# alibaba/LuaViewSDK

A cross-platform framework to build native, dynamic and swift user interface - 强大轻巧灵活的客户端动态化解决方案

Repository: https://github.com/alibaba/LuaViewSDK
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/luaviewsdk
Homepage: https://alibaba.github.io/LuaViewSDK
Language: Objective-C
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: playground, lua, react-native, weex, nativescript, luaview, alibaba, taobao, tmall, script, javascript, ios, android, mobile, cross-platform, crossplatform
Last push: 2022-05-16T18:11:23+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 3891, "days_push": 1570, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 3726, forks 759 (observed 2026-08-28T04:08:15.648336+00:00)

## What it is
LuaViewSDK is a cross-platform framework from Alibaba that builds native, dynamic user interfaces on iOS and Android using a single Lua script codebase running on a lightweight Lua VM. It bridges Lua scripts to native UI APIs, letting mobile developers render full or partial native pages and even simple games without learning web technologies.

## Use cases
- build dynamic native mobile pages from a single lua script
- hot-update app ui without releasing to the app store
- render part of a native screen with scriptable views
- make simple 2d games with canvas drawing on mobile
- extend apps with custom native components bound to lua
- share one ui codebase between ios and android

## When to choose
- you want native performance with script-driven dynamic ui on ios and android
- your team knows native mobile apis but not react or vue
- you need lightweight scripting with a tiny vm footprint (~200-300k)
- you need to update ui logic without app store releases

## When to avoid
- you want a modern, actively developed cross-platform framework - the project has seen little activity since 2022
- your team prefers javascript-based solutions like react native or weex
- you need a large ecosystem of third-party libraries and community plugins
- you are building non-mobile or web targets

## Facets
- artifact type: framework
- maturity: maintenance
- function: mobile-framework, ui-components, interpreter, graphics
- domain: mobile-development, cross-platform, frontend
- platform: cross-platform, lua
- tags: lua-vm, dynamic-ui, hybrid-apps, native-rendering, hot-update, alibaba, automation, ios, android, mobile

## Member repositories
- alibaba/LuaViewSDK (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:15.648336+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 2026-08-29T18:29:15.542253+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/alibaba/LuaViewSDK (fetched 2026-08-28T04:08:15.648336+00:00, sha 72b9f2885c90)
  - homepage: https://alibaba.github.io/LuaViewSDK (fetched 2026-08-29T09:23:47.040891+00:00, sha a2b04addaa9f)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.