Top 7 Lua OSX Projects

PaperWM.spoon

1 12 1,679 8.6 Lua

Tiled scrollable window manager for MacOS

Project mention: Hammerspoon | news.ycombinator.com | 2026-03-13

If you are on macOS but miss Paperwm or niri, etc this is a good compromise thanks to Hammerspoon: https://github.com/mogenson/PaperWM.spoon
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picolove

2 7 876 7.9 Lua

PICO-8 Reimplementation in Love2D. Chat: https://discord.gg/jGEMUse6RM
VimMode.spoon

3 15 781 1.8 Lua

Adds vim keybindings to all OS X inputs

Project mention: Hammerspoon | news.ycombinator.com | 2026-03-13

Some stuff I've made in Hammerspoon you can use:
- Vim mode everywhere in macOS: https://github.com/dbalatero/VimMode.spoon
- Modifier keys + click/drag to resize or move windows: https://github.com/dbalatero/SkyRocket.spoon
- Show an overlay helper of all your keybinds when you hold modifier keys down: https://github.com/dbalatero/HyperKey.spoon
And my huge pile of random scripts/configs: https://github.com/dbalatero/nixpkgs/tree/main/home/modules/...
MIDI2LR

4 14 765 7.7 Lua

An application and plugin to remotely control Lightroom with a MIDI controller
miro-windows-manager

5 5 398 10.0 Lua

Intuitive and clever mechanism for moving windows using only arrows, even resizing windows by thirds or quarters! For OSX

Project mention: Hammerspoon | news.ycombinator.com | 2026-03-13
.dotfiles

6 3 93 5.7 Lua

💻 My settings for macOS, wezterm, zsh, nvim, and more 🛠 (by alex-popov-tech)
hammerspoon

7 3 23 0.0 Lua

A hammerspoon config with a bunch of custom spoons (sleep timer, resolution changer, paywall buster, safari hotkey utilities, window management with undo, etc). (by nonissue)

NOTE: The open source projects on this list are ordered by number of github stars. The number of mentions indicates repo mentiontions in the last 12 Months or since we started tracking (Dec 2020).

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Hammerspoon

20 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 13 Mar 2026
Yabai – A tiling window manager for macOS

35 projects | news.ycombinator.com | 30 Nov 2023
Is there any drawing software in which RGB values could be inputted by a midi device?

1 project | /r/midi | 28 Feb 2023
Lightroom CC Keyboard Shortcuts

1 project | /r/Lightroom | 24 Feb 2023
Is there a way to detach or control develop settings on the right side on a separate monitor?

1 project | /r/Lightroom | 24 Jan 2023
after a lot of asking, trying and failing. My first hardwired macropad that sent midi cc for use with lightroom.

1 project | /r/olkb | 6 Jan 2023
I think I've been poisoned by something called vim

5 projects | /r/neovim | 10 Nov 2022
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What are some of the best open-source OSX projects in Lua? This list will help you:

#	Project	Stars
1	PaperWM.spoon	1,679
2	picolove	876
3	VimMode.spoon	781
4	MIDI2LR	765
5	miro-windows-manager	398
6	.dotfiles	93
7	hammerspoon	23

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Top 7 Lua OSX Projects

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Hammerspoon

Yabai – A tiling window manager for macOS

Is there any drawing software in which RGB values could be inputted by a midi device?

Lightroom CC Keyboard Shortcuts

Is there a way to detach or control develop settings on the right side on a separate monitor?

after a lot of asking, trying and failing. My first hardwired macropad that sent midi cc for use with lightroom.

I think I've been poisoned by something called vim

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