OpenResty is an nginx distribution which includes the LuaJIT interpreter for Lua scripts.

[4] OpenResty aims to run Lua server-side applications completely in the Nginx server, leveraging its event model to do non-blocking I/O not only for client connections, but also with remote resources, such as databases.

China as an Open API web service framework written mostly in Perl.

[1][5][6] Its README at CPAN describes it as "A REST wrapper for relational databases" enabling "100% JavaScript web sites and other RIAs" via PostgreSQL.

In September 2009, OpenResty was redeveloped at Taobao as ngx_openresty, a Lua application server based upon an extended repackaging of nginx and LuaJIT with plug-in server extension modules written in C.[1]