I created a buildpack for running Lua web apps on heroku (http://www.heroku.com/), the cloud hosting service. It's free to run simple apps. The build pack is here: https://github.com/leafo/heroku-buildpack-lua I also wrote a tutorial post on how to use it: http://leafo.net/posts/lua_on_heroku.html I haven't tried any database connectivity yet. Just tried running a simple webapp powered by Xavante. I messed around running orbit as well. The whole process was pretty smooth, my method is describing dependencies is pretty sloppy though. Check it out and tell me what you think. -- Leaf