🆚 Lua vs. Python

Compare technologies based on real-world usage data *

📈 Lua is much more popular than Python.
🌎 Lua is more popular in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Germany.
🌍 Python is more popular in Belgium, Nepal, and Luxembourg.

Lua

Python

Type

Programming language

About

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

It features a small core written in 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.

For example, Lua is embedded in OpenResty for dynamic request processing, in Tarantool as a scripting layer for data transformations, and in the Kong API gateway for routing, authentication, and plugins.

Python is a high-level, scripting, dynamically typed programming language that is particularly popular in data processing and machine learning.

Headquarters

Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Wilmington, Delaware, United States

Website

lua.org #242,745

python.org #429

Popularity

Determined by the number of sites using each technology.

The Lua programming language is 12 times more popular than Python.

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 Germany, while Python is more popular in Belgium, Nepal, and Luxembourg.

United States

United Kingdom

Germany

China

India

Netherlands

Australia

Korea

Canada

France