Websites Using Lua
Lua is a lightweight, embeddable scripting language designed for extending applications with scripting capabilities. Known for its simplicity and efficiency, it is widely used in game development, embedded systems, and as a configuration language in software like Redis and Nginx.
Categories: Programming language
Official website: https://www.lua.org
Lua is ranked #29 of 39 in Programming language by website adoption.
Programming language alternatives ranked by popularity
- PHP — 155,778 websites
- Node.js — 31,059 websites
- Python — 16,361 websites
- Bun — 10,519 websites
- Ruby — 6,089 websites
- Java — 5,659 websites
- TypeScript — 888 websites
- Perl — 742 websites
- C — 495 websites
- CFML — 494 websites
How WhatStack detects Lua
WhatStack detects Lua by analyzing HTTP headers, HTML source code, JavaScript globals, meta tags, cookies, DNS records, and ads.txt entries using signature-based pattern matching across 10 different analyzers.
Frequently Asked Questions
- What is Lua?
- Lua is a lightweight, embeddable scripting language designed for extending applications with scripting capabilities. Known for its simplicity and efficiency, it is widely used in game development, embedded systems, and as a configuration language in software like Redis and Nginx.
- How many websites use Lua?
- WhatStack has detected Lua on 0 websites in our database.
- How do you detect Lua?
- We analyze HTTP headers, HTML source, JavaScript globals, meta tags, cookies, DNS records, and ads.txt entries to identify Lua with high accuracy using signature-based pattern matching.