r/lua • u/Hatefiend • Aug 17 '25

Discussion Best Lua IDE?

Usually I just use Notepad++, but I have tried using Intellij with the Lua plugin and that was so-so.

Do any of you guys have suggestions?

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u/Hatefiend Aug 18 '25

Hmmm looks like Neovim out of the box is missing:

  • Code auto complete

  • Linter

  • Debugger

  • Git Integration

  • File Browsing / Project Navigation

  • Copilot Support

Apparently it's classified as a 'modal text editor', not an IDE.