Lumina programming language
Shares rank 110 of 163 programming languages by recommenders
Free, Rust-inspired programming language praised for its syntax and language design. Critics say it is unclear why someone would pick it over TypeScript.
Free, Rust-inspired programming language praised for its syntax and language design. Critics say it is unclear why someone would pick it over TypeScript.
10 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 8
- criticize it
- 2
- approval share
- 80%
Recommended in 3 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 8 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 4 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 3 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not 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
Rust-inspired syntax and language design
“I think this project is super interesting and I really like the rust inspiration here”
Comment from 14 Apr 2026 in “Lumina – a statically typed web-native language for JavaScript and WASM” “I appreciate the syntax and overall language design”
Comment from 14 Apr 2026 in “Lumina – a statically typed web-native language for JavaScript and WASM”
What people warn about
Each mark is one comment
No clear advantage over TypeScript
“A good effort, but i failed to see any use case why someone will select Lumina over TypeScript”
Comment from 14 Apr 2026 in “Lumina – a statically typed web-native language for JavaScript and WASM” Demo fails to load
“I couldn't load your demo, btw.”
Comment from 14 Apr 2026 in “Lumina – a statically typed web-native language for JavaScript and WASM”
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See all 163 programming languages, rankedWhat people said
9 of the 10 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“has successfully beaten Minecraft in Hardcore mode”
“I couldn't load your demo, btw.”
“I appreciate the syntax and overall language design”
“I think this project is super interesting and I really like the rust inspiration here”
“None of the references to other pages are clickable hyperlinks”
“the ability to compile your WASM is a pretty big benefit over TypeScript”
“A good effort, but i failed to see any use case why someone will select Lumina over TypeScript”
“Nice execution on the replay testing with semantic diff”
“$900 for this is laughable”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.