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24 alternatives to F.lua, a functional Lua extension library

A functional Lua extension library. Contribute to shakna-israel/f.lua development by creating an account on GitHub.

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. F.lua, a functional Lua extension library launched in 2017; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1. 1
   Python library for functional programming▲129

   Python library for creating data pipelines with chain functional programming - EntilZha/PyFunctional

   2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

2. 2
   Evolved.lua – An Evolved Entity Component System for Lua▲55

   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 →

3. 3
   LuaRT▲64

   Windows programming framework for Lua

   2022 · luart.org · its alternatives →

4. 4
   A console-based editor with Lua support, based on antirez's project▲85

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

   2016 · github.com · its alternatives →

5. 5
   My first Open Source project -- Teaching my son Lua▲33

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

   2012 · github.com · its alternatives →

6. 6
   Lua in Python▲57

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

   2015 · github.com · its alternatives →

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   A Modern C/C++ build tools (Simple, Fast, Cross-platform)▲89

   A cross-platform build utility based on Lua

   2019 · xmake.io · its alternatives →

8. 8
   Lua/LuaJIT with C/C++/Java/JavaScript syntax▲77

   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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   Another C++ Lua Wrapper▲24

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

   2015 · github.com · its alternatives →

10. 10
    PHPunctional, a PHP Functional Programming Library▲37

    Functional Programming Library For PHP. Contribute to r-cyr/PHPunctional development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2015 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Lua.sh▲11

    Open-source, next-generation, and scalable URL shortener

    2025 · lua.sh · its alternatives →

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    NetLua – Completely managed .NET Lua▲61

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

    2013 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    LambdaNet – A functional neural network library written in Haskell▲56

    Purely functional artificial neural network library implemented in Haskell. - jbarrow/LambdaNet

    2014 · github.com · its alternatives →

14. 14
    Superset of Lisp and Lua Programming Language, a la JSX▲38

    Lisp is Lisp. Lua is Lua. Lisp and Lua as One. Contribute to meric/l2l development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Modest – musical harmony library for Lua▲76

    This is a project I've been building in my spare time over the past few months. It's a library that provides methods for working with musical harmony ‒ intervals, notes, chords. For example, it can parse almost any chord symbol (Fmaj7, CminMaj9, etc) and turn it into notes, or it can identify a chord from a given set of notes. I started this project with the idea of using formal grammar to parse chord symbols. I wanted to use it instead of a hand-written parser, which is the common approach among similar libraries. Lua caught my attention because of Lpeg, a Parsing Expression Grammar library…

    2025 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    A graph-based functional API for building complex sklearn pipelines▲77

    A graph-based functional API for building complex scikit-learn pipelines. - alegonz/baikal

    2020 · github.com · its alternatives →

17. 17
    Cinder▲122

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

    2017 · libcinder.org · its alternatives →

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    Luastatic – Build an executable from a Lua program▲44

    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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    A Fast, Malloc-Free C++14 Json Parser and Encoder▲98

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

    2014 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Luakernel – Lua + SQLite + musl libc running on x86▲115

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

    2014 · github.com · its alternatives →

21. 21
    The Programming Language Lua▲9

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

    2024 · lua.org · its alternatives →

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    Functors, Applicative Functors and Monads in PHP▲46

    Functors, Applicative Functors and Monads in PHP. Contribute to widmogrod/php-functional development by creating an account on GitHub.

    2015 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    A cross-platform c/c++ build utility based on Lua▲10

    🔥 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 →

24. 24
    FSET▲93

    A JSON Schema editor, no more writing json schema by hand

    2021 · fset.app · its alternatives →

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