# Luma

11 Hacker News commenters recommended Luma and 4 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 8 of 13 months. It meets the Hacker Approved badge rule.

**Verdict:** People recommend Luma as a cleaner replacement for Meetup for hosting and finding events, and its free plan covers basic use. Discoverability of events on the platform is the most common complaint.

## Why people recommend it

- Where people now host meetups (4 comments): "It's the new meetup. If you are seeing crypto bros on there then you are not located in a major tech hub." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47426316)) "do it in person now at Luma or Partiful events" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47838863)) "1-2 meetups initially via luma/partiful" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46591242))

## What people warn about

- Weak event discoverability (2 comments): "Disoverability still kind of sucks on luma" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49781304)) "Luma doesn't do discoverability well unfortunately." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48447332))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [Meetup.com](https://hackerapproved.com/p/meetup.md): 26 recommend
- [Radius](https://hackerapproved.com/p/radius.md): 13 recommend
- [Partiful](https://hackerapproved.com/p/partiful.md): 9 recommend
- [Whirligig](https://hackerapproved.com/p/whirligig-live.md): 9 recommend
- [TeamOut](https://hackerapproved.com/p/teamout.md): 7 recommend

## Where to get it

- [Visit the official site](https://luma.com/)

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Luma", https://hackerapproved.com/p/luma/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).