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Dynamic Lua binding to GObject libraries using GObject-Introspection

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Forks: 81
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Indexed issues: 78

Dominant language: Lua
License: MIT
Last GitHub push: Jul 28, 2026
Latest indexed: Sep 20, 2026
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Incompatibility with gobject-introspection 1.86: core.record.fromarray() receives table instead of lgi.record Open

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lgi-devs/lgi#362 · 1 comment · Opened May 22, 2026
tests/gireg.lua fails with 32bits and lua5-1: 7:type_uint32 / 74:enum Open

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lgi-devs/lgi#353 · 4 comments · Opened Feb 22, 2026
Gtk4: Gio.AsyncResult passed as argument does not work Open

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lgi-devs/lgi#345 · Opened Sep 3, 2025
utf-8 safety Open

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lgi-devs/lgi#343 · 5 comments · Opened Jul 26, 2025
macOS: GStreamer video sinks hang without NSApplication initialization in LGI Open

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lgi-devs/lgi#341 · 1 comment · Opened Jul 15, 2025
having trouble with getting started and showing a window Open

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lgi-devs/lgi#340 · Opened Jun 30, 2025
[Discussion] type definitions from GIR Open

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lgi-devs/lgi#339 · 1 comment · 1 reaction · Opened Jun 3, 2025
Port to libgirepository-2.0 needed Open

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lgi-devs/lgi#335 · 1 comment · Opened Mar 27, 2025
GObjects don't seem to provide an API for disconnecting signals, nor do so automatically on reassignment Open

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lgi-devs/lgi#333 · 1 comment · Opened Feb 12, 2025
LGI throws an error when passing nil to a bitflag parameter Open

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lgi-devs/lgi#329 · Opened Dec 4, 2024
How to define signals? Open

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lgi-devs/lgi#328 · 2 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Dec 4, 2024
Documentation for lgi Open

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lgi-devs/lgi#322 · 1 comment · 2 reactions · Opened Sep 3, 2024
Porting lgi for Lua5.4 Open

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lgi-devs/lgi#318 · 3 comments · Opened Jun 4, 2024
Cairo Native Interop? Open

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lgi-devs/lgi#317 · 3 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Apr 16, 2024
`GLib.Variant: no 'n'` when using `GLib.Variant("(av)", ...)` Open

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lgi-devs/lgi#315 · Opened Jan 23, 2024
_resolve can cause luajit to segmentation fault Open

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lgi-devs/lgi#308 · Opened Jan 30, 2023
Segmentation fault when using upower and playerctl interfaces Open

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lgi-devs/lgi#301 · 1 comment · Opened Oct 24, 2022
Segmentation fault when using netwok manager Open

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lgi-devs/lgi#294 · 1 comment · Opened May 13, 2022
How to connect signal on derived class of GstBin? Open

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lgi-devs/lgi#293 · 5 comments · Opened May 11, 2022
GtkContainer.child SIGSEGVs on access Open

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lgi-devs/lgi#292 · 5 comments · Opened Apr 23, 2022
Misaligned memory accesses in marshal_2c_int and marshal_2lua_int Open

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lgi-devs/lgi#289 · 2 comments · Opened Apr 13, 2022
Errors in callbacks don't terminate the loop Open

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lgi-devs/lgi#284 · 4 comments · Opened Mar 2, 2022
How to emit signals on an object Open

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lgi-devs/lgi#281 · 26 comments · Opened Feb 2, 2022
Does lgi support Gtk4? Open

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lgi-devs/lgi#278 · 28 comments · Opened Dec 16, 2021
Example of how to implement *DBusInterfaceSkeleton* abstract class Open

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lgi-devs/lgi#275 · 10 comments · Opened Oct 19, 2021
Fails with LuaJIT2 on AArch64 Open

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lgi-devs/lgi#270 · 2 comments · Opened Jul 31, 2021
Cannot override GES.SourceClip virtual method Open

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lgi-devs/lgi#268 · 5 comments · Opened Jun 7, 2021
Error when using UDP socket (libffi7+ specific?) Open

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lgi-devs/lgi#265 · 8 comments · Opened Apr 9, 2021
Segmentation fault with Vte.Terminal.spawn_async Open

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lgi-devs/lgi#262 · 11 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Mar 6, 2021
GooCanvasItemModel no error but item view never draw Open

lgi-devs/lgi#257 · 16 comments · 1 assignee · Opened Jan 17, 2021
no wiki, poor documentation, little community [closed] Open

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lgi-devs/lgi#256 · 4 comments · Opened Dec 27, 2020
No 'label' or 'icon' property when defined in custom class Open

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lgi-devs/lgi#253 · 12 comments · Opened Nov 4, 2020
range restriction on Gst.Bus.timed_pop_filtered doesnt work with Gst.CLOCK_TIME_NONE Open

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lgi-devs/lgi#246 · 8 comments · Opened Jul 15, 2020
Memory corruption with g_spawn_async_with_pipes Open

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lgi-devs/lgi#245 · 1 comment · 1 reaction · Opened Jun 5, 2020
Suggestion: add `runPool` functionality to lgi Open

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lgi-devs/lgi#240 · Opened Mar 6, 2020
`version` is used as a special field, but `Vips` library have function named this way Open

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lgi-devs/lgi#238 · 5 comments · Opened Nov 29, 2019
Crashes with GTK3 for the last few releases with Lua 5.1 Open

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lgi-devs/lgi#236 · 2 comments · Opened Sep 30, 2019
AppIndicator3 demo Open

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lgi-devs/lgi#233 · 5 comments · Opened Aug 24, 2019
Lua 5.4 features suggestions Open

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lgi-devs/lgi#230 · 2 comments · Opened Jul 24, 2019
Make new release? Open

lgi-devs/lgi#225 · 20 comments · 23 reactions · 1 assignee · Opened May 25, 2019
Installation errors Open

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lgi-devs/lgi#208 · 6 comments · Opened Jan 17, 2019
Is it possible to use gettext with lgi? Open

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lgi-devs/lgi#206 · 8 comments · Opened Sep 24, 2018
Async functions are not present for libsecret until you trigger something by getting a real one Open

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lgi-devs/lgi#203 · 3 comments · Opened Sep 4, 2018
g_object_newv is deprecated starting in glib 2.54 Open

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lgi-devs/lgi#197 · 4 comments · 1 reaction · Opened Apr 16, 2018
Support for streams Open

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lgi-devs/lgi#194 · 1 comment · Opened Mar 16, 2018
Support both libtool and non-libtool style library names on Windows Open

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lgi-devs/lgi#193 · Opened Mar 6, 2018
Async helpers return value and behaviour on error Open

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lgi-devs/lgi#192 · Opened Feb 16, 2018
Attempt to index nil value when calling async_ func out of async context Open

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lgi-devs/lgi#191 · 1 comment · Opened Feb 16, 2018
Cairo context missing show_glyphs method Open

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lgi-devs/lgi#186 · 2 comments · Opened Dec 3, 2017
test gireg.callback_simple() fails "in the wrong way" Open

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lgi-devs/lgi#185 · Opened Nov 21, 2017

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