Alternatives

Products that do what 6502 in pure Lua, no dependencies does

1LL
Luakernel – Lua + SQLite + musl libc running on x86▲115
2014 · github.com
2LI
Lua in Python▲57
2015 · github.com
3LL
Lua/LuaJIT with C/C++/Java/JavaScript syntax▲77
2018 · github.com
4AC
Another C++ Lua Wrapper▲24
2015 · github.com
5CL
Config.ly – Never hardcode your data again▲106
2020 · config.ly
6VS
Visual Studio Code for Chromebooks and Raspberry Pi▲157
2016 · code.headmelted.com
7AC
A console-based editor with Lua support, based on antirez's project▲85
2016 · github.com
8CA
Croissant, a Lua REPL and Debugger▲93
2019 · github.com
9LC
Live coding in Lua with ZeroBrane Studio▲34
2012 · notebook.kulchenko.com
10LB
Luastatic – Build an executable from a Lua program▲44
2015 · github.com
11NC
No-Code CI for Android▲36
2019 · turingci.com
12CB
Console based email client with Lua scripting▲78
2017 · lumail.org
13KT
Kailua, Type Checker and IDE Support for Lua▲10
2017 · github.com
14HZ
Houston – Zero-config Admin for Meteor▲37
2013 · github.com
15GA
Glua, a Full-Featured Lua VM for Nodejs and the Browser▲70
2017 · github.com
16HF
Hyper Func, Docker serverless platform, any language, no max runtime▲15
2017 · docs.hyper.sh
17L2
LemonadeJS 2 Micro(6Kb) Reactive Library. No Transpile, No Dependencies▲5
2022 · github.com
18LL
lsblk.lua: lsblk(8) for FreeBSD using Lua in base system▲6
2025 · github.com
19T2
Ttar 2.4 KB freestanding TAR archiver written in C, no Libc▲9
Jun 2026 · github.com
20NT
Nightcode, the Clojure IDE, just hit 0.1.0▲68
2013 · nightcode.info
21LC
Lua/C for mobile devices – Please tell me what you think▲58
2015 · github.com
22ZC
Zero Copy Network lib for golang▲19
2016 · github.com
23IW
I wrote a Libc-free AOT systems language in JavaScript with no VM▲6
Jul 2026 · github.com
24LM
Lua Meets Node.js – Luaw, Nonblocking HTTP Server for Lua▲10
2015 · github.com

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