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This is the repository of work versions, release candidates, and other pre-releases of Lua.

We are getting ready to release Lua 5.5.0, the next version of Lua.
Try the beta version below. See a preview of the manual here.
All details may change in the final version. All feedback is welcome.

If you have arrived here by accident, start here.

If you are looking for released versions, check out the download area.

All files are distributed under this license. Check their checksums to confirm the integrity of the packages.

Lua 5.5.0

filename	date	size	checksum (sha256)
lua-5.5.0-beta.tar.gz	2025-06-28	393374	30897f95fc72565cb6c1792f721ad44e1a42e7ac587f62f7587807b3cbff1645
lua-5.5.0-tests.tar.gz	2025-06-28	145943	0410dca027e556d89648a00c18f789291553130d0988ae72ec1f013fdc281e5c

Latest releases

Lua 5.4.8 was released on 4 Jun 2025. It is a bug-fix release of Lua 5.4. See the diffs.

Lua 5.4.7 was released on 25 Jun 2024. It is a bug-fix release of Lua 5.4. See the diffs.

Lua 5.4.6 was released on 14 May 2023. It is a bug-fix release of Lua 5.4. See the diffs.

Lua 5.4.5 was released on 29 Apr 2023. It is a bug-fix release of Lua 5.4. See the diffs.

Lua 5.4.4 was released on 26 Jan 2022. It is a bug-fix release of Lua 5.4. See the diffs.

Lua 5.4.3 was released on 29 Mar 2021. It is a bug-fix release of Lua 5.4. See the diffs.

Lua 5.4.2 was released on 3 Dec 2020. It is a bug-fix release of Lua 5.4. See the diffs.

Lua 5.4.1 was released on 9 Oct 2020. It is a bug-fix release of Lua 5.4. See the diffs.

Lua 5.4.0 was released on 29 Jun 2020. It is the first release of Lua 5.4.

Get a copy of these releases here.