FAQ

Why Lume only works on Deno?

Deno is a modern JavaScript runtime with some nice features that other runtimes don’t have, like support for some web standards and a great permissions system. But the most important feature is HTTP imports. With Deno you only need to import a single URL and you can inmediately use Lume and all its plugins. For Lume we believe HTTP imports is a cleaner, faster and more straightforward system compared to Node or Bun, where you need to install every plugin individually and manage a node_modules folder with thousands of dependencies. If other JS runtimes implemented HTTP imports, Lume would support them.

But Deno is a company. What happens if it disappears?

I’m sure this won’t happen. But if it did, the open source Deno runtime would probably be maintained by the community. As a last resort, Lume would be ported to Node. We would lose HTTP imports but at least we could keep using Lume. This is a long-term project, not tied to the Deno company. It doesn’t depend on VC funding, and does not need to be a viable business. It’s just an tool with a community that uses and supports it. If Deno removed support for HTTP imports, we would port Lume to Node, since there wouldn’t be any reason or motivation to keep maintaining a Deno-only project.

What's your plans for Lume?

I created Lume as a tool to build websites. I’m using it actively in my personal projects and in my job. It’s not a product that I must monetize and I have no intention of doing so. I enjoy working on Lume a lot, writing the code by myself (not with AI), talking with the community, and helping them. I love when people donate money to the project without asking for anything in return, or contribute with a pull request, or just give feedback and ideas. I’m learning a lot on this journey, more than I expected when I started. Lume is 5 years old now, but my intention is to keep maintaining it for many years to come.

All of Lume will stay open source and free to use, forever. There won’t be a Lume Pro version or anything like that. Never. If I decide at some point to create a company, it would be something separate, and won’t affect Lume at all.