> For the complete documentation index, see [llms.txt](https://docs.luaplusplus.org/llms.txt). Markdown versions of documentation pages are available by appending `.md` to page URLs; this page is available as [Markdown](https://docs.luaplusplus.org/overview.md).

# overview

- [What is Lua++?](https://docs.luaplusplus.org/overview/what-is-lua++.md): Lua++ is a fast, object-oriented programming language derived from Lua 5.1. Its goal is to bring all of today's modern features to Lua while having energy efficiency in mind.
- [Why Lua++?](https://docs.luaplusplus.org/overview/why-lua++.md)