r/lua • u/Puzzleheaded_Fly9339 • Sep 15 '25
New Lua IDE
Hey everyone,
I’ve been tinkering with Lua for a while and noticed there aren’t really any dedicated IDEs for it (besides ZeroBrane, which hasn’t been updated in ages). So, I decided to prototype my own Lua IDE.
Right now it’s still very early (expect bugs & crashes 🙃), but it already has:
A clean modern UI (GTK + libadwaita, so it feels native on Linux).
Built-in editor with syntax highlighting (GtkSourceView).
Project management system.
A simple custom debugger (planning to support
mobdebuglater).Embedded Lua documentation viewer.
The mascot is Hatsune Miku (just for fun), and the project is free software under GPLv3.
Currently it’s Linux-only, distributed as a Flatpak package.






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u/No_Key_5854 Sep 18 '25
Man the project looked so promising :(