Show HN: LadyLua, batteries-included static Lua 5.1 interpreter

• LadyLua

  4 83 1.8 Go

  Single executable(static), batteries included, Lua 5.1 interpreter.

• gopher-lua

  7 6,005 4.9 Go

  GopherLua: VM and compiler for Lua in Go

GopherLua [0] is a Lua implementation written in Go, not just a wrapper around the C implementation.

The main alternative seems to be Shopify’s go-lua [1], given that Microsoft’s golua [2] is no longer being developed. The main difference between these three implementations seems to be the supported Lua version - 5.1, 5.2 and 5.3 respectively.

[0] https://github.com/yuin/gopher-lua

[1] https://github.com/Shopify/go-lua

[2] https://github.com/Azure/golua

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• go-lua

  4 2,929 2.8 Go

  A Lua VM in Go

  

GopherLua [0] is a Lua implementation written in Go, not just a wrapper around the C implementation.

The main alternative seems to be Shopify’s go-lua [1], given that Microsoft’s golua [2] is no longer being developed. The main difference between these three implementations seems to be the supported Lua version - 5.1, 5.2 and 5.3 respectively.

[0] https://github.com/yuin/gopher-lua

[1] https://github.com/Shopify/go-lua

[2] https://github.com/Azure/golua

• golua

  2 1,844 0.0 Go

  Discontinued A Lua 5.3 engine implemented in Go

  

GopherLua [0] is a Lua implementation written in Go, not just a wrapper around the C implementation.

The main alternative seems to be Shopify’s go-lua [1], given that Microsoft’s golua [2] is no longer being developed. The main difference between these three implementations seems to be the supported Lua version - 5.1, 5.2 and 5.3 respectively.

[0] https://github.com/yuin/gopher-lua

[1] https://github.com/Shopify/go-lua

[2] https://github.com/Azure/golua

• gopher-json

  1 65 0.0 Go

  a simple JSON encoder/decoder for gopher-lua

  

LadyLua is using GopherLua as the base. It only supports 5.1. Also don't need the features of 5.2+. Sticking with 5.1 gets you a 'finished' language.

GopherLua <-> Go is pretty easy. I was doing LuaJIT FFI to Rust before, moved to GopherLua, it's easier. Check this out to get a feel, it's the json module in LadyLua: https://github.com/layeh/gopher-json

• omniajit

  1 5 0.0 C

  Standalone LuaJIT programs.

I have an earlier project that did LuaJIT, FFI, and Rust: https://github.com/tongson/omniajit. Creating a static executable is more trouble compared to LadyLua. I would still use it for anything that needs less resources and speed.

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