Lua Releases Changelog – Watch Changelog

Recent Updates

Lua 5.4.9 released

Aug 25, 2026

Lua 5.5.1 released

Aug 4, 2026

Lua becomes an SPI associated project

Feb 20, 2026

Lua 5.5.0 released

Dec 22, 2025

Lua 5.5.0 (rc4) released

Dec 15, 2025

Lua 5.4.8 released

Jun 4, 2025

Lua 5.4.7 released

Jun 25, 2024

Mailing list moved

Dec 12, 2023

Lua 5.4.6 released

May 14, 2023

Lua 5.4.5 released

Apr 29, 2023

Mailing list turns 25

Feb 20, 2022

Lua 5.4.4 released

Jan 27, 2022

Lua 5.4.3 released

Mar 29, 2021

Lua 5.4.2 released

Dec 3, 2020

Live about Lua

Oct 28, 2020

Lua 5.4.1 released

Oct 9, 2020

Lua 5.3.6 released

Sep 25, 2020

Lua 5.4.0 released

Jun 29, 2020

Lua Workshop 2021 to be held in Freiburg

Jun 10, 2020

Lua Workshop 2018 to be held in Kaunas, Lithuania

Jul 20, 2018

Uniform Changelog API

Access Lua changelog updates through our uniform API. Same JSON structure across all sources — no adapter-specific parsing needed.

API Endpoint

GET https://watchchangelog.com/api/v1/entries?source=lua.releases

Response Sample

{
  "source": "lua.releases",
  "vendor": "Lua",
  "id": "https://www.lua.org/ftp/lua-5.4.9.tar.gz",
  "published_at": "2026-08-25T11:00:36.000Z",
  "title": "Lua 5.4.9 released",
  "url": "https://www.lua.org/ftp/lua-5.4.9.tar.gz",
  "summary": "Lua 5.4.9 has been released. It fixes all known bugs in Lua 5.4.8.",
  "tags": [
    "Lua",
    "lua.releases",
    "programming-language",
    "lua",
    "scripting"
  ]
}