Teal programming language
Shares rank 149 of 163 programming languages by recommenders
People recommend Teal as a way to add static types to Lua code. Critics mention trouble with cdefs and a separate build step.
People recommend Teal as a way to add static types to Lua code. Critics mention trouble with cdefs and a separate build step.
9 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 5
- criticize it
- 4
- approval share
- 56%
Recommended in 2 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not 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: recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 5 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- 1.2 recommenders for every criticNeeds 2 to 1 or better, not met.
- Recommended in 2 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
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Why people recommend it
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Adds static types to Lua
“it does at least give a pretty good way of statically enforcing what the actual types it should be using are”
Comment from 18 Oct 2026 in “Teal – A statically-typed dialect of Lua” “Teal simply gives you the option to add static types to your Lua code”
Comment from 18 Oct 2026 in “Teal – A statically-typed dialect of Lua” “a compile-to-lua language that lets you add types”
Comment from 27 Apr 2026 in “Lua can be a cool HTML templating engine”
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All 9 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“not well-designed for large projects”
“Teal would make a great scripting language for a simpler web browser”
“That's why something like Teal is perfect for AI”
“Teal simply gives you the option to add static types to your Lua code”
“it does at least give a pretty good way of statically enforcing what the actual types it should be using are”
“it requires separate build step.”
“I've had a difficult time getting Teal to work with cdefs”
“a compile-to-lua language that lets you add types”
“they either spit out generic fluff or encouraged padding that felt sketchy”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.