alis-is / eli

Lua Interpreter & Essential libraries for simple cross platform scripting

eli - Lua interpreter & essentials

Contains libs and function necessary for basic server side scripting.

Embedded libraries:

• eli
• eli.fs.extra
• eli.proc.extra
• eli.env.extra
• eli.os.extra
• eli.pipe.extra
• eli.stream.extra
• eli.extra.utils
• hjson
• lustache
• lua-cURLv3
• lzip + libzip + zlib
• mbedtls

Predefined variables:

• interpreter - path to interpreter
• APP_ROOT_SCRIPT - path to executed script
• APP_ROOT - path to directory containing APP_ROOT_SCRIPT
• ELI_LIB_VERSION - version of eli library

Install latest binary release (currently unix only)

wget -q https://raw.githubusercontent.com/alis-is/eli/main/install.sh -O /tmp/install.sh && sudo sh /tmp/install.sh

Build eli

Build requirements:

• docker or podman

Steps:

1. git clone https://github.com/alis-is/eli && cd eli
2. docker build -t elibuild ./containers/build
3. docker build -t elitest ./containers/test
4. docker run -w "/root/luabuild" -v $(pwd):"/root/luabuild" -v "$(pwd)/toolchains:/opt/cross" -e TOOLCHAINS='x86_64-linux-musl-cross;i686-linux-musl-cross;aarch64-linux-musl-cross' -it elibuild
5. docker run -w "/root/luabuild" -v $(pwd):"/root/luabuild" -it elitest
6. Built binaries eli and elic will be created in release directory

Note: You can choose build toolchain you like from https://musl.cc/ and set its name in TOOLCHAINS

Tests:

• Run run_tests.sh with args and
  • Example: ./run_tests.sh $(pwd)/build/eli all.lua

Libraries used for build:

• eli 0.23.2
• luasrcdiet (for minfication)