Luvit
Ranked 2 of 3 lua runtimes by recommenders
A 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.
A 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.
6 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 6
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 3 of 13 months
- November 2025: recommended
- December 2025: recommended
- January 2026: not 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: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 6 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 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
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Node-style async IO for Lua
“for those who want a lua version of nodejs/bun/deno, try looking at”
Comment from 24 Nov 2025 in “Fast Lua runtime written in Rust” “If you want async IO, sockets, etc, check out Luvit.”
Comment from 23 Dec 2025 in “Lua 5.5” Enthusiastic personal favorite
“my favorite stack which I never got to actually work with”
Comment from 26 Apr 2026 in “Lute: A Standalone Runtime for Luau” “got me excited many years ago”
Comment from 24 Nov 2025 in “Fast Lua runtime written in Rust”
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See all 3 lua runtimes, rankedWhat people said
5 of the 6 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“my favorite stack which I never got to actually work with”
“If you want async IO, sockets, etc, check out Luvit.”
“I used it for my Discord bot written in Lua.”
“got me excited many years ago”
“for those who want a lua version of nodejs/bun/deno, try looking at”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.