Lua
lang
Lua is a powerful, efficient, lightweight and embeddable scripting language.
| Release | Released | Support | Latest |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5.4 | 5 years ago (29 Jun 2020)
|
Yes |
5.4.8
(04 Jun 2025)
|
| 5.3 | 10 years ago (12 Jan 2015)
|
Ended
4 years and 10 months ago (25 Sep 2020)
|
5.3.6
(25 Sep 2020)
|
| 5.2 | 13 years ago (16 Dec 2011)
|
Ended
10 years ago (07 Mar 2015)
|
5.2.4
(07 Mar 2015)
|
| 5.1 | 19 years ago (21 Feb 2006)
|
Ended
13 years ago (17 Feb 2012)
|
5.1.5
(17 Feb 2012)
|
| 5.0 | 22 years ago (11 Apr 2003)
|
Ended
19 years ago (26 Jun 2006)
|
5.0.3
(26 Jun 2006)
|
| 4.0 | 24 years ago (06 Nov 2000)
|
Ended
23 years ago (04 Jul 2002)
|
4.0.1
(04 Jul 2002)
|
| 3.2 | 26 years ago (08 Jul 1999)
|
Ended
25 years ago (22 Feb 2000)
|
3.2.2
(22 Feb 2000)
|
| 3.1 | 27 years ago (11 Jul 1998)
|
Ended
26 years ago (08 Jul 1999)
|
3.1
(11 Jul 1998)
|
| 3.0 | 28 years ago (01 Jul 1997)
|
Ended
27 years ago (11 Jul 1998)
|
3.0
(01 Jul 1997)
|
| 2.5 | 28 years ago (19 Nov 1996)
|
Ended
28 years ago (01 Jul 1997)
|
2.5.1
(20 Nov 1996)
|
| 2.4 | 29 years ago (14 May 1996)
|
Ended
28 years ago (19 Nov 1996)
|
2.4
(14 May 1996)
|
| 2.2 | 29 years ago (28 Nov 1995)
|
Ended
29 years ago (14 May 1996)
|
2.2
(28 Nov 1995)
|
| 2.1 | 30 years ago (07 Feb 1995)
|
Ended
29 years ago (28 Nov 1995)
|
2.1
(07 Feb 1995)
|
| 1.1 | 31 years ago (08 Jul 1994)
|
Ended
30 years ago (07 Feb 1995)
|
1.1
(08 Jul 1994)
|
Lua doesn’t have a documented release and support policy, but End Of Life notices are announced on https://www.lua.org/versions.html by a sentence similar to There will be no further releases of Lua x.y.
The releases of Lua are numbered x.y.z, where x.y is the version and z is the release.
- Releases of the same version correspond to bug fixes. They have the same reference manual, the same virtual machine, and are binary compatible (ABI compatible).
- Versions are really different. The API is likely to change (with compatibility switches), and there is no ABI compatibility: applications that embed Lua and C libraries for Lua must be recompiled. The virtual machine is also likely to be different in a new version, so Lua programs that have been precompiled for one version will not load in a different version.
More information is available on the Lua website.
You should be running one of the supported release numbers listed above in the rightmost column.
lua -v
Show Product Identifiers
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repology:
lua -
cpe:
cpe:/a:lua:lua -
cpe:
cpe:2.3:a:lua:lua
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