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LuaJITImGui

LuaJITImGui

LuaJIT + ImGui : The binaries project on WindowsOS using anima project
Differencies from anima project are as follows,
1. Added compilation option for IME (Imput method)
```
-DIMGUI_ENABLE_WIN32_DEFAULT_IME_FUNCTIONS
```
2. Added compilation option for ImPlot
```
-DImDrawIdx="unsigned int"
```
3. Included newer Font Awesome Icon fonts.
4. Added *.bat files to easily execute example programs.
5. Added luajitw.exe to hide console window on background.
6. Added simple examples like ImGuin / ImGuinZ project.
Support OS: Windows10 or later

ImGui / CImGui Version

v1.92.1dock (2025/07)

Examples

implot3d_sample

implot3d_sample.lua ¹

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glfw_opengl3_simple

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iconFontViewer

Incremantal search

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glfw_opengl3

Loading and saving image file
Magnifying glass.

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glfw_opengl3_implot

glfw_opengl3_implot
With ImPlot3D demo written in LuaJIT script implotWindow.lua.

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See more example: implot_sample.lua

glfw_opengl3_jp

Showing fonts of local language (CJK)
Magnifying glass

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sdl2_opengl3

With magnifying glass.

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ImGuizmo_sample.lua

ImGuizmo_sample.lua ¹

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imnodes_graph_sample.lua

imnodes_graph_sample.lua ¹

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Other samples

Note ²

Running examples

First on WindowsOS extract zip file downloaded then
for instance,

cd luajitImGui-1.91.0.0
cd examples/glfw_opengl3
glfw_opengl3.exe         # or double click on Windows file explore

Other examples

Refer to nice exmaples: bin/examples

Build binaries from source

Prerequisites
Install at least on MSys2/MinGW console,

pacman -S mingw-w64-ucrt-x86_64-{cmake,gcc,clang,llvm-openmp} patch make git

Build on MSys2 console,

git clone --depth 1 --recurse-submodules https://github.com/dinau/luajitImGui
cd luajitImGui
make clean
make

That's all :-)

My tools version

Clang 20.1.8 (Current compiler)
- Libraries: OpenMP
Gcc.exe (Rev1, Built by MSYS2 project) 15.1.0)
(Microsoft Visual Studio 2022 C/C++)
CMake version 3.30.3
Git version 2.46.0.windows.1
Make: GNU Make 4.4.1

History

WindowsOS 64bit versions

Date ImGui / CImGui LuaJITImGui Commemt
2025/07 v1.92.1 v1.92.1.0
2025/03 v1.91.8 v1.91.8.4
2025/01 v1.91.6 v1.91.6.0
2024/10 v1.91.4 v1.91.4.0
2024/10 v1.91.2 v1.91.2.0
2024/09 v1.91.1 v1.91.1.0
2024/09 v1.91.0 v1.91.0.3

Date	ImGui / CImGui	LuaJITImGui
2025/07	v1.92.1	v1.92.1.0
2025/03	v1.91.8	v1.91.8.4
2025/01	v1.91.6	v1.91.6.0
2024/10	v1.91.4	v1.91.4.0
2024/10	v1.91.2	v1.91.2.0
2024/09	v1.91.1	v1.91.1.0
2024/09	v1.91.0	v1.91.0.3

WindowsOS 32bit versions

Date	ImGui / CImGui	LuaJITImGui	Commemt
2024/08	v1.91.0	v1.91.0.2	Last version
2024/07	v1.90.9	v1.90.9.0
2024/06	v1.90.8	v1.90.8.0
2024/05	v1.90.7	v1.90.7.0
2024/05	v1.90.6	v1.90.6.2
2024/03	v1.90.4	v1.90.4.0
2024/02	v1.90.1	v1.90.1.3	Added: Button "Save window image" and combo box, it can be saved as JPEG, PNG, TIFF, BMP file format
2024/01	v1.90.1	v1.90.1.0	Added: Icon font demo

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SDL game tutorial Platfromer

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Language ³		SDL	Project
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Nelua	Compiler	SDL2	NeLua-Platformer
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