# Announcing go-lua

DevFeed: [Announcing go-lua](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/announcing-go-lua-1293.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://shopify.engineering/announcing-go-lua>)

Author: Francis Bogsanyi

Published: 2015-03-04T18:45:00Z

Content type: release

Language: en

Sources: [Shopify Engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/shopify-engineering.md>), [Shopify Engineering - Shopify Engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/shopify-engineering-shopify-engineering.md>)

Topics: [releases](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/releases.md>)

Tags: [concurrency](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/concurrency.md>), [go](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/go.md>), [open-source](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/open-source.md>), [programming-language](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/programming-language.md>), [release](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/release.md>), [scripting](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/scripting.md>)

## AI overview

Shopify releases go-lua, an open-source Lua implementation written in Go and used as the execution engine for a load-generation tool.

## Source excerpt

Today, we're excited to release go-lua as an Open Source project. Go-lua is an implementation of the Lua programming language written purely in Go. We use go-lua as the core execution engine of our load generation tool. This post outlines its creation, provides examples, and describes some challenges encountered along the way.