# luarocks/luarocks

LuaRocks is the package manager for the Lua programming language.

Repository: https://github.com/luarocks/luarocks
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/luarocks
Homepage: https://luarocks.org
Language: Lua
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: luarocks, lua, lua-modules, luajit, package-manager, package-management
Last push: 2026-08-16T21:47:37+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 84/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:39:23.370411+00:00)
- activity 98, release rhythm 56, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 6010, "days_push": 17, "days_rel": 217, "gap_med": 0.0, "n_releases_24m": 69}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 3722, forks 479 (observed 2026-08-28T04:08:15.504399+00:00)

## What it is
LuaRocks is the package manager for the Lua programming language, installing Lua modules as self-contained packages called rocks. It supports local and remote repositories, multiple local rocks trees, and a public hosting service at luarocks.org.

## Use cases
- install lua modules from the command line
- publish a lua library as a rock
- manage lua dependencies for a project
- find lua packages compatible with lua 5.1-5.4 or luajit
- pin specific versions of lua modules
- set up a local rocks tree for development

## When to choose
- you are developing in Lua or LuaJIT and need dependency management
- you want to distribute a Lua module to the community
- you need reproducible installs of Lua libraries across platforms

## When to avoid
- your project is not written in Lua
- you need a general-purpose language-agnostic package manager

## Facets
- artifact type: cli-tool
- maturity: stable
- function: package-manager, cli, developer-tools
- domain: programming-languages, developer-tools
- platform: windows, cross-platform, cli
- tags: lua, luajit, rocks, rockspec, dependency-management, command-line, linux, macos

## Member repositories
- luarocks/luarocks (main) score 84

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:15.504399+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 2026-08-29T18:29:18.885647+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/luarocks/luarocks (fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:15.504399+00:00, sha 127ee91e4ee8)
  - homepage: https://luarocks.org (fetched 2026-08-29T09:23:58.722252+00:00, sha 3ffb52147c22)
  - site_page: https://luarocks.org/docs (fetched 2026-08-29T09:23:58.724860+00:00, sha b9ace133d1b9)
  - site_page: https://luarocks.org/about (fetched 2026-08-29T09:23:58.727244+00:00, sha 92f818af353f)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.