Lua Dev Flake

Find the latest version of this template at: https://git.moturpin.com/Moturpin_Manor/nix-devshells/src/branch/master/lua-dev

A Nix flake template for Lua development. Provides a dev shell and a minimal Lua project.

Features

• Lua interpreter and dev shell
• Example project: src/main.lua (hello world)
• Ready for extension with additional Lua modules

Quick Start

Enter the Dev Shell

nix develop git+https://git.moturpin.com/Moturpin_Manor/nix-devshells.git?dir=lua-dev

Initialize a New Project from Template

nix flake init -t git+https://git.moturpin.com/Moturpin_Manor/nix-devshells.git?dir=lua-dev

Run the Example

lua src/main.lua

Packaging for nixpkgs

This template is structured for easy packaging in nixpkgs:

• All sources in src/
• flake.nix provides a devShell and template
• Add a default.nix or package expression as needed for nixpkgs

See nixpkgs Lua packaging docs for more details.

Included Project Layout

 src/
  main.lua

You can use this as a starting point for your own Lua project.