# mkottman/AndroLua

Lua and LuaJava ported to Android

Repository: https://github.com/mkottman/AndroLua
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/androlua
Language: C
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Last push: 2016-08-17T03:56:17+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5690, "days_push": 3668, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1112, forks 300 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:37.780300+00:00)

## What it is
An Android app that ports the Lua interpreter and LuaJava to Android, letting you execute Lua code that can access the Android API. It also supports interactive remote coding over TCP from a computer.

## Use cases
- run lua scripts on android
- experiment with android api without building an apk
- interactive lua repl on a phone
- access android api from lua
- upload lua code to device over tcp

## When to choose
- you want to prototype Android API calls in Lua quickly
- you need a Lua interpreter on an Android device

## When to avoid
- you need a maintained or updated project
- you want to build production Android apps in Lua
- you need modern Android tooling support (Gradle)

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: abandoned
- function: interpreter, programming-language
- domain: mobile-development, developer-tools, programming-languages
- platform: -
- tags: lua, luajava, android-ndk, interactive-interpreter, scripting, android

## Member repositories
- mkottman/AndroLua (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:37.780300+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T06:42:48.792199+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/mkottman/AndroLua (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:37.780300+00:00, sha dfb16a2e9830)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.