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189 projects1266.2k total stars178.7k total forks17 languages

Open-source projects built with Lua

There are currently 189 open-source projects built with Lua, with a combined total of 1266.2k GitHub stars. The most common language among these projects is Lua.

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bustedlunarmodules/busted

An elegant and easy-to-use unit testing framework for Lua, LuaJIT, and MoonScript.

1.6k204Lua
1 month ago
toy engine
toy enginehugoam/toy

A thin, modular C++ game engine designed for building games directly from C++ with full control and fast iteration.

1.6k103C++
5 years ago
Horde3D
Horde3Dhorde3d/Horde3D

A lightweight, cross-platform 3D rendering and animation engine with a clean C++ architecture and C-style API.

1.6k307C++
25 days ago
Lumos
Lumosjmorton06/Lumos

A cross-platform C++ game engine for 2D and 3D development with Vulkan rendering and Lua scripting.

1.6k155C++
25 days ago
lightspeed.nvim
lightspeed.nvimggandor/lightspeed.nvim

A deprecated Neovim motion plugin that enables fast, efficient cursor navigation using 2-character search patterns with ahead-of-time labeling.

1.6k28Fennel
2 years ago
dropbar.nvim
dropbar.nvimBekaboo/dropbar.nvim

A polished, IDE-like, highly-customizable winbar for Neovim with drop-down menus and multiple backends.

1.5k39Lua
6 months ago
gen.nvim
gen.nvimDavid-Kunz/gen.nvim

A Neovim plugin for generating and editing text using local LLMs like Llama and Mistral via Ollama.

1.5k125Lua
11 months ago
twilight.nvim
twilight.nvimfolke/twilight.nvim

A Neovim plugin that dims inactive code portions using TreeSitter for enhanced focus.

1.5k22Lua
5 months ago
inspect.lua
inspect.luakikito/inspect.lua

A Lua library that transforms any Lua value into a human-readable representation for debugging.

1.5k200Lua
3 months ago
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