---
title: "luainkernel/lunatik: Lunatik is a framework for scripting the Linux kernel with Lua."
url: https://daily.dev/posts/luainkernel-lunatik-lunatik-is-a-framework-for-scripting-the-linux-kernel-with-lua--pxfay7io5
source_url: https://github.com/luainkernel/lunatik
type: article
source: "Hacker News"
published: 2024-04-21T14:10:05.621Z
updated: 2024-05-09T09:09:48.658Z
tags: ["linux", "lua"]
reading_time: 21
upvotes: 10
comments: 0
language: en
---

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# luainkernel/lunatik: Lunatik is a framework for scripting the Linux kernel with Lua.

**[Hacker News](https://daily.dev/sources/hn)** · 21 min read · 10 upvotes · 0 comments

## Summary

Lunatik is a framework for scripting the Linux kernel with Lua. It allows users to write device drivers and manage runtime environments in the kernel using Lua. Lunatik does not support floating-point arithmetic and some Lua libraries. It provides APIs for binding kernel facilities to Lua scripts.

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