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Lua 5.5 is the newest actively maintained release, currently at patch 5.5.0. 2 of 15 tracked cycles remain supported.

Latest version

5.5.0

Dec 22, 2025

Actively maintained cycles

of 15 tracked

Total cycles tracked

since Jul 8, 1994

Release lifecycle

Actively maintainedSecurity support onlyEnd of life

Today

5.5Latest

5.5.0 · Dec 22, 2025

5.4

5.4.8 · Jun 4, 2025

5.3

EOL Sep 25, 2020

5.2

EOL Mar 7, 2015

5.1

EOL Feb 17, 2012

5.0

EOL Jun 26, 2006

4.0

EOL Jul 4, 2002

3.2

EOL Feb 22, 2000

3.1

EOL Jul 8, 1999

3.0

EOL Jul 11, 1998

2.5

EOL Jul 1, 1997

2.4

EOL Nov 19, 1996

2.2

EOL May 14, 1996

2.1

EOL Nov 28, 1995

1.1

EOL Feb 7, 1995

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Data sourced from endoflife.date.

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