🆚 CFML vs. Lua

📈 Lua is much more popular than CFML.
🌎 Lua is more popular in the United States, the United Kingdom, and China.
🌍 CFML is more popular in the British Virgin Islands and the Bahamas.

Statistics based on 3.4M+ analyzed websites. About this data

CFML

Lua

Type

Programming language

About

ColdFusion Markup Language (CFML) is a scripting language for web development, usually associated with Adobe ColdFusion.

Lua is a lightweight scripting language designed primarily for embedded use in applications.

It features a small core written in C/C++, automatic memory management, fast execution through a simple virtual machine, a flexible table-based data model, and a standard library that fits in a few hundred kilobytes, making it suitable for games, embedded systems, and extensible software.

Headquarters

San Jose, California, United States

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Website

adobe.com #28

lua.org #242,745

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

The Lua programming language is 16 times more popular than CFML.

Total websites

Market share

Programming Languages

Popularity by country

Determined by the number of sites detected from each country.

Lua is more popular in the United States, the United Kingdom, and China, while CFML is more popular in the British Virgin Islands and the Bahamas.

United States

United Kingdom

China

India

Germany

Australia

Korea

Netherlands

Canada

Japan

Awards

🥈 Second most popular in the British Virgin Islands in the Programming Languages category.
⭐ 8th most popular in Switzerland in the Programming Languages category.
⭐ 9th most popular in the United States in the Programming Languages category.
⭐ 9th most popular in Ireland in the Programming Languages category.
⭐ 10th most popular in Canada in the Programming Languages category.

🥉 Third most popular in Germany in the Programming Languages category.
🥉 Third most popular in Korea in the Programming Languages category.
🥉 Third most popular in Australia in the Programming Languages category.
🥉 Third most popular in France in the Programming Languages category.
🥉 Third most popular in Russia in the Programming Languages category.

Popularity by domain category

Determined by the number of sites in each category.

Lua is more popular among sites focused on online shopping, marketing and merchandising, and business, while CFML is more commonly used on non-profit, advocacy and NGO sites.

Online Shopping

Marketing/Merchandising

Business

Fashion/Beauty

Education/Reference

Blogs/Wiki

Entertainment

Internet Services

Sports

Travel

Top sites

Top-ranked sites that use these technologies.

Name

Rank

#1,756

#1,891

#2,128

#2,700

#2,934

Name

Rank

p**nhub.com

#26

#49

#51

#179

#222