# momotech/MLN

高性能、小巧、易上手的移动跨平台开发框架. A framework for building Mobile cross-platform apps with Lua

Repository: https://github.com/momotech/MLN
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/mln
Language: C
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: android, lua, ios, cross-platform, crossplatform, mobile, script, javascript, nativescript, playground, mln, weex, react-native, flutter
Last push: 2024-07-31T03:04:40+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 2540, "days_push": 763, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1643, forks 207 (observed 2026-08-28T04:05:15.958775+00:00)

## What it is
MLN (Momo Lua Native) is a mobile cross-platform framework from Momo that lets developers build Android and iOS apps from a single Lua codebase running on an embedded native engine. It emphasizes a tiny ~1.2MB footprint, near-native performance, native bridge extensibility, and hot updates plus hot reload during development.

## Use cases
- build android and ios apps from one codebase
- cross-platform mobile framework that uses lua
- add hot update capability to a native mobile app
- embed a lua scripting runtime in an ios or android app
- find a react native or flutter alternative with near-native performance
- develop mobile pages with hot reload instead of recompiling

## When to choose
- Your team already knows native Android/iOS development and wants those patterns carried over to a scripted cross-platform layer
- App size and runtime performance are critical constraints for your mobile app
- You need to ship UI or logic changes dynamically without waiting for app store review

## When to avoid
- You prefer the JavaScript/TypeScript or Dart ecosystems with large third-party package registries
- You need broad community support, plugins, and long-term ecosystem momentum
- Your team has no native mobile experience, since MLN deliberately mirrors native development paradigms

## Facets
- artifact type: framework
- maturity: maintenance
- function: mobile-framework, interpreter
- domain: mobile-development, cross-platform, developer-tools
- platform: cross-platform
- tags: lua, hot-update, hot-reload, native-bridge, native-performance, small-footprint, scripting-engine, react-native-alternative, momo, android, ios

## Member repositories
- momotech/MLN (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:15.958775+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 2026-08-30T03:46:18.016765+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/momotech/MLN (fetched 2026-08-28T04:05:15.958775+00:00, sha eff8ec3901b1)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.