-160-gcc2fd5e	1549836036	100;1;Lua+ffi	Public Domain
Lua	tuple	Real tuples	r2-0-g726b1c8	1533170921	100;2;Lua	Public Domain
Lua	tweening	Tweening & timelines for animation	r1-0-g85ca336	1530985262	100;2;Lua	Public Domain
Lua+ffi	ucdn	Unicode database and normalization	r3-3-gb927b35	1532900662	6;1;Lua+ffi;linux32;linux64;mingw32;mingw64;osx32;osx64	MIT
Lua+ffi	ui	Extensible UI toolkit in Lua	dev-370-gf6597f9	1548607968	100;1;Lua+ffi	Public Domain
Lua+ffi	unit		r1-0-gc32d6b9	1434629440	100;1;Lua+ffi	Public Domain
Lua	unixperms	UNIX permissions strings	r1-2-g05c8213	1514170059	100;2;Lua	Public Domain
Lua+ffi	utf8	UTF-8 encoding and decoding for LuaJIT	r1-9-g3d3f208	1552912266	100;1;Lua+ffi	Public Domain
Lua	utf8quot	&name; parser for utf-8 strings	e5f90be	1543853028	100;2;Lua	Public Domain
Lua+ffi	videoinput	Video capturing	dev-2-g350bbef	1552640393	100;1;Lua+ffi	Public Domain
Lua+ffi	winapi	Win32 windows & controls	r5-1-gc3ae68c	1546475701	2;1;Lua+ffi;mingw32;mingw64	Public Domain
Lua+ffi	winapi.cairopanel	Cairo panels	r1-0-g8a0498a	1514376893	100;1;Lua+ffi	Public Domain
Lua+ffi	winapi.wglpanel	OpenGL panels	r1-0-ged9cade	1514378455	100;1;Lua+ffi	Public Domain
Lua+ffi	xlib	LibX11 binding	r0-0-g856064e	1521595520	2;1;Lua+ffi;linux32;linux64	Public Domain
Lua+ffi	xxhash	Fast non-crypto hash	r1-2-g6ef2f69	1553078414	6;1;Lua+ffi;linux32;linux64;mingw32;mingw64;osx32;osx64	BSD
Lua+ffi	zlib	Deflate & gzip	r2-31-g939cd5f	1532900689	6;1;Lua+ffi;linux32;linux64;mingw32;mingw64;osx32;osx64	ZLIB

LuaJIT Runtime

luajit

LuaJIT binary

Version: 2.1.0-beta3-1-g5b611d0
Updated:
Type: Lua
License: MIT

Deployment

bundle

Single-executable app deployment

Version: r5-2-g0eec6c0
Updated:
Type: Lua+ffi
License: Public Domain

Standard Libraries

glue

Everyday Lua functions

Version: r22-10-g885d1c9
Updated:
Type: Lua+ffi
License: Public Domain

pp

Table serialization

Version: r2-13-geb8e136
Updated:
Type: Lua
License: Public Domain

oo

Fancy object system

Version: r12-5-g2f99800
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: r1-19-g73b9514
Updated:
Type: Lua/C
License: MIT

coro

Symmetric coroutines

Version: r3-1-g9a55ec8
Updated:
Type: Lua
License: Public Domain

Portable OS APIs

fs

Portable filesystem support

Version: r2-1-g1f8e48c
Updated:
Type: Lua+ffi
License: Public Domain

nw

Cross-platform windows for Lua

Version: dev-313-gd94c714
Updated:
Type: Lua+ffi
License: Public Domain

libsoundio

Audio input and output

Version: dev-0-gf45f512
Updated:
Type: Lua+ffi
License: MIT

videoinput

Video capturing

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

socket

Networking support

Version: r4-24-g5f1c3c6
Updated:
Type: Lua/C
License: MIT

socketloop

TCP sockets with coroutines

Version: r3-0-g6f89b28
Updated:
Type: Lua+ffi
License: Public Domain

thread

Hi-level threads

Version: r2-0-g774a523
Updated:
Type: Lua+ffi
License: Public Domain

pthread

POSIX threads

Version: r2-10-gf3e5b30
Updated:
Type: Lua+ffi
License: BSD

time

Time and sleeping

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

rs232

Rs232 serial communication library

Version: e1476a8
Updated:
Type: Lua+ffi
License: Public Domain

Portable UI

ui

Extensible UI toolkit in Lua

Version: dev-370-gf6597f9
Updated:
Type: Lua+ffi
License: Public Domain

codedit

Code editor engine in Lua

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

Portable Text Rendering

tr

Unicode text shaping and rendering

Version: dev-160-gcc2fd5e
Updated:
Type: Lua+ffi
License: Public Domain

freetype

Freetype font engine

Version: r3-9-g504bb6d
Updated:
Type: Lua+ffi
License: FTL/BSD

harfbuzz

Complex text shaping

Version: r4-14-ga4fa588
Updated:
Type: Lua+ffi
License: MIT

fribidi

Unicode BiDi algorithm

Version: r2-8-gfc63cb6
Updated:
Type: Lua+ffi
License: LGPL

libunibreak

Unicode line breaking

Version: r5-8-ge3f91e5
Updated:
Type: Lua+ffi
License: ZLIB/LIBPNG

Portable 2D Graphics

cairo

Cairo graphics engine

Version: r4-26-g4c286a4
Updated:
Type: Lua+ffi
License: MPL/LGPL

bitmap

In-memory bitmaps

Version: r4-4-g6fa548b
Updated:
Type: Lua+ffi
License: Public Domain

color

Color parsing, formatting and computation

Version: r3-4-g77cbc8e
Updated:
Type: Lua
License: Public Domain

boxblur

Fast box blur

Version: r1-9-gf3c356d
Updated:
Type: Lua+ffi
License: Public Domain

Native OS APIs

winapi

Win32 windows & controls

Version: r5-1-gc3ae68c
Updated:
Type: Lua+ffi
License: Public Domain

winapi.wglpanel

OpenGL panels

Version: r1-0-ged9cade
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: r8-0-g7067be8
Updated:
Type: Lua+ffi
License: Public Domain

xlib

LibX11 binding

Version: r0-0-g856064e
Updated:
Type: Lua+ffi
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: r2-11-gf9e8146
Updated:
Type: Lua
License: Public Domain

clipper

Polygon clipping

Version: r2-34-gaad6f13
Updated:
Type: Lua+ffi
License: Boost

Image Formats

giflib

GIF reader

Version: r3-15-g1912c13
Updated:
Type: Lua+ffi
License: MIT

libjpeg

JPEG encoding & decoding

Version: r2-2-g790f9e6
Updated:
Type: Lua+ffi
License: BSD

libpng

PNG reader

Version: dev-39-g4073201
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-39-g8c1a1c8
Updated:
Type: Lua+ffi
License: LGPL

Unicode

utf8

UTF-8 encoding and decoding for LuaJIT

Version: r1-9-g3d3f208
Updated:
Type: Lua+ffi
License: Public Domain

ucdn

Unicode database and normalization

Version: r3-3-gb927b35
Updated:
Type: Lua+ffi
License: MIT

Hashing

xxhash

Fast non-crypto hash

Version: r1-2-g6ef2f69
Updated:
Type: Lua+ffi
License: BSD

blake2

BLAKE2 hashing

Version: r1-2-g3c4f39b
Updated:
Type: Lua+ffi
License: Public Domain

sha2

SHA-256/-384/-512 hashing

Version: r2-26-ge88193d
Updated:
Type: Lua+ffi
License: BSD

md5

Md5 hashing

Version: r2-29-g5c19e20
Updated:
Type: Lua+ffi
License: Public Domain

hmac

HMAC hashing

Version: r1-9-g6168bd3
Updated:
Type: Lua+ffi
License: Public Domain

Compression

zlib

Deflate & gzip

Version: r2-31-g939cd5f
Updated:
Type: Lua+ffi
License: ZLIB

lz4

Extremely fast compression

Version: dev-1-gd797c02
Updated:
Type: Lua+ffi
License: BSD

Encryption

libsodium

Libsodium binding

Version: dev-2-g879b180
Updated:
Type: Lua+ffi
License: ISC

Serialization

cjson

JSON encoding & decoding

Version: r3-29-g252dcba
Updated:
Type: Lua/C
License: MIT

expat

XML parser

Version: r2-43-g98eb125
Updated:
Type: Lua+ffi
License: MIT

genx

XML writer

Version: r2-27-g027b4a2
Updated:
Type: Lua+ffi
License: MIT

libb64

Base64 encoding & decoding

Version: r2-23-gd203b6c
Updated:
Type: Lua+ffi
License: Public Domain

Networking

libcurl

URL transfers

Version: r1-8-ge8369cd
Updated:
Type: Lua+ffi
License: MIT

rsync

Rsync algorithm in Lua

Version: r1-2-gc1ea780
Updated:
Type: Lua+ffi
License: Public Domain

Databases

mysql

Mysql database client

Version: r3-2-g4bc8277
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: r2-31-g2dfd7cd
Updated:
Type: Lua+ffi
License: MPL

Data Structures

heap

Priority queues

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

dlist

Doubly linked lists in Lua

Version: r3-3-gc5e72f1
Updated:
Type: Lua
License: Public Domain

lfrb

Lock-free ring buffer

Version: dev-4-g4209c3f
Updated:
Type: Lua+ffi
License: Public Domain

Support APIs

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: r1-7-gda27b37
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: r1-6-g0adde2c
Updated:
Type: Lua+ffi
License: MIT

Support Libs

libstdcxx

C++ standard library

Version: r1-0-g5796c9b
Updated:
Type: C
License: GPLv3+LINK

pixman

Pixel manipulation

Version: r2-26-ga87ac5e
Updated:
Type: C
License: MIT

libmariadb

MariaDB client library

Version: r1-6-gef1f82b
Updated:
Type: C
License: LGPL

libmysql

MySQL client library

Version: r1-14-g9786c04
Updated:
Type: C
License: GPL

openssl

Version: r1-0-gbca2858
Updated:
Type: C
License: BSD

libogg

Ogg container file format

Version: r1-1-g9eeedd0
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+ffi
License: Public Domain

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: r1-2-gb145e30
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

Package Management

luapower

Luapower package reflection library

Version: 1d23674
Updated:
Type: Lua+ffi
License: Public Domain

luapower_db

The luapower package database

Version: 6f3578a
Updated:
Type: Lua
License: Public Domain

luapower-repos

The luapower multigit meta-package

Version: e517d01
Updated:
Type: other
License: Public Domain

Unsupported

bnet

Networking library

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

lfs

Filesystem support

Version: r3-43-g0523a1d
Updated:
Type: Lua/C
License: MIT

lanes

Threads support

Version: r4-12-gd651f8e
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: r3-26-g9b1eca7
Updated:
Type: Lua/C
License: MIT

minizip

ZIP reader & writer

Version: r2-30-g820ee86
Updated:
Type: Lua+ffi
License: MIT

terra

The Terra language

Version: 1.0.0b-9-gf128989
Updated:
Type: Lua/C
License: MIT

llvm

LLVM + Clang binaries

Version: 18b1eb0
Updated:
Type: C
License: UI/NCSA

tuple

Real tuples

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

Misc

fonts-awesome

Version: b4a45ca
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

lrucache_lua

Size-limited LRU cache in Lua

Version: r1-4-g1a537c9
Updated:
Type: Lua
License: Public Domain

rangelist

Unidimensional non-overlapping selection ranges

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

utf8quot

&name; parser for utf-8 strings

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

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