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LPM - Lua Package Manager

Local package management for Lua. Because global installs are legacy.

Overview

LPM provides local, project-scoped package management for Lua, similar to npm, cargo, or bundler. It solves the problem of global package installations that cause dependency conflicts and make CI/CD difficult.

Quick Links

User Documentation

• Installation Guide - How to install LPM
• Getting Started - Your first LPM project
• CLI Commands - Complete command reference
• Package Management - Managing dependencies
• Lua Version Manager - Managing Lua versions
• Rust Extensions - Building native Lua modules
• Plugins - Available plugins and usage
• Templates - Project templates
• Security - Security features and best practices
• Troubleshooting - Common issues and solutions

Contributor Documentation

• Contributing - How to contribute to LPM
• Development Setup - Setting up a development environment
• Architecture - LPM architecture and design
• Plugin Development - Creating LPM plugins
• Testing - Testing guidelines
• Release Process - How releases are created

Key Features

• Local installation - Dependencies install to ./lua_modules/, not globally
• Lua version manager - Manage multiple Lua versions (5.1, 5.3, 5.4) with lpm lua
• Global tool installation - Install dev tools globally with lpm install -g (like npm)
• Lockfile support - Reproducible builds with lpm.lock
• SemVer version resolution - Proper dependency conflict resolution
• LuaRocks compatible - Uses LuaRocks as upstream package source
• Rust extensions - Build native Lua modules with Rust, or install Rust packages from LuaRocks
• Build from source - Supports make, cmake, command, and rust build types
• Supply chain security - Strong checksums, no postinstall scripts, sandboxed builds

Documentation

This wiki is automatically synced from the docs/ directory in the repository. All documentation is version-controlled and updated on every commit.

For the latest source code and issues, visit the main repository.