Work area
Work area
This is the repository of work versions, release candidates, and other pre-releases of Lua.
We are getting ready to release
Lua 5.5.1,
a
bug-fix
release of
Lua 5.5.
Download and try the
latest release candidate below.
Read
instructions if you need them.
See the
updated manual
and the
diffs from previous release.
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.
| filename | date | size | checksum (sha256) |
|---|---|---|---|
| lua-5.5.1-rc2.tar.gz | 2026-07-24 | 398643 | 1c4b4068d67061f2a2231ad2b5422e77acea1487ea9890f6320af614f4373dce |
| lua-5.5.1-rc1.tar.gz | 2026-07-15 | 398269 | c1dbdbb5be08bbd0589edd786b8878620a05cba09cbcc4275e65d1f384ef18e6 |
| lua-5.5.1-tests.tar.gz | 2026-07-24 | 150553 | da07b543872dc0bb2ff12aabd0c248578d78df3eb6b67efdc537a46d455c7f31 |
| diffs-lua-5.5.0-lua-5.5.1.html | 2026-07-24 | 103540 | ec5bcafed8e79e22cc0dc2dce230c4d619a44a1da8e926a226f511854fb83f5b |
| diffu-lua-5.5.0-lua-5.5.1.html | 2026-07-24 | 195450 | dbe60685e73372b54bad49227106e8e80a362c42855d4dafc023380ee902e8c4 |
Here is a partial history of Lua releases. You can see a list of bugs and the differences between minor releases.
| release | date | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Lua 5.5.0 | 2025-12-22 | bugs | |
| Lua 5.4.8 | 2025-06-04 | bugs | diffs |
| Lua 5.4.7 | 2024-06-25 | bugs | diffs |
| Lua 5.4.6 | 2023-05-13 | bugs | diffs |
| Lua 5.4.5 | 2023-04-29 | bugs | diffs |
| Lua 5.4.4 | 2022-01-27 | bugs | diffs |
| Lua 5.4.3 | 2021-03-29 | bugs | diffs |
| Lua 5.4.2 | 2020-12-03 | bugs | diffs |
| Lua 5.4.1 | 2020-10-09 | bugs | diffs |
| Lua 5.4.0 | 2020-06-29 | bugs | |
| Lua 5.3.6 | 2020-09-25 | bugs | diffs |
| Lua 5.3.5 | 2018-07-10 | bugs | diffs |
| Lua 5.3.4 | 2017-01-30 | bugs | diffs |
| Lua 5.3.3 | 2016-06-06 | bugs | diffs |
| Lua 5.3.2 | 2015-11-30 | bugs | diffs |
| Lua 5.3.1 | 2015-06-17 | bugs | diffs |
| Lua 5.3.0 | 2015-01-12 | bugs | |
| Lua 5.2.4 | 2015-03-07 | bugs | diffs |