# LuaDist/lua

The Lua programming language with CMake based build

Repository: https://github.com/LuaDist/lua
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/luadist-lua
Language: C
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Archived: true
Last push: 2019-10-31T01:41:55+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 10/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5817, "days_push": 2499, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, archived, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1491, forks 455 (observed 2026-08-28T04:04:52.505594+00:00)

## What it is
A distribution of the Lua 5.1 programming language interpreter and library built with CMake instead of the standard Makefiles. It provides the lightweight, embeddable scripting language as pure ANSI C for easy cross-platform compilation.

## Use cases
- embed a lua scripting engine in a c application
- build lua with cmake on windows
- run lua scripts from the command line
- cross-platform lua binaries for a package manager
- script game or app logic with lua

## When to choose
- you need Lua built via CMake for integration into a CMake-based project
- you want preconfigured cross-platform builds of the Lua interpreter and library
- you are packaging Lua for a multi-platform distribution

## When to avoid
- you need the latest Lua version (this tracks Lua 5.1)
- you want the official upstream build system and support
- you need actively developed language features or fixes

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: maintenance
- function: programming-language, interpreter
- domain: programming-languages, developer-tools, cross-platform
- platform: windows, cpp, c
- tags: lua, cmake, language-implementation, scripting-language, luadist, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- LuaDist/lua (main) score 10

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:52.505594+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 2026-08-30T04:33:32.745000+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/LuaDist/lua (fetched 2026-08-28T04:04:52.505594+00:00, sha 58d4d633bc64)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.