{"slug": "luma", "name": "Luma", "category": "ai", "category_name": "AI models and assistants", "description": "", "recommenders": 3, "commenters": 6, "warners": 0, "score": 2.728, "rising": 0.35, "first": "2026-01-11", "latest": "2026-09-20", "why": "you can set up pretty much anything with their free plan.", "why_is_quote": true, "has_verdict": false, "sentiment": {"recommend": 3, "neutral": 1, "compare": 2, "warn": 0}, "spark": [0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 1, 0], "listed": true, "loved": [], "caveat": "", "short_quote": "you can set up pretty much anything with their free plan.", "kind": "", "icon": true, "domain": "luma.com", "github_repo": null, "official_url": "https://luma.com/", "pricing": "", "aliases": ["Luma"], "verdict": null, "praise": [{"label": "", "summary": "", "quotes": [{"id": 796479968, "item_id": 49779998, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49779998", "by": "dewey", "date": "2026-09-20", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I'd take a look at how Luma (The only seemingly competitor in that niche these days) is doing it", "excerpt": "If you want to start in that niche you really need to double down on a specific subset of that niche to get people to use it. Right now you are not offering much over Facebook Events or Meetup and the tech / design in this case doesn't matter when all that matters is that you have people using it for their events. I'd take a look at how Luma (The only seemingly competitor in that niche these days) is doing it, they a", "context": "", "use_case": "event hosting", "switched_from": "", "story": "Show HN: Radius \u2013 A Meetup.com Alternative"}, {"id": 775156352, "item_id": 48447272, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48447272", "by": "burkaman", "date": "2026-06-08", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "you can set up pretty much anything with their free plan.", "excerpt": "I see a lot of people using https://luma.com/. I'm sure it's not as big as Meetup but it does have a decent community of users, and you can set up pretty much anything with their free plan.", "context": "", "use_case": "Event hosting and registration", "switched_from": "", "story": "Italy's Bending Spoons, Owner of AOL and Vimeo, Files for Nasdaq IPO"}, {"id": 753765889, "item_id": 47110368, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47110368", "by": "mark_l_watson", "date": "2026-02-22", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "my default tool that replaces plain web searches", "excerpt": "Except, I only use services I pay for and set tight privacy settings. EDIT: sorry for the initial short reply, your comment deserved a more reasoned response: I build my digital life on two primary service providers: Proton: mail, cloud storage, and Luma private LLM chat (integrated web search tool with a strong Mistral model: my default tool that replaces plain web searches, 90% of my routine \u2018LLM chat\u2019 use) Google:", "context": "", "use_case": "private LLM chat", "switched_from": "", "story": "I Verified My LinkedIn Identity. 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(January 2026)", "mentions": 1}], "sentiment_by_month": {"2025-11": {}, "2025-12": {}, "2026-01": {"compare": 1}, "2026-02": {"recommend": 1}, "2026-03": {}, "2026-04": {"neutral": 1}, "2026-05": {}, "2026-06": {"recommend": 1}, "2026-07": {}, "2026-08": {}, "2026-09": {"compare": 1, "recommend": 1}, "2026-10": {}}, "quotes": [{"id": 796479968, "item_id": 49779998, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49779998", "by": "dewey", "date": "2026-09-20", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I'd take a look at how Luma (The only seemingly competitor in that niche these days) is doing it", "excerpt": "If you want to start in that niche you really need to double down on a specific subset of that niche to get people to use it. Right now you are not offering much over Facebook Events or Meetup and the tech / design in this case doesn't matter when all that matters is that you have people using it for their events. 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I'm sure it's not as big as Meetup but it does have a decent community of users, and you can set up pretty much anything with their free plan.", "context": "", "use_case": "Event hosting and registration", "switched_from": "", "story": "Italy's Bending Spoons, Owner of AOL and Vimeo, Files for Nasdaq IPO"}, {"id": 765421811, "item_id": 47838863, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47838863", "by": "alephnerd", "date": "2026-04-20", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "do it in person now at Luma or Partiful events", "excerpt": "Yep. It is what it is. If you find problems that actually interest you, then how it is implemented matters less. Also, Product Hunt, Meetup, and other early 2010s products (even HN) are functionally dead. The people having the kinda of conversations you would find value in do it in person now at Luma or Partiful events in SF, NYC, and a couple other hubs. Heck, most HN traffic now aligns with European instead of Amer", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Everything is AI now \u2013 does this kill the excitment of software development?"}, {"id": 753765889, "item_id": 47110368, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47110368", "by": "mark_l_watson", "date": "2026-02-22", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "my default tool that replaces plain web searches", "excerpt": "Except, I only use services I pay for and set tight privacy settings. EDIT: sorry for the initial short reply, your comment deserved a more reasoned response: I build my digital life on two primary service providers: Proton: mail, cloud storage, and Luma private LLM chat (integrated web search tool with a strong Mistral model: my default tool that replaces plain web searches, 90% of my routine \u2018LLM chat\u2019 use) Google:", "context": "", "use_case": "private LLM chat", "switched_from": "", "story": "I Verified My LinkedIn Identity. 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