Tencent/xLua

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What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded

xLua is a Lua scripting solution for C# environments such as Unity, .Net, and Mono, enabling Lua code to interoperate with C# in both directions. It supports runtime hot-patching of C# methods with Lua implementations and offers GC-optimized value type passing across the Lua/C# boundary.

Use cases

• script unity game logic in lua
• hot patch c# methods at runtime in unity
• call c# code from lua scripts
• avoid gc allocations when passing structs between lua and c#
• embed a lua interpreter in a .net application
• write unity ui and monobehaviour logic in lua

When to choose

• you need runtime-updatable game logic or hotfixes in a Unity project without rebuilding
• you want mature, widely used Lua-C# binding with strong performance and GC optimizations
• you target multiple platforms including android, ios, windows, linux, and osx

When to avoid

• your project does not use C#, Unity, .Net, or Mono
• you prefer statically typed scripting or a different scripting language
• you need a general-purpose standalone Lua interpreter outside a C# host

Facets

library · maturity stable

interpreter plugin-system concurrency programming-languages cross-platform windows cpp c lua unity unity3d csharp scripting hotfix interop game-scripting game-development android ios linux macos

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