L5: Creative Coding in Lua

Devlog

• L5 Cyber Cafe at Processing Community Day NYC
  October 04, 2026 by notapipe#L5, #L5lua, #creative coding, #Processing, #exhibition, #cyber cafe

  The L5 Cyber Cafe is a collection of older laptops presenting projects made in the L5 creative coding library. It is inspired by the Speed Show exhibition format conceived by artist Aram Bartholl and... Continue reading

  
• Announcing the L5 Community Jam
  September 24, 2026 by notapipe#L5, #L5lua, #Love2d, #Lua, #Processing, #creative coding

  The L5 Community Jam officially starts this Friday September 25 and runs until October 3. This is a great chance to try out L5. The easiest starting point is to use VS Codium or VS Code along with the... Continue reading
• Why you should use L5 (and when you shouldn't!)
  September 11, 2026 by notapipe

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  #L5, #L5lua, #Lua, #Processing, #creative coding, #p5.js

  Why you should use L5 (and when you shouldn’t!) L5 is a new creative coding library, inspired by the Processing and p5.js creative coding libraries. The first public version of L5 was released in De... Continue reading

  
• L5 Summer Round Up
  August 22, 2026 by smarmy.space

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  #l5lua

  It seems Week 12 has finally arrived, which means it is the conclusion of my Google Summer of Code. This was originally published on my Leaflet blog . See my past posts: Part 1 , Part 2 , Part 3 , Par... Continue reading
• New L5 extension in VSCode/ium, Mastodon, and bug fixes and other notes
  August 06, 2026 by notapipe

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  #documentation, #devlog, #L5, #L5lua, #Mastodon, #creative coding, #permacomputing, #VSCode, #extension, #Lua

  In this post…new L5 extension makes it easy to get started with L5, upcoming L5 community jam, recent library updates, usability studies, projects built with L5, development notes, and a survey. Als... Continue reading

  
• Welcoming Sam, our Summer of Code Contributor
  June 02, 2026 by notapipe

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  #GSoC, #creative coding, #L5, #p5.js, #workshop

  Welcome Sam! This summer we’re lucky to be working with Sam Heckle , our summer of code contributor. Welcome Sam! Sam teaches creative coding classes at several schools in the New York City area and... Continue reading

  
• Hello (world) Itch!
  June 01, 2026 by notapipe#L5, #Lua, #Love2d, #creative coding

  Hello world, This is the new L5 log we are hosting on Itch. We are testing this out in summer 2026 as a place to announce L5 creative coding library updates. What is L5 What is L5? If this is the firs... Continue reading