# idevz/vanilla

An OpenResty Lua MVC Web Framework

Repository: https://github.com/idevz/vanilla
Canonical: https://ross.abutalabs.com/products/idevz-vanilla
Homepage: http://idevz.github.io/vanilla/
Language: Perl
License: MIT
License Family: permissive
Topics: vanilla, vanilla-dev, vanilla-openresty, openresty, mvc, lua, luajit, lua-mvc
Last push: 2019-01-09T05:09:42+00:00

## Health v2 (maintenance only)
Score: 23/100 (v2, computed 2026-09-02T17:46:02.011165+00:00)
- activity 0, release rhythm 8, longevity 100
- inputs: {"age_days": 4039, "days_push": 2793, "days_rel": null, "gap_med": null, "n_releases_24m": 0}
- flags: none
- formula: round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10)

## Adoption (not part of the score)
Stars 1038, forks 215 (observed 2026-08-28T04:03:19.727340+00:00)

## What it is
Vanilla is an MVC web framework written in Lua that runs on OpenResty (Nginx + LuaJIT). It provides bootstrap tooling, routing, controllers, models, views, and a plugin system for building web applications on top of Nginx.

## Use cases
- build a web application on OpenResty with MVC structure
- create a Lua-based REST API served by Nginx
- scaffold a new OpenResty project with routing and views
- run multiple Lua web apps on one Nginx server
- organize OpenResty code with controllers and models instead of raw Lua handlers

## When to choose
- you are already committed to OpenResty/LuaJIT as your web stack
- you want MVC conventions and scaffolding for Nginx-embedded Lua apps
- you need multi-app or multi-framework-version deployment on Nginx

## When to avoid
- your project is not based on OpenResty or Nginx
- you want a mainstream framework with a large active ecosystem
- you need frequent updates or long-term vendor support, since releases have stalled

## Facets
- artifact type: framework
- maturity: maintenance
- function: web-framework, routing, templating, middleware
- domain: web-development, backend
- platform: lua
- tags: openresty, mvc, luajit, nginx-lua, nginx, linux

## Member repositories
- idevz/vanilla (main) score 23

## Provenance
- Observed fields: from GitHub, fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:19.727340+00:00.
- Health v2: computed from the inputs above; adoption is never an input.
- Inferred fields (summary, facets, guidance): AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, on 2026-08-30T07:04:16.240832+00:00, confidence not recorded.
  - readme: https://github.com/idevz/vanilla (fetched 2026-08-28T04:03:19.727340+00:00, sha ac7412a80615)
- Data as of 2026-08-30T08:39:29.467469+00:00.