Resources

• Parsing and Serialization

  • lua-pb - Protocol Buffers implementation.
  • LPeg - A pattern-matching library for Lua, based on Parsing Expression Grammars.
  • lua-MessagePack - Pure Lua implementation of MessagePack.

• References

  • Reference Manual - The official definition of the Lua language.
  • lua-users wiki - A large community-maintained collection of Lua information and resources, supplementing the official website.
  • Lua Unofficial FAQ - Answers all sorts of Lua-related questions, including many of the form 'How to ___?'.
  • lua-users wiki - A large community-maintained collection of Lua information and resources, supplementing the official website.

• Scriptable by Lua

  • lumail - A console-based mail client, with extensive scripting capabilities.
  • AwesomeWM - A highly configurable and extensible window manager for X, scripted and configured by Lua.
  • luakit - Fast, small, webkit based browser framework extensible by Lua.
  • kpie - A scripting utility to juggle windows.
  • KoReader - An ebook reader application supports PDF, DJVU, EPUB, FB2 and much more, running on Kindle, Kobo, PocketBook and Android devices.

• Style Guides

  • Lua-users style guide - A general, high-level style guide; unopinionated, easily agreed on.
  • Lua-users style guide - A general, high-level style guide; unopinionated, easily agreed on.
  • Olivine style guide - A more opinionated and specific, and therefore more rigorous, guide.

• Talks & Slides

  • Roberto's Talks - History of talks given by Lua's chief architect, with slides for each.
  • Lua Workshop Talks - High-quality talks are given at each ~annual Lua Workshop, and a history of them is online, slides included.
  • Roberto's Talks - History of talks given by Lua's chief architect, with slides for each.

• Templating

  • lustache - Mustache template implementation.
  • lustache - Mustache template implementation.
  • etlua - Embedded Lua templates, ERB-style.
  • lua-resty-template - Lua-oriented template engine for OpenResty, somewhat Jinja-like.

• Testing

  • telescope - Flexible and highly customizable testing library.
  • lust - Minimal test framework.

• Time and Date

  • LuaDate - Date and time module with parsing, formatting, addition/subtraction, localization, and ISO 8601 support.
  • cron.lua - Time-related functions for Lua, inspired by JavaScript's setTimeout and setInterval.
  • luatx - Time, date, and timezone library.

• Tutorials

  • Lua Crash Course - Short crash course readover, or reference for when you forget the basics.
  • Learn Lua in 15 Minutes - A well-commented example file which covers the basics.
  • Learning Lua from JS - An overview of the similarities and differences between Lua and JS; a great start for JavaScript folks looking to pick up Lua.
  • lua-users tutorial - In-depth collection of tutorials aimed at newcomers.
  • Creating an Image Server - Walks through setting up and using OpenResty to build a simple image processing server; a great starting point for playing with OpenResty.
  • lua-users tutorial - In-depth collection of tutorials aimed at newcomers.
  • Lua Missions - A series of 'Missions' to work through which are designed to teach aspects of Lua along the way.

• Utility Belts

  • compat53 - Compatibility module providing Lua-5.3-style APIs for Lua 5.2 and 5.1.
  • Lua Fun - High-performance functional programming library designed for LuaJIT.
  • Moses - Functional programming utility belt, inspired by Underscore.js.
  • lua-stdlib - Middle-weight standard library extension; adds some useful data structures, utility functions, and basic functional stuff.
  • Microlight - A little library of useful Lua functions; the 'extra light' version of Penlight.
  • RxLua - Reactive Extensions, Observables, etc.
  • Penlight - Broad, heavyweight utility library, inspired by Python's standard libs. Provides the batteries that Lua doesn't.

• Web/Networking Platforms

  • OpenResty - A fast and scalable web application platform created by extending Nginx with Lua. Today's de-facto Lua web platform, used heavily by Cloudflare, Taobao, Tencent, and others.
  • turbo - Event-driven, non-blocking, LuaJIT-based networking suite and framework, inspired by Tornado.
  • Kepler Project - A collection of web-oriented projects using a common set of standards and components.
  • Pegasus.lua - Pegasus.lua is a http server to work with web applications written in Lua language.