The best lua runtimes, according to hackers
3 lua runtimes recommended in Hacker News comments over the past year, ranked by how many separate people recommend each one.
All lua runtimes
- LuaJITFast Lua 5.1 implementation with a JIT and easy C FFI, used in production for years. Critics say it is stuck on 5.1 and not fully PUC Lua compatible.51recommend
- LuvitA Node-style runtime for Lua, recommended as a Lua counterpart to Node, Bun and Deno for async IO and sockets, and called a favorite stack by some.6recommend
- TurboLuaAn event-driven Lua runtime with built-in networking, HTTP, templates and encryption, recommended for network-centric apps and for filling a specific niche.5recommend