EmmyLua/IntelliJ-EmmyLua

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1836 stars · 335 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

EmmyLua is an IntelliJ IDEA plugin providing Lua language support, including syntax highlighting, code completion, navigation, refactoring, and debugging. It is written in Kotlin and distributed via the JetBrains Plugin Repository.

Use cases

• lua ide for intellij idea
• debug lua code from intellij
• lua syntax highlighting and completion in jetbrains ides
• rename and find usages for lua symbols
• lua type annotations with @class and @param
• install lua plugin for pycharm or phpstorm

When to choose

• you develop Lua in IntelliJ IDEA or other JetBrains IDEs and want IDE features like navigation, completion, and refactoring
• you need an integrated Lua debugger inside a JetBrains IDE
• you want Lua type annotation support via EmmyLua annotations

When to avoid

• you use VS Code or another non-JetBrains editor
• you need Lua 5.4 or newer language features beyond the plugin's supported versions
• you only need a standalone Lua interpreter or linter rather than IDE tooling

Facets

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editor documentation developer-tools text-editors programming-languages editor-plugin cross-platform jvm lua intellij-idea jetbrains-plugin ide-support debugger syntax-highlighting code-completion kotlin debugging

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