# pkulchenko/ZeroBraneStudio

Lightweight Lua-based IDE for Lua with code completion, syntax highlighting, live coding, remote debugger, and code analyzer; supports Lua 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4, LuaJIT and other Lua interpreters on Windows, macOS, and Linux

Repository: https://github.com/pkulchenko/ZeroBraneStudio
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/zerobranestudio
Homepage: http://studio.zerobrane.com/
Language: Lua
License: NOASSERTION
License Family: other
Topics: lua, ide, syntax-highlighting, zerobrane-studio, debugger, editor, lua-engines, zerobrane, wxwidgets-applications
Last push: 2024-05-19T22:43:13+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 32/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-03T02:20:16.233290+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 35, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 5386, "days_push": 836, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: no_releases, no_license
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 2762, forks 521 (observed 2026-08-28T04:07:18.543556+00:00)

## What it is
ZeroBrane Studio is a lightweight, cross-platform Lua IDE written in Lua, featuring code completion, syntax highlighting, live coding, a code analyzer, and local/remote debugging. It supports Lua 5.1-5.4, LuaJIT, and many Lua engines and frameworks such as LÖVE, Corona, Moai, OpenResty, Redis, and Torch7.

## Use cases
- debug lua scripts with breakpoints and variable inspection
- remotely debug lua running inside nginx or redis
- live code a love2d or corona game
- learn lua with interactive tutorials and demo scripts
- edit lua files with syntax highlighting and auto-completion
- debug lua on embedded or home automation devices

## When to choose
- you need a small, portable Lua IDE with a real debugger
- you debug Lua embedded in game engines or other applications
- you want a beginner-friendly editor with integrated lessons

## When to avoid
- you need a full general-purpose IDE for large multi-language projects
- you require deep refactoring or language-server features
- you want an actively developed tool with frequent updates

## Facets
- artifact type: application
- maturity: maintenance
- function: editor, gui, developer-tools
- domain: developer-tools, text-editors, programming-languages
- platform: windows, cross-platform
- tags: lua, ide, debugger, remote-debugging, live-coding, syntax-highlighting, code-completion, wxwidgets, luajit, love2d, game-development, macos, linux, desktop

## Member repositories
- pkulchenko/ZeroBraneStudio (main) score 32

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:18.543556+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 2026-08-30T08:18:42.887479+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/pkulchenko/ZeroBraneStudio (fetched 2026-08-28T04:07:18.543556+00:00, sha 100459b4cd5d)
  - homepage: http://studio.zerobrane.com/ (fetched 2026-08-29T09:56:27.538421+00:00, sha 110ca6059ea4)
  - site_page: https://studio.zerobrane.com/features (fetched 2026-08-29T09:56:27.547504+00:00, sha 305f6533a3aa)
  - site_page: https://studio.zerobrane.com/documentation (fetched 2026-08-29T09:56:27.549302+00:00, sha ec7d5fd75730)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.