Life & fun · alternatives · 2026

Lux is a package manager designed for the Lua programming language. It provides developers with a way to manage dependencies and packages within Lua projects. The tool is built to streamline the process of installing… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes.

1. 1ST
   Sublime Text 2 Package Manager▲47

   2011 · wbond.net · its alternatives →

2. 2AP
   A package manager for AI plugins▲82

   AI plugin package manager

   2023 · openpm.ai · its alternatives →

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   tea▲303

   The Homebrew replacement from the maker of Homebrew

   2023 · tea.xyz · its alternatives →

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   Esy – fast and simple package management for native ReasonML/OCaml▲134

   Package manager for Reason, OCaml and more

   2019 · esy.sh · its alternatives →

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   Lux – Drop-in Redis replacement in Rust. 5.6x faster, ~1MB Docker image▲59

   A Redis-compatable key-value store. Up to 10x faster. Native vector support. - lux-db/lux

   Mar 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →

6. 6DA
   Duo – a next-generation package manager for the front end▲168

   2014 · duojs.org · 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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   Luxa CSS▲67

   A minimalist CSS framework.

   2021 · luxacss.com · its alternatives →

9. 9
   Lumos, a local LLM Chrome extension▲146

   Lumos is an LLM co-pilot for browsing the web, powered by local LLMs (Ollama). - Summarize long threads on issue tracking sites, forums, and social media sites - Summarize news articles - Ask questions about reviews on business and product pages - Ask questions about long, technical documentation - What else?

   2024 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    Luxe Valet▲144

    Luxe is an on-demand valet parking and car services app

    2014 · luxevalet.com · its alternatives →

11. 11
    Lumos▲87

    One tool to manage your college journey

    2024 · lumos.japroz.me · its alternatives →

12. 12
    An experimental, modern package manager for operating systems▲13

    an experimental package manager for operating systems - lodosgroup/lpm

    2023 · github.com · its alternatives →

13. 13
    Brioche – A new Nix-like package manager▲168

    This is a project I've wanted to write for a long time now. I really love the ideas from Nix and I still have a ton of respect for the project, but Nix-the-language never felt intuitive to me and I wanted something with more approachable tooling (although this was circa 2016, so I'm sure Nix has improved a lot since then too-- that was before Flakes were around!) Anyway, I started on the current iteration of Brioche about 6 months ago, and I finally cut an initial release. I'd still consider this a "technical preview" version (performance especially is pretty painful, so that'll be a focus…

    2024 · brioche.dev · its alternatives →

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    Lumi.new▲227

    Hi HN — we’re the team behind Lumi (lumi.new). Lumi is an all-in-one platform to build and launch websites or lightweight apps simply by chatting—no code needed to write, no external services needed to integrate. We’re a 10+ person team. What’s UNIQUE: ANYWHERE: Multi-country language support out of the box (create & maintain multiple locales in one project) ANYONE: With built-in Database + Sign-In + more internal tools coming soon, anyone can achieve anything without technical stuff being barriers ANYTIME：No waiting list! Works right now to bulid CRM system, e-commerce portal, photo -…

    2025 · lumi.new · its alternatives →

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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 →

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    Luxi.Ai▲214

    AI fashion assistance

    2024 · its alternatives →

17. 17
    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 →

18. 18
    Luxe Projects▲101

    Marketplace for listing and purchasing high-quality projects

    2020 · 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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    ied – an alternative package manager for Node▲86

    :package: Like npm, but faster - an alternative package manager for Node - alexanderGugel/ied

    2015 · github.com · its alternatives →

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    lde – LuaJIT written, all in one, package manager and runtime▲5

    Release v0.10.0 — lde blog

    Aug 2026 · lde.sh · its alternatives →

22. 22
    LuaRT▲64

    Windows programming framework for Lua

    2022 · luart.org · 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 →

24. 24
    The Programming Language Lua▲9

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

    2024 · lua.org · its alternatives →

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