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24 alternatives to Another C++ Lua Wrapper

Minimal-overhead C++ wrapper for Lua. Contribute to vapourismo/luwra development by creating an account on GitHub.

Luwra is a C++ wrapper library for Lua that aims to minimize performance overhead when integrating Lua into C++ applications. It provides developers with tools to call Lua code from C++ and expose C++ functionality to… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Another C++ Lua Wrapper launched in 2015; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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    Hi HN, clx is an ahead-of-time compiler for standard Lua that generates C++20 and produces standalone native executables through GCC, Clang or MSVC. The project started as an experiment to see whether modern C++ could be used as a portable compiler backend instead of LLVM or direct machine code generation. The generated code is then compiled and optimized by the host toolchain. The latest release replaces the previous NaN-tagged value representation with a new shadow-types implementation, adds full int64 support, improves native arithmetic code generation and adds ARM64 macOS coroutine…

    Jul 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    A cross-platform build utility based on Lua

    2019 · xmake.io · its alternatives →

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    laboratório de integração Lua com libuv para execução de scripts assíncronos e experimentação de POCs - joaoneto/lua-libuv

    2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Lua with C/C++/Java/Javascript syntax. Contribute to mingodad/ljs development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2018 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Maybe you should use https://github.com/fiatjaf/flua instead of this - fiatjaf/glua

    2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Lua in Python. Contribute to scoder/lupa development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2015 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Lua + SQLite + musl libc running on x86. Contribute to ers35/luakernel development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2014 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    🔥 A cross-platform build utility based on Lua. Contribute to xmake-io/xmake development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2020 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    I'm excited to announce the first release of my library, evolved.lua! evolved.lua is a fast and flexible ECS (Entity-Component-System) library for Lua. It is designed to be simple and easy to use, while providing all the features needed to create complex systems with blazing performance. Enjoy!

    2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Cinder▲122

    Free and open source library for creative coding in C++

    2017 · libcinder.org · its alternatives →

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    A minimal text-editor with lua scripting. Contribute to skx/kilua development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Lua Text Adventure Engine. Contribute to shawndumas/adventure.lua development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2012 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    🥐 A Lua REPL and debugger. Contribute to giann/croissant development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2019 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    🔥 A cross-platform build utility based on Lua. Contribute to xmake-io/xmake development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2019 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    LuaRT▲64

    Windows programming framework for Lua

    2022 · luart.org · its alternatives →

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    Meta programming utilities for C++14. Merged in matt-42/lithium - matt-42/iod

    2014 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Build a standalone executable from a Lua program. Contribute to ers35/luastatic development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2015 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Hi HN, I’m Joe. My friends Matthew, Jake and I are building Luminal (https://luminalai.com/), a GPU compiler for automatically generating fast GPU kernels for AI models. It uses search-based compilation to achieve high performance. We take high level model code, like you'd have in PyTorch, and generate very fast GPU code. We do that without using LLMs or AI - rather, we pose it as a search problem. Our compiler builds a search space, generates millions of possible kernels, and then searches through it to minimize runtime. You can try out a demo in `demos/matmul` on mac to…

    2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Lua is a powerful, efficient, lightweight, script language.

    2024 · lua.org · its alternatives →

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    An experimental Python-to-C transpiler and domain specific language for embedded high-performance computing - zanellia/prometeo

    2021 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Completely managed .NET Lua. Contribute to frabert/NetLua development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2013 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    LuaJIT FFI binding for libuv. Contribute to pguillory/luajit-libuv development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2014 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Meta programming utilities for C++14. Merged in matt-42/lithium - matt-42/iod

    2014 · github.com · its alternatives →

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