Welcoming Repositories Index Lua Ecosystem
Top Welcoming Open-Source Lua Repositories
Top welcoming Lua repositories. Scored by real 90-day external PR merge rates, maintainer review turnaround speed, and first-time contributor success.
Updated daily • Sun, 11 Oct 2026 UTC
Tracked Repos
2,177
>100 stars verified
Avg Merge Rate
82%
90-day external PRs
Open GFIs
21
Beginner friendly issues
Welcoming Tier
48
S & A Tier maintainers
Ranked Lua Repositories
Showing top 50 of 2,177 ranked repositories
| Rank | Repository | Tier | Score | Merge Rate | Good First Issues |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | ntop/ntopng8,233 Web-based Traffic and Cybersecurity Network Traffic Monitoring | S•Elite | 75.5 | 91.8% | - |
| #2 | Control your Midea M-Smart appliances via local area network. | S•Elite | 74.3 | 82.2% | 6 |
| #3 | Free and open public transport routing. | S•Elite | 73.9 | 84.4% | 2 |
| #4 | Main game repository for Beyond All Reason. | S•Elite | 72.0 | 79.4% | 1 |
| #5 | :sailboat: LandSandBoat - a server emulator for Final Fantasy XI | S•Elite | 71.4 | 88.2% | - |
| #6 | luarocks/luarocks3,744 LuaRocks is the package manager for the Lua programming language. | S•Elite | 70.7 | 75.0% | - |
| #7 | Realistic soil nutrient management for Farming Simulator 25. Track N/P/K, pH, and organic matter per field — with crop-specific depletion, fertilizer replenishment, weather effects, and seasonal cycles. | S•Elite | 70.1 | 87.3% | - |
| #8 | Starfall, but with active development and more features. Write Garry's mod chips similar to E2, but in lua | A•Welcoming | 69.5 | 85.7% | - |
| #9 | The ultimate encounter helper to give you fight info that's easy to process at a glance. DBM aims to focus on what's happening to you, and what YOU need to do about it. | A•Welcoming | 69.3 | 86.9% | - |
| #10 | Not quite awesome...just some. | A•Welcoming | 69.1 | 84.8% | - |
| #11 | mikavilpas/yazi.nvim1,888 A Neovim Plugin for the yazi terminal file manager | A•Welcoming | 68.5 | 87.1% | - |
| #12 | New PortMaster repo | A•Welcoming | 68.2 | 81.7% | - |
| #13 | A full content Balatro mod where every joker is a Pokemon. | A•Welcoming | 67.3 | 82.9% | - |
| #14 | Home of the KOReader Zlibrary plugin | A•Welcoming | 67.3 | 92.5% | - |
| #15 | 微信读书 koreader 插件，在 koreader 里阅读微信读书里的书籍、公众号文章，支持阅读进度同步，阅读时长上报和统计，本地书籍支持获取微信读书划线和想法内容，支持Kindle、Kobo等所有能安装 koreader 的设备。 | A•Welcoming | 67.2 | 67.6% | 1 |
| #16 | koreader/koreader30,196 An ebook reader application supporting PDF, DjVu, EPUB, FB2 and many more formats, running on Cervantes, Kindle, Kobo, PocketBook and Android devices | A•Welcoming | 67.2 | 76.6% | 3 |
| #17 | EllesmereUI combines the most intuitive UI editor in WoW with extreme performance optimization and endless customization. Bring your UI to life like never before. | A•Welcoming | 67.1 | 66.4% | - |
| #18 | WeakAuras/WeakAuras21,444 World of Warcraft addon that provides a powerful framework to display customizable graphics on your screen. | A•Welcoming | 66.8 | 93.1% | - |
| #19 | Roslyn LSP plugin for neovim | A•Welcoming | 66.4 | 95.7% | - |
| #20 | A clean, minimal E-Reader experience | A•Welcoming | 66.3 | 76.1% | - |
| #21 | A plug-and-play Neovim plugin for .NET development. Roslyn LSP with Roslynator, bundled netcoredbg debugging, and a Rider-like test runner with neotest support. Smooth build, test, and run for C#, F#, Razor, and .NET Aspire. The last .NET plugin you'll ever need. | A•Welcoming | 66.2 | 87.9% | - |
| #22 | tarantool/tarantool3,668 Get your data in RAM. Get compute close to data. Enjoy the performance. | A•Welcoming | 66.2 | 70.4% | 2 |
| #23 | 📡 sshfs.nvim integrates with Neovim, using SSH and SSHFS to manage remote systems as if they were your local files. | A•Welcoming | 65.7 | 100.0% | - |
| #24 | Chat with GitHub Copilot in Neovim | A•Welcoming | 65.7 | 88.9% | - |
| #25 | SD Card contents and images for EdgeTX | A•Welcoming | 65.7 | 66.7% | - |
| #26 | 🧠 Smart, seamless, directional navigation and resizing of Neovim + terminal multiplexer splits. Supports Zellij, Tmux, Wezterm, and Kitty. Think about splits in terms of "up/down/left/right". | A•Welcoming | 65.5 | 90.0% | - |
| #27 | Neovim plugin to edit R files | A•Welcoming | 65.3 | 87.5% | - |
| #28 | Currently used legacy lobby for BAR, for the new lobby development see https://github.com/beyond-all-reason/bar-lobby | A•Welcoming | 65.2 | 79.7% | 1 |
| #29 | neovim frontend for opencode - a terminal-based AI coding agent | A•Welcoming | 64.9 | 87.9% | 1 |
| #30 | An alternative tibia client for otserv written in C++20 and Lua, made with a modular system that uses lua scripts for ingame interface and functionality, making otclient flexible and easy to customize | A•Welcoming | 64.8 | 81.9% | 1 |
| #31 | Modular and lightweight approach to providing you with the tools you need to beat any boss encounter. | A•Welcoming | 64.8 | 86.7% | - |
| #32 | ibhagwan/fzf-lua4,462 Improved fzf.vim written in lua | A•Welcoming | 64.6 | 86.5% | - |
| #33 | Base framework offering a Lua scriptable environment for creating document readers | A•Welcoming | 64.6 | 91.0% | - |
| #34 | ALL THE THINGS - Addon for Tracking Collections & Account Completion in World of Warcraft | A•Welcoming | 64.4 | 71.4% | - |
| #35 | A clean, minimal E-Reader experience | A•Welcoming | 64.2 | 78.1% | - |
| #36 | iDvel/rime-ice19,690 Rime 配置：雾凇拼音 | 长期维护的简体词库 | A•Welcoming | 64.1 | 70.5% | - |
| #37 | Agentic Chat Interface directly in Neovim with ACP providers from Claude-Code, Gemini, Codex, OpenCode, and Cursor-agent | A•Welcoming | 64.0 | 83.9% | 3 |
| #38 | The full Markdown editing experience in neovim | A•Welcoming | 63.7 | 87.5% | - |
| #39 | Gen1Recomp - A native Lua / LÖVE2D recreation of Gen 1, 2, and 3 Poke | A•Welcoming | 63.6 | 20.0% | - |
| #40 | Questie/Questie1,103 Questie: The WoW Classic quest helper | A•Welcoming | 63.5 | 74.5% | - |
| #41 | Reliable Neotest adapter for running Go tests in Neovim. | A•Welcoming | 63.4 | 83.3% | - |
| #42 | Copas is a dispatcher based on coroutines that can be used by TCP/IP servers. | A•Welcoming | 63.2 | 95.8% | - |
| #43 | Phone Script for FiveM | A•Welcoming | 63.0 | 78.9% | - |
| #44 | Official Repo For core resources for esx-legacy | A•Welcoming | 63.0 | 70.1% | - |
| #45 | 基于LuaTeX的中文排版宏包，支持古籍版式精确复刻，以及符合W3C《中文排版需求》的现代中文排版 | A•Welcoming | 62.8 | 92.5% | - |
| #46 | A testing and building system for LaTeX | B•Solid | 62.6 | 100.0% | - |
| #47 | Bringing multiplayer to BeamNG.drive | B•Solid | 62.6 | 77.8% | - |
| #48 | yutkat/dotfiles1,000 The best and strongest dotfiles. Editor: Neovim; Shell: zsh(zinit, powerlevel10k); Terminal: WezTerm; Desktop: Hyprland, walker, dunst; OS: NixOS, ArchLinux (Ubuntu/Fedora/CentOS) | A•Welcoming | 62.5 | 88.1% | - |
| #49 | mac OS, Arch Linux, and Debian/Ubuntu + Neovim | A•Welcoming | 62.4 | 100.0% | - |
| #50 | True coop multiplayer mod for Noita. | A•Welcoming | 62.2 | 74.1% | - |
How to Get Your Lua PR Merged
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Run Local Verification: Ensure test suites and formatting linters pass before opening a pull request.
3
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Frequently Asked Questions: Lua Open Source
What is the most welcoming Lua open-source repository?
The highest-ranked Lua repository on GetMerged is currently ntop/ntopng, with a C-Rank score of 75.5/100 and a 91.8% PR merge rate.
How can I find good first issues in Lua?
You can browse verified beginner-friendly issues in Lua by visiting our curated Good First Issues directory at getmerged.abhishekco.de/good-first-issue/lua.
What makes a Lua repository ‘Super Welcoming’ on GetMerged?
A ‘Super Welcoming’ (S-Tier) Lua repository demonstrates an external PR merge rate above 80%, a median first response time within 24 to 48 hours, active review feedback, and clear onboarding documentation.