Azure/golua
A Lua 5.3 engine implemented in Go observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
10/100
- Activity 0
- Release rhythm 35
- Longevity 100
Flags: no_releases archived
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 2938
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 2151
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
1817 stars · 85 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
A Lua 5.3 engine (compiler and virtual machine) implemented entirely in Go. It allows Go applications to embed and execute Lua scripts without cgo.
Use cases
- embed a lua scripting engine in a go application
- run lua scripts from go without cgo
- evaluate user-provided lua scripts safely
- parse and execute lua 5.3 code
- add plugin scripting to a go program
When to choose
- you need a pure-Go Lua interpreter with no cgo dependency
- you want to embed Lua 5.3 scripting in a Go service or tool
When to avoid
- you need a production-stable, fully compatible Lua implementation
- you need Lua 5.4 or LuaJIT performance and features
- you need long-term maintenance guarantees - the project is experimental and inactive since 2020
Facets
library · maturity experimental
interpreter programming-language parser programming-languages parsers developer-tools go cross-platform lua lua-5.3 scripting-engine embedding vm
1 source
- readme: https://github.com/Azure/golua · fetched 2026-08-28 · 3bf0f7404e47
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| Azure/golua | main | 10 |
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