Installation

LuaRocks

luarocks install astal

Arch Linux

paru -S libastal-git libastal-4-git gtk3 gtk4 libastal-lua-git

From source

1. Install the required dependencies on your system:

   • libastal-git
   • libastal-4-git
   • gtk3
   • gtk4

2. Clone the repository:

git clone https://github.com/tokyob0t/astal-lua.git
cd astal-lua

3. Build:

sudo luarocks --lua-version=5.4 make

Tip

It should be possible to use GTK with any version of Lua where lgi is available; personally, I highly recommend using LuaJIT, as it provides better performance and ffi support