probablycorey/wax

Health v2 · maintenance only

Flags: no_releases

Adoption not part of the score

1971 stars · 627 forks observed · 2026-08-28

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

Wax is a framework that bridges Lua and Objective-C via the Objective-C runtime, letting developers write native iPhone apps in Lua. The original repository is unmaintained and development has moved to Alibaba's fork, which added 64-bit support, thread-safety fixes, and Lua debugging.

Use cases

• write native iOS apps in Lua
• bridge Lua and Objective-C code
• hot-patch iOS apps with Lua scripts
• call Objective-C APIs from Lua scripts
• prototype iPhone features without recompiling

When to choose

• you maintain a legacy iOS app already using Wax
• you need a mature Lua-to-Objective-C bridge for an older 32-bit or patched 64-bit codebase
• you want to script native iOS behavior dynamically in Lua

When to avoid

• you are starting a new iOS project - Swift or modern alternatives are better supported
• you need App Store-safe hot patching, which Apple now restricts
• you require active maintenance or modern iOS SDK support

Facets

framework · maturity abandoned

mobile-framework interpreter mobile-development programming-languages lua cpp lua objective-c-bridge iphone hot-patching ios

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