luarocks/luarocks

LuaRocks is the package manager for the Lua programming language.

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lua-modules

luarocks

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package-manager

README

A package manager for Lua modules.

Main website: luarocks.org

It allows you to install Lua modules as self-contained packages called rocks. LuaRocks supports both local and remote repositories, and multiple local rocks trees.

License

LuaRocks is free software and uses the MIT license, the same as Lua 5.x.

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luarocks/luarocks

LuaRocks is the package manager for the Lua programming language.

3,733

stars

2,807

commits

Lua

primary language

Sep 2, 2026

updated

luarocks.org

lua

luajit

lua-modules

luarocks

package-management

package-manager

README

A package manager for Lua modules.

Main website: luarocks.org

It allows you to install Lua modules as self-contained packages called rocks. LuaRocks supports both local and remote repositories, and multiple local rocks trees.