diff --git a/example-project/languages/lua-lang.lua b/example-project/languages/lua-lang.lua
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..43b11d7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/example-project/languages/lua-lang.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+-- hello world program
+print ("Hello World!")
diff --git a/src/server/code-parse/language/index.js b/src/server/code-parse/language/index.js
index 6c8773e..6acc070 100644
--- a/src/server/code-parse/language/index.js
+++ b/src/server/code-parse/language/index.js
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ const LANGUAGES = [
   'java',
   'javascript',
   'kotlin',
+  'lua',
   'php',
   'python',
   'ruby',
diff --git a/src/server/code-parse/language/lua/codecrumbs.js b/src/server/code-parse/language/lua/codecrumbs.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e77f498
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/server/code-parse/language/lua/codecrumbs.js
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+const { setupGetCrumbs, setupGetCommentsFromCode } = require('../default/codecrumbs');
+
+const LUA_COMMENT_REGEX = /^([^--]*)--(.*)$/;
+const getCrumbs = setupGetCrumbs(setupGetCommentsFromCode(LUA_COMMENT_REGEX));
+
+// replace with own implementation if needed
+module.exports = {
+  getCrumbs
+};
diff --git a/src/server/code-parse/language/lua/dependencies.js b/src/server/code-parse/language/lua/dependencies.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..202c0a2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/server/code-parse/language/lua/dependencies.js
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+const defaultDependencies = require('../default/dependencies');
+
+// replace with own implementation if needed
+module.exports = {
+  getImports: defaultDependencies.getImports,
+  getDependencies: defaultDependencies.getDependencies
+};
diff --git a/src/server/code-parse/language/lua/extensions.js b/src/server/code-parse/language/lua/extensions.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..97bc8e2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/server/code-parse/language/lua/extensions.js
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+module.exports = /\.(lua|luac)$/;