Lua Implementations

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Reimplementations compiling to alternate byte codes:

• [Lua] (5.1) - The standard reference implementation of Lua in ANSI C. Highly robust.
• [LuaJIT] (5.1) - A just-in-time (JIT) compiler for Lua 5.1 (x86 only right now).
• LlvmLua (5.1) - converts Lua bytecode to LLVM IR code and supports JIT and static compiling (not limited to x86)
• [Kahlua][1] (5.1) - Virtual Machine for (a subset of) Lua in Java J2ME (CLDC 1.1) (alpha release)
• [Mochlua] (5.1) - Lua virtual machine, libraries and API ported to Java J2ME CLDC 1.1
• [Lua.NET]/[LuaCLR] - Lua integrated with the Microsoft .NET CLI
• [Nua] (5.1) - Lua ported to the Microsoft .NET Dynamic Languages Runtime (DLR).
• [Parrot VM] (5.1) - includes a port of Lua that compiles down to Parrot VM byte codes. [SVN]
• LuaToCee (5.1) - translates Lua source to C API calls
• [luac2c] (5.1) - translates Lua byte codes to C API calls
• [LuaLeo] (3.1) - Lua implemented on [Leonardo VM]
• [Lua-ML] (2.5) - Lua interpreter implemented in Objective Caml

Reimplementations compiling to standard byte codes:

• [Yueliang] (5.x) - port of Lua 5 lexer, parser and code generator to Lua, makes binary chunks
• [Metalua] (5.1) - compiler for a superset of Lua 5.1, which supports Lisp-style macros and syntax extensions; partially based on Yueliang; generates bytecode for the standard Lua VM

For reimplementations only of the Lua lexer or parser, see LuaGrammar.

Other (possibly should be moved)

• [Sol] (4.0) - A Lua derivative.