hererocks
Prosody IM
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MIT License | GNU General Public License v3.0 or later |
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hererocks
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A History of Lua
> Also it is technical and not user-friendly for windows users, because luarocks (package manager) is unusable there unless you’re skilled in C build systems and are ready to fix these issues.
I've found using hererocks[1] makes setting up lua and luarocks on Windows very easy. Running it in visual studio's command prompt has let me install pure Lua and C rocks.
However, I've noticed many rocks aren't updated on luarocks and the best way to install them is to point luarocks to the rockspec file in their git repo. (Instead of `luarocks install testy` you do something like `luarocks install https://raw.githubusercontent.com/siffiejoe/lua-testy/master...` .)
[1] https://github.com/luarocks/hererocks
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The simplest instructions for installing the latest versions of lua + luajit + luarocks together on linux
You might like hererocks. I've found it to be the easiest way to get up and running with Lua on any system that already has Python.
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[linux] Installing lua from source
Never used luaver but I can recommend hererocks. It's like pyenv but Lua. Just run ./hererocks.py --lua 5.3 --luarocks latest {location_to_install}.
Prosody IM
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My collection of Ansible roles for self-hosting everything with Rocky Linux and FreeIPA
XMPP server using Prosody
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Lua: The Little Language That Could
lua on its own right can be fun too! If you are looking for a project to contribute to, there's for instance the Prosody XMPP server that's written in it, and contributes to the betterment of internet by promoting federated protocols.
There's also the http://prosody.im/ XMPP server that's written in Lua, and it's very successful there. The other major XMPP server implementation is in Erlang and they are equally praised, so that should tell something about Lua's versatility.
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VoceChat server is ready! Rust written 17MB open sourced chat server--the easiest to host/intergrate chat server you can find.
Take your pick. Or just look here.
- Chat Server
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A History of Lua
You can write largish standalone application in Lua and it is not always a poor choice - Prosody [1] first comes to mind. But qualities which make it a good embedded language make it less _attractive_ for other uses.
Lua has very simple syntax and small stdlib which allows its implementation to be very small - you can add Lua to your application and not increase its size significantly. But when the size is not a concern most programmers prefer languages with rich, powerful syntax lots of features and batteries-included stdlib (which is completely opposite of Lua).
[1] https://prosody.im/
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Chat app to allow messaging between my daughter and I?
If you are really set on a LAN-only setup you could look at Prosody (combined with an Android app such as Conversations) which Snikket is based upon. It's not as "ready to go, out of the box" as Snikket and therefore requires a slightly higher skill level, but in exchange it is a lot more customizable and adaptable to different kinds of deployment scenarios.
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Google Chat through Matrix questions
Selfhosting XMPP is pretty simple with https://prosody.im/
- Need Advice on Instant Messaging
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Ask HN: What is your recommended stack for real time chat?
My choice, because it's the stack I know very well, would be Prosody ( https://prosody.im/ - I'm one of the devs) and a web client such as Converse.js ( https://conversejs.org/ ). XMPP is highly extensible, Prosody is highly modular, which make them a good foundation for building on top of.
That said, the right stack is generally the one that matches your requirements, and (if this isn't primarily a learning exercise) whatever you're most familiar with. The hardest part of building a Discord or Slack-like in 2022 is actually not the technical stuff. There are many comprehensive open-source products already out there that compete with these companies, such as Mattermost, RocketChat and Element.
What are some alternatives?
install-lua - Lua installation guide
ejabberd - Robust, Ubiquitous and Massively Scalable Messaging Platform (XMPP, MQTT, SIP Server)
nvim-oxi - :link: Rust bindings to all things Neovim
Openfire - An XMPP server licensed under the Open Source Apache License.
lua-enumerable - A port of ruby's Enumerable module to Lua
Metronome IM - Metronome IM, lightweight xmpp server with advanced microblogging features.
luacheck - A tool for linting and static analysis of Lua code.
Tigase - Tigase XMPP server patched for Kontalk
LjTools - LuaJIT 2.0 bytecode parser, viewer, assembler and test VM. Lua 5.1 parser, IDE and debugger.
matterbridge - bridge between mattermost, IRC, gitter, xmpp, slack, discord, telegram, rocketchat, twitch, ssh-chat, zulip, whatsapp, keybase, matrix, microsoft teams, nextcloud, mumble, vk and more with REST API (mattermost not required!)
port70 - A Gopher server in Lua
jackal - 💬 Instant messaging server for the Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol (XMPP).