Luvit is a collection of packages and modules implements a node.js style API for the luvi/lit runtime. It can be used as both a library or a standalone executable.
Luvit is a single binary that contains the lua vm, libuv, openssl, miniz as well as a host of standard libraries implemented in lua that closely resemble the public node.js APIs. You give it a lua script to run and it runs it in the context of this system.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Can be used as both a library or a standalone executable.
- Supports FFI and Lua based binary modules.
Website: luvit.io
Support: GitHub Code Repository
Developer: Tim Caswell and contributors
License: Apache License 2.0
Luvit is written in Lua. Learn Lua with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
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