Lux is the Lua package manager I’ve been working
on with vhyrro and
ntbbloodbath – think uv or cargo, but
for Lua.
A question I’ve heard occasionally: “I built something with Lux, now how do I
give it to someone who doesn’t use it (or luarocks)?”
Starting with 0.35.2, there are two answers to that question.
lx dist flat-archive
Bundle your project and all its runtime dependencies into a single .zip.
No need for the recipient to install Lux or set up dependency trees.
lx dist flat-archivePick a compression method if the default isn’t what you need:
lx dist flat-archive --compression-method zstdlx dist bin
Compile your project into a standalone executable. Based on luastatic, but it also works on Windows (MSVC) – not just Linux and macOS (yes, I once again resorted to printf debugging via GitHub Actions for Windows). You can link native C modules on Linux too, if your project needs them.
lx dist binLearn more
- I wrote detailed walkthroughs in the how-to guide and tutorial.
- The source code if you want to peek under the hood
- Sponsor the project on Open Collective if you’d like to support it