Orbit is an MVC web framework for Lua.
The design is inspired by lightweight Ruby frameworks such as Camping. It completely abandons the CGILua model of “scripts” in favor of applications, where each Orbit application can fit in a single file, but you can split it into multiple files if you want.
All Orbit applications follow the WSAPI protocol, so they currently work with Xavante, CGI and Fastcgi. It includes a launcher that makes it easy to launch a Xavante instance for development.
Orbit is free and open source software.
Key Features
- Built-in html generation.
- Includes a basic OR mapper that currently only works with LuaSQL’s SQLite3 and MySQL drivers.
Website: keplerproject.github.io/orbit
Support: GitHub Code Repository
Developer: The Kepler Project
License: Compatible with the GNU General Public Livcense
Orbit is written in Lua. Learn Lua with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
Related Software
| Lua Web Frameworks | |
|---|---|
| OpenResty | Turns Nginx into a Full-Fledged Scriptable Web Platform |
| Lapis | Web framework for Lua/MoonScript supporting OpenResty or http.server |
| Fullmoon | Fast and minimalistic web framework based on Redbean |
| Turbo | Framework built for LuaJIT 2 |
| Luvit | Node.JS for the Lua Inventor |
| Vanilla | OpenResty Lua MVC web framework |
| Losty | Functional-style web framework for OpenResty |
| Sailor | Lua MVC web framework |
| Orbit | MVC web framework for Lua |
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