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Dev tools · October 26, 2015

Luastatic – Build an executable from a Lua program

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

Luastatic – Build an executable from a Lua program launched on October 26, 2015 with 44 votes, #1,774 of 4,175 launches that month and more than 90% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 10 years on.

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In plain words

Luastatic is a development tool that converts Lua programs into standalone executables. It allows developers to package Lua code as self-contained binaries that can run without requiring a separate Lua installation. The tool is hosted on GitHub and accepts community contributions to its ongoing development.

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