Luma
Hacker ApprovedRanked 3 of 7 event platforms by recommenders
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.
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.
15 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 11
- criticize it
- 4
- approval share
- 73%
Recommended in 8 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: recommended
- March 2026: recommended
- April 2026: recommended
- May 2026: recommended
- June 2026: recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: recommended
- September 2026: recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it carries the badge
- 11 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, met.
- 2.8 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 8 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Where people now host meetups
“It's the new meetup. If you are seeing crypto bros on there then you are not located in a major tech hub.”
Comment from 18 Mar 2026 in “Illinois Introducing Operating System Account Age Bill” “do it in person now at Luma or Partiful events”
Comment from 20 Apr 2026 in “Everything is AI now – does this kill the excitment of software development?” “1-2 meetups initially via luma/partiful”
Comment from 12 Jan 2026 in “Ask HN: Moved to SF to build a startup. What next?” - Comment from 17 Aug 2026 in “A 3rd World Embedded Engineer Responds to "RISC-V They Should Have Known Better"”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
Weak event discoverability
“Disoverability still kind of sucks on luma”
Comment from 20 Sep 2026 in “Show HN: Radius – A Meetup.com Alternative” “Luma doesn't do discoverability well unfortunately.”
Comment from 8 Jun 2026 in “Italy's Bending Spoons, Owner of AOL and Vimeo, Files for Nasdaq IPO”
Other event platforms people recommend
The four most recommended other event platforms, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Meetup.com | 26 | 44 | 37% | 9 | 10 yrs3 owners | — |
| Radius | 13 | 10 | 57% | 4 | — | — |
| LumaThis page | 11 | 4 | 73% | 8 | — | Approved |
| Partiful | 9 | 9 | 50% | 6 | — | — |
| Whirligig | 9 | 1 | 90% | 2 | — | — |
What people said
16 of the 18 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“Disoverability still kind of sucks on luma”
“Everyone cool moved over to Luma”
“The UI is a massive improvement over Meetup.”
“I had a good giggle when I opened their homepage and it looks exactly like the Performative-UI library”
“I don't see how Luma/Partiful will avoid this problem eventually.”
“a better noise to signal ratio that Meetup simply couldn't provide”
“Luma doesn't do discoverability well unfortunately.”
“you can set up pretty much anything with their free plan”
“quality is higher in some ways, lower in some ways when compared to "old school" meetups”
“do it in person now at Luma or Partiful events”
“It's the new meetup. If you are seeing crypto bros on there then you are not located in a major tech hub.”
“In no capacity do these create clean topo, textures, and uvs.”
“my default tool that replaces plain web searches, 90% of my routine 'LLM chat' use”
“Eventbrite, Meetup and Luma do similar.”
“1-2 meetups initially via luma/partiful”
“I refuse to use an event page personally because I think it makes it less personal”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.