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24 alternatives to LuaRT

Windows programming framework for Lua

Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. LuaRT launched in 2022; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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Lua Carousel, create little programs on desktop or mobile devices▲165
Write programs on desktop and mobile
2023 · akkartik.itch.io · its alternatives →
2
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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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 →
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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 →
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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 →
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LÖVR – VR framework for Lua▲131
An open source Lua framework for building 3D games and VR experiences.
2017 · lovr.org · its alternatives →
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Slint – A declarative UI toolkit for embedded and desktop▲291
Slint is a declarative GUI toolkit written primarily in Rust, with API support for multiple programming languages such as C++ and JavaScript. It is designed for desktop and embedded usage. The Slint website has just been redesigned. And we added a new Royalty-Free License option besides GPL and commercial
2023 · slint.dev · its alternatives →
8
The Programming Language Lua▲9
Lua is a powerful, efficient, lightweight, script language.
2024 · lua.org · its alternatives →
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Ludus Beta▲906
A limitless presentation tool for designers.
2017 · ludus.one · its alternatives →
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Luda – Yet another front-end UI framework▲6
A library helps to build cross-framework UI components. - oatw/luda
2019 · 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 →
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Xmake, a modern C/C++ build utility▲186
🔥 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 →
13
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 →
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Luminal – Open-source, search-based GPU compiler▲153
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/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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Lumora▲144
Your tool to collaborate, enhance, and create with AI
2024 · lumora.run · its alternatives →
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Clx – Compile Lua to Native Executables Through C++20▲143
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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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 →
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LuaGB – A Gameboy emulator written in pure Lua▲136
A gameboy emulator written in pure Lua. Work in progress. - zeta0134/LuaGB
2017 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Lux – A luxurious package manager for Lua▲268
2025 · mrcjkb.dev · its alternatives →
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Lua-libuv – A Lua with libuv experiments▲42
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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Luade▲69
Run Lua scripts from iOS
2018 · its alternatives →
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Ludus Beta for Teams▲271
Make better presentations, together.
2017 · ludus.one · its alternatives →
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Yue – A new library to create cross-platform GUI apps▲104
A library for creating native cross-platform GUI apps - yue/yue
2017 · github.com · its alternatives →

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