leafo/lapis

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3338 stars · 243 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-29, confidence not recorded

Lapis is a web framework for Lua and MoonScript that primarily targets OpenResty (Lua embedded in Nginx), with support for other server environments like lua-http. It provides URL routing, HTML templating, sessions, CSRF protection, and database models with schema migrations for PostgreSQL, MySQL, and SQLite.

Use cases

• build a web application in Lua or MoonScript
• create a high-performance website on OpenResty/Nginx
• build REST APIs with Lua and PostgreSQL
• write asynchronous web apps using Lua coroutines without callbacks
• manage database schema migrations for a Lua web app
• build a full-stack site with server-rendered HTML templates

When to choose

• you want to write web apps in Lua/MoonScript with high throughput on Nginx
• you need a batteries-included Lua framework with ORM, routing, and templating
• you're deploying on OpenResty and want Lua running inside Nginx workers
• you value coroutine-based async code that reads synchronously

When to avoid

• your team primarily works in JavaScript, Python, or another mainstream web ecosystem
• you need a large ecosystem of third-party web libraries and middleware
• you're not comfortable with Lua or MoonScript syntax
• you need a framework with extensive modern tooling like hot reload and TypeScript-style typing

Facets

framework · maturity stable

web-framework orm routing templating http-server database web-development backend apis lua windows moonscript lua openresty nginx postgresql mysql sqlite luarocks coroutines full-stack linux macos

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