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TACC/Lmod

Lmod: An Environment Module System based on Lua, Reads TCL Modules, Supports a Software Hierarchy

Stack

Lua pip

GitHub topics

#environment-modules #hpc #lmod #lua #tacc #xsede

Updated: 2026-07-07
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2011-02-15
History: 5 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 33 open

606

stars

Forks: 143
Commits: 8,381 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

Website GitHub

dense-analysis/neural

AI Vim/Neovim code generation plugin (OpenAI, ChatGPT, and more)

Stack

Vim Script pytest uv

GitHub topics

#ai #chatgpt #code-generation #gpt-3 #linux #llm

Updated: 2025-07-22
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2022-12-22
History: 5 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 18 open

512

stars

Forks: 20
Commits: 111 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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natecraddock/ziglua

Zig bindings for the Lua C API

Stack

Zig

GitHub topics

#binding #library #lua #lua-bindings #package #zig

Updated: 2026-06-13
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2022-06-01
History: 3 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 10 open

501

stars

Forks: 68
Commits: 498 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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kpcyrd/authoscope

Scriptable network authentication cracker

Stack

Rust Cargo

GitHub topics

#concurrency #cracking #credential-stuffing #dictionary-attack #lua #password

Updated: 2023-12-19
Lists: 2 list mentions
First commit: 2018-03-15
History: 2 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 23 open

419

stars

Forks: 46
Commits: 223 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

apioak/apioak

Full Lifecycle Management API Gateway.

Stack

Lua

GitHub topics

#api-gateway #apigateway #apioak #apis #cloud-native #dynamic-upstream

Updated: 2026-01-26
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2019-10-28
History: 4 history points
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 2 open

415

stars

Forks: 57
Commits: 671 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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can1357/NtLua

Lua in kernel-mode because why not.

Stack

C .NET SDK

GitHub topics

#interesting-combo #kernel #lua

Updated: 2021-12-03
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2020-07-06
History: 2 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: 1 open

369

stars

Forks: 71
Commits: 21 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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markstory/lint-review

An automated code linting bot that integrates various code lint tools with github pull requests.

Stack

Python Celery Flask pytest Bundler Composer npm

GitHub topics

#eslint #flask-application #javascript #linter #lua #php

Updated: 2022-01-06
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2013-01-20
History: 3 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 15 open

297

stars

Forks: 70
Commits: 1,670 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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instead-hub/instead

INSTEAD - Simple Text Adventure Interpreter

Stack

C CMake

GitHub topics

#game-engine #interactive-fiction #lua #quests

Updated: 2026-06-07
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2009-02-21
History: 3 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 10 open

257

stars

Forks: 45
Commits: 3,846 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

tl-open-source/tl-ops-manage

api-gateway, framework for service management based on openresty。balance, health-check, limit-fuse, waf, 负载均衡，健康检查，服务熔断，服务限流，动态配置，数据统计, waf过滤，黑白名单，基于openresty的API网关

Stack

Lua

GitHub topics

#api-gateway #balance #health-check #limiter #lua #openresty

Updated: 2023-07-31
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2021-12-22
History: 4 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 2 open

252

stars

Forks: 46
Commits: 164 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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gerstrong/Commander-Genius

Modern Interpreter for the Commander Keen (Vorticon Dreams and Galaxy) and also Cosmos Cosmic Adventure games. This is a mirror repo: The main gitlab repository is at: https://gitlab.com/Dringgstein/Commander-Genius

Stack

C++ CMake

GitHub topics

#c #c-plus-plus #commander #dos #keen #lua

Updated: 2026-06-20
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2009-06-06
History: 3 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 21 open

221

stars

Forks: 46
Commits: 6,561 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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squeek502/zua

An implementation of Lua 5.1 in Zig, for learning purposes

Stack

Zig

GitHub topics

#lua #lua-vm #zig

Updated: 2024-03-10
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2019-12-17
History: 3 history points
License: 0BSD
Issues: 0 open

210

stars

Forks: 9
Commits: 135 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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mgerhardy/simpleai

SimpleAI is a small C++ AI behaviour tree based library with a QT5 based remote debugger (and with optional LUA bindings) released under MIT.

Stack

C++ CMake

GitHub topics

#behaviour-tree #c-plus-plus #cmake #cpp-library #game-development #header-only

Updated: 2019-11-16
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2013-04-23
History: 2 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 11 open

177

stars

Forks: 11
Commits: 1,140 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

vanyle/vectarine

A free cross-platform game engine focusing on fast prototyping and having fun with Luau scripting

Stack

Rust Astro React Vite Cargo npm pnpm

GitHub topics

#game-engine #gamedev #lua #luau #luau-lang #multi-platform

Updated: 2026-07-09
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2025-09-07
History: 2 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 3 open

130

stars

Forks: 6
Commits: 430 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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SimonLarsen/duckmarines

Free software ChuChu Rocket remake for PC

Stack

Lua

GitHub topics

#chuchurocket #dreamcast #love2d #lua

Updated: 2019-06-02
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2013-06-23
History: 3 history points
License: NOASSERTION
Issues: 4 open

120

stars

Forks: 17
Commits: 212 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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sackosoft/zig-luajit

Run Lua code in Zig apps! A package providing Zig language bindings to LuaJIT.

Stack

Zig

GitHub topics

#bindings #language-bindings #lua #lua-bindings #luajit #zig

Updated: 2026-05-08
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2025-01-12
History: 3 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 2 open

stars

Forks: 7
Commits: 178 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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rapidforge-io/rapidforge

Lightweight, self hosted platform for building webhooks, scheduled tasks and pages. Implement your logic with Bash, Lua or mRuby

Stack

JavaScript Gin gRPC Go React Vite Go modules npm

GitHub topics

#automation #bash #cronjob #devops #drag-and-drop #golang

Updated: 2026-07-10
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2024-06-08
History: 5 history points
License: Apache-2.0
Issues: 45 open

stars

Forks: 1
Commits: 260 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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andrewrk/lua-in-the-browser

using zig to build lua for webassembly

Stack

GitHub topics

#lua #webassembly #zig

Updated: 2019-05-16
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2019-05-16
History: 3 history points
License: Unknown
Issues: 2 open

stars

Forks: 3
Commits: 3 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

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chadpaulson/missile-command

Missile Command arcade game clone, written in Lua with LÖVE for Mac OS, Windows and Linux.

Stack

Lua

GitHub topics

#arcade #arcade-game #atari2600 #game #love-game-engine #love2d

Updated: 2024-01-11
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2011-09-08
History: 3 history points
License: GPL-3.0
Issues: 3 open

stars

Forks: 10
Commits: 60 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: No 7-day history
Commit velocity, last 7 days: No 7-day history

Website GitHub

javalikescript/lha

light home automation application

Stack

Lua

GitHub topics

#blockly #home-automation #iot #lua #mqtt #raspberry-pi

Updated: 2026-06-20
Lists: 1 list mention
First commit: 2019-03-21
History: 5 history points
License: MIT
Issues: 0 open

stars

Forks: 3
Commits: 573 commits
Star growth, last 7 days: 0 0.0%
Commit velocity, last 7 days: 0 0.0%

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