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Top 19 Lua Editor Projects
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Stream
Stream - Scalable APIs for Chat, Feeds, Moderation, & Video. Stream helps developers build engaging apps that scale to millions with performant and flexible Chat, Feeds, Moderation, and Video APIs and SDKs powered by a global edge network and enterprise-grade infrastructure.
- Project mention: VS Code deactivates IntelliCode in favor of the paid Copilot | news.ycombinator.com | 2025-12-16
VS Code feels like nothing but bloat. Sublime Text is still my go-to, as I'm not very well-versed in Neovim yet. I'm also really digging the new C/Lua-based Lite XL - https://lite-xl.com. One of my New Year's resolutions is to learn Neovim properly.
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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
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ecode
Lightweight multi-platform code editor designed for modern hardware with a focus on responsiveness and performance.
Project mention: Zed's Pricing Has Changed: LLM Usage Is Now Token-Based | news.ycombinator.com | 2025-09-24 -
textadept
Textadept is a fast, minimalist, and remarkably extensible cross-platform text editor for programmers.
As has happened before, I have to plug this stunningly underhyped editor, TextAdept: https://orbitalquark.github.io/textadept/
Minimalist fast native (not browser-based) code editor for Linux, Win, Mac, BSD. TUI and GUI version. First-class (ie. by same author) LSP package. Fully Lua-scriptable for needs beyond LSP. Succinct C + Lua code-base. FOSS, and matured & maintained ever since 2007. All the basic table stakes (syntax coloring, multi-select-and-edit etc).
Woulda skipped on Sublime back when, had I known about it then.
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InfluxDB
InfluxDB – Built for High-Performance Time Series Workloads. InfluxDB 3 OSS is now GA. Transform, enrich, and act on time series data directly in the database. Automate critical tasks and eliminate the need to move data externally. Download now.
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dotfiles
My personal dotfiles for Neovim (Packer/Lazy), PowerShell, and Qtile configurations. (by slydragonn)
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- Project mention: How to gain code execution on people and popular apps | news.ycombinator.com | 2025-02-28
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NOTE: The open source projects on this list are ordered by number of github stars. The number of mentions indicates repo mentiontions in the last 12 Months or since we started tracking (Dec 2020).
Lua Editor discussion
Lua Editor related posts
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How I Stopped Worrying About RAM and Learned to Love Vim
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Lite XL v2.1.8 released (SDL 3, LTO)
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Lightweight multi-platform code editor
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Ask HN: Alternative to VS Code?
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I Miss Vim
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Building Game Prototypes with LÖVE
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A 5-day journey with Lite-XL
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Index
What are some of the best open-source Editor projects in Lua? This list will help you:
| # | Project | Stars |
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| 1 | lite | 8,072 |
| 2 | lite-xl | 5,855 |
| 3 | nvimdots | 3,343 |
| 4 | neovim | 2,873 |
| 5 | ZeroBraneStudio | 2,717 |
| 6 | ecode | 1,455 |
| 7 | textadept | 781 |
| 8 | pragtical | 577 |
| 9 | vimacs | 351 |
| 10 | nvim | 267 |
| 11 | nvimdots.lua | 128 |
| 12 | dotfiles | 100 |
| 13 | LuaRT-Studio | 98 |
| 14 | nvim | 90 |
| 15 | indeck | 88 |
| 16 | civlua | 54 |
| 17 | Usuim | 42 |
| 18 | OsamaVim | 6 |
| 19 | rnvim | 5 |
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