---
title: Lua support
permalink: pmd_languages_lua.html
last_updated: September 2023 (7.0.0)
tags: [languages, CpdCapableLanguage]
summary: "Lua-specifc features and guidance"
---

> [Lua](https://www.lua.org/) is a powerful, efficient, lightweight, embeddable scripting language.

{% include language_info.html name='Lua' id='lua' implementation='lua::lang.lua.LuaLanguageModule' supports_cpd=true since='6.17.0' %}

CPD support was added with PMD 6.17.0. Since PMD 6.50.0 support for [Luau](https://github.com/Roblox/luau),
a gradually typed language derived from Lua, was added.
