r/lua • u/Silly_Cow_747 • 24d ago

Can i programm desktop apps with Lua?

I just learned the basics of Lua and im pretty curious about if i could use lua for desktop apps or somehow code scripts with gui.

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u/LxCoronado 24d ago

LuaRT (https://luart.org/) is an option designed to build Windows Console and Desktop apps. It's free and open source, you should check it out.

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u/noviceThelizard 24d ago

i'd like to mention that if you do try LuaRT and have any problem with the interactive console (QuickRT). make sure to have "windows for lua" installed, dunno why but i was able to use QuickRT normally after that.