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24 alternatives to MicroLua – Lua for the RP2040 Microcontroller

MicroLua allows programming the RP2040 microcontroller in Lua. It packages the latest Lua interpreter with bindings for the Pico SDK and a cooperative threading library. MicroLua is licensed under the MIT license. I wanted to learn about Lua and about the RP2040 microcontroller. This is the result :)

MicroLua enables programming of the RP2040 microcontroller using Lua instead of C. It bundles the latest Lua interpreter with bindings for the Pico SDK and includes a cooperative threading library for managing… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. MicroLua – Lua for the RP2040 Microcontroller launched in 2023; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

1
Glua, a Full-Featured Lua VM for Nodejs and the Browser▲70
Maybe you should use https://github.com/fiatjaf/flua instead of this - fiatjaf/glua
2017 · github.com · its alternatives →
2
LadyLua, batteries-included static Lua 5.1 interpreter▲61
Single executable(static), batteries included, Lua 5.1 interpreter. - tongson/LadyLua
2021 · github.com · its alternatives →
3
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 →
4
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 →
5
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 →
6
A Modern C/C++ build tools (Simple, Fast, Cross-platform)▲89
A cross-platform build utility based on Lua
2019 · xmake.io · its alternatives →
7
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 →
8
Microcrad – Micrograd Reimplemented in C▲79
A re-implementation of Karpathy's micrograd in C. Contribute to oraziorillo/microcrad development by creating an account on GitHub.
Jun 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
9
Micro LZMA decoder (x86 assembly code golf)▲56
Micro LZMA decoder. Contribute to ilyakurdyukov/micro-lzmadec development by creating an account on GitHub.
2022 · github.com · its alternatives →
10
Lua/C for mobile devices – Please tell me what you think▲58
Software Development Platform for ARM / Android terminals - vladpalos/PrimaLuce
2015 · github.com · its alternatives →
11
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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Lux – A luxurious package manager for Lua▲268
2025 · mrcjkb.dev · its alternatives →
13
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 →
14
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 →
15
Lua Carousel, create little programs on desktop or mobile devices▲165
Write programs on desktop and mobile
2023 · akkartik.itch.io · its alternatives →
16
LuaJIT assembler/assembly language for direct bytecode programming▲141
LuaJIT 2.0 and 2.1 bytecode generator, assembler, parser, viewer and test VM. Lua 5.1 parser, IDE and debugger. - rochus-keller/LjTools
2019 · github.com · its alternatives →
17
Lua in Python▲57
Lua in Python. Contribute to scoder/lupa development by creating an account on GitHub.
2015 · github.com · its alternatives →
18
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 →
19
TinyGo – LLVM-based Go compiler for microcontrollers▲177
Go compiler for small places. Microcontrollers, WebAssembly (WASM/WASI), and command-line tools. Based on LLVM. - tinygo-org/tinygo
2018 · github.com · its alternatives →
20
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 →
21MA
Micro – A public API platform (now free during beta)▲25
2021 · m3o.com · its alternatives →
22
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 →
23
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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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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