TurboLua
Ranked 3 of 3 Lua runtimes by recommenders
An event-driven Lua runtime with built-in networking, HTTP, templates and encryption, recommended for network-centric apps and for filling a specific niche.
An event-driven Lua runtime with built-in networking, HTTP, templates and encryption, recommended for network-centric apps and for filling a specific niche.
5 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 5
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 4 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: recommended
- August 2026: 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.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 4 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
Built-in networking and I/O mechanisms
“TurboLua is particularly great because it really integrates about all of the I/O mechanisms you could want in a network-centric application”
Comment from 12 Oct 2026 in “A Modern Web App in C” “Event driven, fast, all the networking basics in place including http, mustache templates and encryption”
Comment from 12 Oct 2026 in “A Modern Web App in C” Fills a niche people were looking for
“It's precisely the niche I was looking to have filled, so I'll build a prototype or two in it”
Comment from 12 Oct 2026 in “A Modern Web App in C” “My favourite other example is turboLua”
Comment from 27 Aug 2026 in “Actually Queryable Executables”
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The two most recommended other Lua runtimes, 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.
See all 3 Lua runtimes, rankedWhat people said
6 of the 8 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“This changes things for me.”
“TurboLua is particularly great because it really integrates about all of the I/O mechanisms you could want in a network-centric application”
“It's precisely the niche I was looking to have filled, so I'll build a prototype or two in it”
“Event driven, fast, all the networking basics in place including http, mustache templates and encryption”
“My favourite other example is turboLua”
“which I've used quite productively”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.