emulator: Lutro
type: libretro
core_classification: game_engine
source: "https://github.com/libretro/libretro-lutro"
upstream: "https://github.com/libretro/libretro-lutro"
profiled_date: "2026-03-24"
source_commit: "b84d0605e847e07657a44a1a11374a03a6e8a489"
core_version: "v1"
display_name: "Lua Engine (Lutro)"
cores:
  - lutro
systems: []

notes: |
  Lutro is a Lua game framework for libretro implementing a subset of the
  LÖVE (Love2D) API. Runs .lutro/.lua games. Written for libretro, no
  standalone upstream.

  retro_load_game() calls lutro_load(info->path) to load the game
  directory or archive (libretro.c:241). The core exposes
  love.filesystem.getAppdataDirectory to games as the system_dir
  (filesystem.c:296) but does not load any files from it itself.
  No BIOS, firmware, or system files required.

exclusion_note: >
  The system directory is not read by the core but handed to the Lua game
  through fs_getAppdataDirectory, so whatever is loaded from it is the game's
  own content, not a file this core names (filesystem.c:291-303).

files: []