Web framework for Lua

Question

Looking for a Lua port (open source) of one of the next frameworks:

• the Myghty framerowk (python)
• or Mako (python - successor of Myghty)
• or HTML::Mason (Perl)
• or Mason (successor of HTML::Mason).

If nothing such exists (and probably doesn't exists, or my googling failed), looking for any Lua-web framework what uses embeded Lua in the web-pages (like php) but with the following attributes?

• component based with hierarchical page inheritance
• HTML templates (with embeded Lua code) at the 1st request are compiled into pure lua code what is cached

• and on every subsequent request only are executed the compiled (cached) lua code

• and, of course - every template execution is sandboxed

And finally, in fact, I didn't found any free Lua-framework can work at least "as php". (LSP - Lua Server pages AFAIK is commercial)

Know anyone such framework?

Answer 1

I think you are looking for http://ophal.org (free software project) since it has most of the things you are asking for:

• component based
• HTML templates (with embeded Lua code)
• every template execution is sandboxed

There is stuff you want that is handled by the corresponding nginx or apache2 lua module:

• at the 1st request are compiled into pure lua code what is cached
• and on every subsequent request only are executed the compiled (cached) lua code

Other stuff is still work in progress:

• hierarchical page inheritance