This is **LuaRocks**, the package manager for the Lua programming language. LuaRocks allows you to install Lua modules as self-contained packages called **[rocks](types_of_rocks.md)**. LuaRocks supports both local and remote repositories, and multiple local rocks trees. LuaRocks is free software and uses the same [license](license.md) as Lua. ## Quick start * [Download](download.md) * [Using LuaRocks](using_luarocks.md) * [Creating a rock](creating_a_rock.md) For more information, check the full [documentation index](index.md).