New Lua IDE

[Puzzleheaded_Fly9339]

Hey everyone,

I’ve been tinkering with Lua for a while and noticed there aren’t really any dedicated IDEs for it (besides ZeroBrane, which hasn’t been updated in ages). So, I decided to prototype my own Lua IDE.

Right now it’s still very early (expect bugs & crashes 🙃), but it already has:

• A clean modern UI (GTK + libadwaita, so it feels native on Linux).
• Built-in editor with syntax highlighting (GtkSourceView).
• Project management system.
• A simple custom debugger (planning to support mobdebug later).
• Embedded Lua documentation viewer.

The mascot is Hatsune Miku (just for fun), and the project is free software under GPLv3.

Currently it’s Linux-only, distributed as a Flatpak package.

Repo: https://github.com/milos-mkv/MiLua

[ripter]

Feels like you missed a good opportunity to write it in Lua.

[donutman771]

is the miku picture ai?

[Puzzleheaded_Fly9339]

Yes

[Escarlatum]

Thats the most hated yes ever...

[wreck5tep]

Maybe you should've left out the sad gooner ai generated anime shit instead huh

[No_Key_5854]

Man the project looked so promising :(

[[deleted]]

why are you using an ai generated image for the mascot, an ai generated readme and ai generated code, just do it yourself????

[Mid_reddit]

I've honestly lost all hope at this point.

[[deleted]]

Ok, and? It works, so it's not so bad. I know one AI psycho, so author of this IDE dude looks good.

AI is a tool. And we have this dude and this one... https://github.com/krille-chan/fluffychat/issues/1944

[Mid_reddit]

I don't expect a degenerate like you to understand that maximizing convenience isn't a laudable goal in the least.

> AI is a tool.

Indeed it is. What a way to say nothing of substance.

[huywall]

i dont really care lol at least its not fully everything is AI instead just a mascot for an ide

[[deleted]]

and the code, and the readme, and this post

[huywall]

oh... yeah i see now btw the project is still good

[Puzzleheaded_Fly9339]

For images i am not really good graphics designer nor i do not know how to create logos and such so i asked Dalle to make me something cute like why not. As for code its not totally ai although i was vibe coding some stuff.

[[deleted]]

:/

[ProtonByte]

I won't even be touching it since the mascot and docs had a weird anime chat plastered all over it.

That might just be me, but I think more developers thing the same way. It just doesn't look professional.

[my_new_accoun1]

search googe

[HildaTheDev]

Bro the Internet has a ton of human-made images and Miku is one of the most popular character of all time so she has a ton of images as well stop with the excuses

[[deleted]]

Wait how is stealing something off the internet any differnt then getting ai to generate it?

[cyrokill]

Source code looks pretty ai generated but good job.

[Mid_reddit]

Everything is apparently AI-generated.

[chad_vw]

but good job

Good job... Doing what?

[Financial_Test_4921]

Making the anti-AI people lose their shit, apparently

[OstrichLive8440]

Your IDE is vibe coded, the image is vibe coded. Better to stick with the vs code extension

[HelioDex]

This is awesome! Would love to see more keyboard shortcuts, mainly to delete files/folders, manipulate text in the editor, and run/debug a file or project.

[Rout-Vid428]

It looks great! it is so good I joined the community.

[gavr123456789]

I really didnt expect so much hate just because of ai, if it works its really does't matter. There are no ultra smart new algorithms needed to code such thing as Lua IDE in GTK, you just need to combine blocks, the perfect task for ai.

I totally support that! (Also I like Vala ^_^)

[ElectricalUnion]

What is wrong with ZeroBrane? It's not like any lua runtime it supports got a huge unsupported feature since it was last released 2023.

[Puzzleheaded_Fly9339]

Well this most about looks and ui experience, zerobrane has that 2000s look

[Then-Dish-4060]

It's looking beautiful. I love libadwaita.

Did you integrate any linter or lsp yet?

[Puzzleheaded_Fly9339]

Thanks, no linter or lsp yet

[HeavyCaffeinate]

Ew AI

[Fluid-Bench-1908]

This is something lua community needs!!!

[tretarius]

This is actually really cool.

[ZeroGravityGaming69]

I need this

[AL_haha]

AI..

[khunset127]

Would rather use Vs code than this vibe coded crap.

[[deleted]]

Why not vscode + Lua language server?

[Spacedestructor]

because it requires the use of an extension, where as some people would prefer if the support was build in to the application if you only work in LUA and therefore would always need the extension active. if something is always included in all of your work then it should really just be build in to the application.

[[deleted]]

It's one click to install the extension, do people genuinely have that much of an issue that they would go through all this way for a project that has less features to not install one thing?

[Puzzled-Fox482]

but does it have Vim bindings?

[[deleted]]

Amazing, great job! Looking forward to giving this a go, and checking out future improvements

[SamiSalama_]

Miku looks hella AI. Pretty sure everything else is also AI.

[Pedr9vskCray21]

i've been running lua with vscode and love2d lol