PluginStatsLua installs statistics
By sumneko · VS Code Marketplace · Programming Languages
Lua Language Server coded by Lua
Lua has 2,330,895 recorded installs on VS Code Marketplace.
It ranks #312 of 2,500 tracked VS Code Marketplace listings by installs.
It is rated 4.7 out of 5 from 47 ratings.
PluginStats has 3 daily observations since Oct 16, 2026; the latest is from Oct 18, 2026.
Rating: 4.72 / 5 from 47 ratings
About Lua
lua-language-server
*Lua development just got a whole lot better* 🧠
The Lua language server provides various language features for Lua to make development easier and faster. With nearly a million installs in Visual Studio Code, it is the most popular extension for Lua language support.
See our website for more info.
Features
• ⚙️ Supports Lua 5.5, Lua 5.4, Lua 5.3, Lua 5.2, Lua 5.1, and LuaJIT • 📄 Over 20 supported annotations for documenting your code • ↪ Go to definition • 🦺 Dynamic type checking • 🔍 Find references • ⚠️ Diagnostics/Warnings • 🕵️ Syntax checking • 📝 Element renaming • 🗨️ Hover to view details on variables, functions, and more • 🖊️ Autocompletion • 📚 Support for libraries • 💅 Code formatting • 💬 Spell checking • 🛠️ Custom plugins • 📖 Documentation Generation
Install
The language server can be installed for use in Visual Studio Code, NeoVim, and any other clients that support the Language Server Protocol.
See installation instructions on our website.
Community Install Methods
The install methods below are maintained by community members.
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Links
• Changelog • Wiki • FAQ • [Report an issue][issues] • [Suggest a feature][issues] • Discuss
If you find any mistakes, please [report it][issues] or open a [pull request][pulls] if you have a fix of your own ❤️
如果你发现了任何错误，请[告诉我][issues]或使用[Pull Requests][pulls]来直接修复。❤️
Available Languages
• en-us 🇺🇸 • zh-cn 🇨🇳 • zh-tw 🇹🇼 • pt-br 🇧🇷 • ja-jp 🇯🇵 • es-419 🇪🇸
Note All translations are provided and collaborated on by the community. If you find an inappropriate or harmful translation, please report it immediately.
Are you able to provide a translation? It would be greatly appreciated!
Thank you to all contributors of translations!
Privacy
The language server had opt-in telemetry that collected usage data and sent it to the development team to help improve the extension. Read our privacy policy to learn more. Telemetry was removed in v3.6.5 and is no longer part of the language server.
Contributors
Credit
Software that the language server (or the development of it) uses:
• bee.lua • luamake • LPegLabel • LuaParser • ScreenToGif • vscode-languageclient • lua.tmbundle • EmmyLua • lua-glob • utility • vscode-lua-doc • json.lua • EmmyLuaCodeStyle • inspect.lua
Description from the VS Code Marketplace listing.
- EmmyLua
- IntelliSense
- json
- jsonc
- lua
Where Lua sits in the listing
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Charts
Images: 30d · 1y · all time · 1600×900 dark
Adoption over time
7/30/90-day growth
Filled points are observed values; hollow points come from Internet Archive snapshots of the listing page. Dashed segments span periods with no observations — values between points are not interpolated.
Recent observations
Full history (3)Similar VS Code Marketplace Programming Languages plugins
Data source
Install counts, average rating, and rating counts come from the public Visual Studio Marketplace gallery API. Installs are cumulative and exclude updates.
Listing: https://marketplace.visualstudio.com/items?itemName=sumneko.lua. First seen Oct 16, 2026; last successful collection Oct 18, 2026. See the methodology.